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Advertisements will be iasertod at the rate of j ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Sgaare (10 Minion linea or less,) for the first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR for each subs?quent insertion. 7?3T~ A liberal discount will be made to these wishing to advertise by the year. Announcing Candidates $5,00, in advance. ESTABLISHED 1802. CHMLEST0?7 COURIER, DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY A. S. WILLINGTON Ai CO. 1 Daily Paper, $8.00 per Annum, j Tri-Weekly Paper, 84.00 per Annum. --o' THE COURIER ba3 entered on the sixty sixth year of its publication. During this long period of its existence, despite tho mutation? of fortune and time, it has been liberally sap .ported, whilst many of its contemporaries., have been compelled to succumb to financial necessities. Wo gratefully record this evidence of the appre ciation of our 6wh, and the efforts of our prede cessors, to make it what it ia; and always has been, ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE SOUTH, and will .renew our exertions to add to its acceptability to ':he public, as well os to place it easily within the reach of all who desire a FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER. In furthcranoe of this purpose we now issue the Daily and Try 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 20 tf 4 Tne Great Popular Paper! THE lAfiMMM ?El, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six Dollars a Year ! The Charleston Tri-Weekly News, THREE DOLLARS A YEAR-TWO DOL LARS FOR SIX MONTHS ! TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE ! ;-o ^^-No Paper sent unless the Cash accompa Jlies.the order. S3f*No Paper sent for alonger time tuan paid for. BIORDAN, DAWSON ?Sc CO., PROPRIETORS. Charleston, Dec 23 3t52 1S68 ! THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE. BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. -s Beautifully illustrated, anti Ele gantly Printed. Pronounced by the Southern press to be the most elegant and talented young people's paper printed in this eonntry I We are now publishing Jfarooner's leland, a Sequel to the Young M.arooners; ?nd Jack Dobell, ora Boy's Adventure* in Terns, by one of Fan niu's men-pronounced u equal to tho best of | Mayne Raid's stories." We shall begin, in fae first number of 18f?, ^thrilling story, by ?Judy of Virginia,-entitled- " ELLI:V Hr5Tnit r A Tale of. the War," which will run for several months. Among the regular contributors to- BURKE'S WEEKLY are Rov. F. K. GOUUHNO, author of "Tho Young Marooner'?;" Mrs. JAJTE T. H. CROSS ; Mrs. Foan. of Rome, Ga. ; Mis* MARY J. USSHER, of Norfolk, Va , and many others. TBRJCS-$2 a year in advance : Three copies for $S ; Five copies for SS ; Ten copies for $15, and Twenty-one copies for $30. Clergymen and Teachers furnishod at $1 50 per annum. The rol?me begins/with tho July number. Back numbers can bo supplied from tho first, and ail yearly subscribers may receive the nurii bors for the first six months, stitched in an clogant illuminated cover. Addrefs, J. W. BURKE i CO., J'u'jlishers, Macon, Ga. Dec 25 If 52 ^-^Subscriptions received at the Aite.tiser Office for BURKE'S WEEKLY. UN?VERSALI3T HERALD, NOTASULGA, ALA. JOHN C. BURRUSS. Editor & Proprietor. Terms, $2,00 per Year in Advance. THIS PAPER has entered upon tts 10th Vol ume It is tho Organ of the Vniversalisr d?nomination in the South and Southwest. Try it a year. Money can bo sent by mail, at thc ri.-k of the editor. " * Feb 2-4 Ira 9 INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wishing to Insure their DWEL LINGS, GOODS, Ac., can do.so on the lowest terms, and in the BEST COMPANIES, by call ing on tho Undersigned. D. R. DURIS0E, , Agent for A. O. HALL'S Insurance Agency Jan I Jil PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Refitted, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public Oct. 8, 1S6C. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. Jan. I. tf ? BEEF MARRETT I WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH O00I BEEF and MUTTON to tho peoplo of Edgefieli on Monday, We-lnesday and Saturday morning/ at reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CASH A. A. GLOVER, Agent.i Jan 22 tf 4 rt _;_,_ Estate Notice. ALL persons hnviot; claims against thc Eitat of W. B. MIDDLETON, decM., are oolificc to present the same to thc undersigned withou delay, and those indebted to said Estate are re quested to pay np forthwith. J. T. LIDDLETON, Adm'or Oct. ?, ISM .!/ il I " . All in Vain. I We watch for the feet at the garden gate, With eyes that are almost dim, And our hearts are sore from tho crqel fate --' ! That for years Bas learned us to watch and wait? ( For joys that will never begin. Wer cling to- the links vf the broken chain W.th tho tenderness of love, And watch with a hope, as^the'bright days wane/ That at last we can gather them up again In thc fields that bloom above. There are loved ones dear whose *lips-we pross To our own, in our bitter*woe ; For we never knew, as their years'grew"'l?sai ' And the sweet eyes* closed we had learned to bless, We had ?vcr loved them so. And we watch from tho c?holcss, pathless shore?. For a hand to clasp our own, , As they did in the beautiful days of yore ; . But now they hare strayed thro' the golden door, And kneel at their Father's throne. And we lift our voice and call in vain On the ones who went before, Bat their ears are-closed; and-oar-^earrand *pain. Will never be soothed by their smiles again, ? On the other and better shore. For we would not Hst to tho truths they told r .With their trcmblipgjtearfamyea/ i 1 ?j AnoVo?r sinful be?rti were cold- so cold, That our souls will never with joy unfold In the light of Paradise ! HE AND I. 11 Candidly, do you believe in love'o?.Srst sight, Amy ?" . A youan; man asked the question, looking up from- the novel he was reading. And a young girl, probably his cousin, blushed as she replied, "She did not know." I forgot what ?IEO passed. They were-only fellow-travelers in & railway carriage. My friend, Mrs. Murray, who was taking me to her home, called my attention to some place of interest we were passing, and the young man resumed h?3 book. But the question recurred to mo y and as I leaned back in my corner I tried to answer it , for myself, and to solve a little mystery that puzzled .me. Three times had I met a gentleman, a hf.ndsome }'ouhg man, tall, dark, ard listless. We had never spoken^ but his notice of me had attracted my attention. At a ball he followed me about, chaDged color when our eyes met, but did not seek an introduction. At a concert he stared me almost out of countenance, yet grave almost respectfully. At a pic-nic-tho last time I had seen him -he was happy, laughing and talking till he saw me, when his manner became constrained, and in a few minutes he left the party. There was a strange fascination ia his large dark eyes, and 1 wondered if I should ever meet him again. He must have had some reason for noticing mc ?o strangely, for I was not pretty. No, no I It could not be love at first sight, could it ? * yt * * * * '*? We arrived at The Meadows late in the ?vening, i Airs.- Murray introduced me to her daughter Lydia, a lady some fifteen yenrs old er than myself. Mr. John was married, and had the rectory. George, the eldest son, was traveling abroad. Mrs. Murray and my mother had been school friends, but had been separated for years, and so were comparative strangers till they mot again in society, and Mrs. Murray asked nie to spend two or three months with her in thc country; to recruit my streugth after the fa tigue ot' a London season. Tbe day after our arrival Lydia showed me over the house and grounds. Harold, Mr. John;s eldest child, eight years old, came withua., .. The conservatory door was locked. .Miss Murray left us to fetch the key. Harold re mained talking. . . ' "I shall have this horrid old 'place, polled down I"' he said, pulling at some ivy that clus tered roond 'the turret: . ne looked ht me as though expecting an answer, then rosumed : " Pa says, if he has it he shan't stay at tho church. He shall pull this down ; if he don't, I shall." " But this is your uncle's place," said I. "Myuncle-! ' He worr't live long. My ma says uncle George is r. bad man, a wicked -man. Don't jourthink_he is a wicked Uian?:' " No," said I, though Ekn?w nothingof Erb. "Little boys^-?^begar? impressively ; but his aunt returned and the convection ended. "The place would be very different if poor Georg? were here,'' said Lydia, sadly. " Does he never live hen; V I/b.quireJ. Miss Murray looked at me "eerily. Livo here!' No; never. He stays fora week or two sometime:-." "Perhaps some day he will rnvry and settle.".' " Never 1" said Lydia, stopping lo pick a flower. ?' Have yon not heard about him ?" "Heard what?'' said I. " I shall not be a raven, and tell you. You will leam soon enough." Harold waa standing in the doorway look in? back at us. He had large brown eyes, and something iu them made mc fancy I tad seen him before, though I knew I had not. So there was a secret in the family-some mystery about the eldest son. Perhaps 1 was wrong, but I did wish to fiud it out. I hod becu at The Meadows nearly a month before ac opportunity occurred. Then I paid, a visit to the rectory, taking my work, that I' might spend the day there. Mrs. Murray. I fancied, g?t tired ot having to entertain .me, and Lydia liked.to.have some time to herself. Mes.-? John and! were friends, sd" could speak freely to each other. t M Are you cnga?red ?" said Mrs. John9. * . "No," said 1, fancying sho alluded toan opal and diamond ring I always wore. " Some girls are s? young.. How old arc you ?" " Eighteen. Not so very yoting." " No, not so very young, s:itd Mrs. John meditatively. " I was only seventeen when I was encaged." c; That was very young to marry." " 0,1 was more than that when I married. Mamma could not heir the idea-a second son, you know. It was not a good match then, but I always said I would marry for love. Now they are pleased enough, f>r poor George is really nobody; only he keeps John out of the place at present. Eventually Ha rold must have the estate. It is entailed." '.But there is an elder brother?" .said L ""To my husband ? Yes-; but since that affair of his he will never marry, and Johu comes next. Sad affair that ! I always pity poor George." Mr3. John said this very comfortably,- in th-i same way ono pities a tradesman for hav ing to reduce the price of his goods, while rejoicing in the opportunity of buying them cheaply. m Is he very unhappy ?" As I said this I hated myself for askiug it. I know if I had been right (as some would say "commonly honest") I should have de clined to hear anything Lydia would not tell mc. Like a good child I should have said, " Thank you, I must not listen. He would not'like it;" but 'mis?re !' as a French friend of mine used to exclaim, I am one of Eve's true daughters, and the temptation was irre sistible. I yielded to curiosity. ?Well, yes," -said Mrs. John,-"for tte world ls not charitable. Of course we know th? truth, and we don't really condemn him, But ho takes it to heart, (perhaps to coneci erice, and.that is as bad,) though it ma shadow after all-it may be." f, " Mrs. John emphasized ^he last.three and hes; straight lips again.made acorre jug lib? ta'Che faint straight eye-Brow met over ber noso, and .'disappeared 1 the set curls arranged neatly on either i Ker ft-.ee. " It is a pity ho should mini a shad I spoke awkwardly, conscious of tresp oh a forbidden subject. 'J Mrs.^ John looked up at me. "T th all the world knew his history," she "quite romantic it is, and sad. Ton he was a surgeon. Before his'father hs property left him by his brother, the were brought up to professions.. My hu j.to church, to take this living. George ?fo 'he a surgeon, so he became one r ifever, too, I believe, very clever. We had good expecti.tious, so w?3 in a gooc of society ; aud in the course of his prs th?ta young'lady whom he liked: in fell in love with her. I suppose she reti the affection, for they were engaged*(Ch?! before I was married.) Well, Miss Ch Col.. Ch?st?r's daughter, was rich ; at her father was rich ; the estates were lt will in": this'way : if Cot. Chester died out boys, butlcaving a daughter,'that dt ter might inherit it ; bot if there was a all landed property was to g? to theson, ever young; and ouly some dower to bc to Miss Chester. An unlucky kind'ofarri menty wasn't it ? Well, Col. Chester h?< this one daughter till he married again ; :he had one son. Well, that child was aftfer George was engaged to Miss Che arid when it whs a year, or "perhaps eigh months old, it became ill-some childisl ness-and the child died." -1 echoed Mrs. John's interjection, "We " Well, don't you see,: George had attei to it. Was it not awkward ? George never been a favorito with the Colonel, he be?a'?he suspicious, and had his presi lions looked at. aud tho matter judged by Cr physicians, fot Colonel Chester is ac man, and just mad at losing the Child. 1 say it was right enough, quite right-mee men always hang together, you know the child had not died of any acute disci it had died of an over dose of medicine.* was, of course, the chemist's fault, but see- how it stands-awkward forpoor Geor 1 " He could not help it," said I. " My dear, he was there three times a i to see the child, (nud Miss Chester) and child died; thc littlechild died. Thc wi is nct'charitable !" " Nor are you," thought I, but I only s "And Miss Chester!" " Her lather told George what he suepec of him. He, of course, pave her up on spot. I dou't know what became of 1 George will never marry, impossible: but wanders about ?ike a ghost, and I do pity h It was a great temptation for a young D without means, ile had not succeeded The Meadows theu, you know. It wa great temptation." t: A little child !" said I. Mrs. John seemed surprised and 1 alarmed ut the distress I could not help ft iug, so probably betraying ; in justificatiot herself ?he added : "It was very awkward for him-very-a people wil! judge; and, my dear, thc i'aot main?,* whether it was the chemist orno said Mrs. John, before laking up her ba fi'om the sofa, wher? it had been slcopii " The fact remains," s*id Mrs. John, stroki baby's ruddy cheek and fut arm, " though 1 bies live through a great deal, this little ch died." Two shadows fell' across the window. M John had turned to take her baby to the n scry, and did not observe teem till she w just leaving the room. Then she said, " Ti ot'an angel, aud you are.^uretoseeits wing Sue stood in the doorway a moment, nnd ti', d jd and smiled before closing the door a retiring. Her husband entered the wind that opened to thu lawn. After him cai another gentleman. I looked up, and rece nized thc; mysterious gentleman of the cc cert, the ball and thc picnic. " Ah J Miss Christensen !'' said Mr. Jol " let mc introduce1 you to my brother Georj .This young lady is at your bouse, Geor> 'with your mother." Mr. Murray bowed, and his color chang as he watched me collect- ruy work and ma rials, and prepare to leave thc room. fi Pray dont let me frighten you away," said, " T shall be home soou." 1 Thcj were ?uch common p!.-.cc words, h i my face cri ai stoned, and I was glad when Mi John carno in. She was smiling most aile tionately, apparently hud forgotten the co vcrsation that I would kara ;-iven anjthii not to bavosbaicd. She ro''ood ray couf sion, but did not know I had met him bsfor nor did fhe notice that his hand trembl when at parting it touched mine, but it di I knew now whoso eyes I had recogniz when I saw Harold. When! returned'home, Mrs. Murray w ?xp?cting her son, foe his man aud lugga; were there already. "It is just like him," said Lydia; he com and 'goes like Will o'-tile-Wisp ; perhaps y< ?nay induce him to stay a little longer tl time." Attain I blushed. "Did IotTend you. dear ?" said Lydia, kin .ly,.and she pnsaed.hor acm around my shoul er?, and we walked up and down the terra' : together. . &No,Ji f aid I, ?"' uot in the least ; .if I infl enc: Mr. Murray at all, it will bo to drive hi .away?;' ; .Then I told her of our meetings, but course I was careful in what I said, "ide very siraugc and moody at times, my deai youunust not notice him." In thc evening he came home, but he w not, strange or moody, and duriDg the who six weeks ho stayed, I Lund bini rather tl reverse-pleasant^kind, considerate. He wi always waitiug on his mother, going abot with Lydia, and rather avoiding me, btill iu kind, gentlemanly way. So matters went o till one evening I stood on thc lawn, with b by in thy arms. It was a glorious sunset j ti brothers refunmd from their walk, and ca? to my side Mr. George Murray had, a ros bud in his hand, and. held it to the child. Th little thiug laughed and talked to it in bah fashion, and. stretched out her little baud : take it from him. Her hand touched hi He trembled, dropped the hud and turne away. Mr. John was good-natured, and, believe, .sincerely fond of his brother ; ho toe thc child from my arms, smiledsynipathizinj Ty at George, and ran into the house "to h wife, who had been spending the whole da with us. Mr. George lookod very handsotr with th.-; sunshine lurking in his soft, gloss beard, t ho rest of his faco in deep sbado from the broad brim of tho felt hat he woi pressed close on his brow. I was sorry ft him, but I did not dure break the silenc though it was awkward, and we were quii alone. We dmc back to. thc house side b side ; as we passed the drawing room windo we heard Mrs. John's cold voicesny precisely " Any one would think they were lovers I Ho looked keenly in my face. I am afrai a blush was there. He passed on to the 1 brary ; and when I arose the next morning h?ard that he wasgone. Lydia wasdistreBse and out of spirits. Wc wandered togethe over the house and grounds, and walked wit Airs. Murray to the rectory, where she alway j spent the first days of George's absenci . When wc returned, I went with Lydia to he brother's room to j nt away the many prett , things she had arreuged to welcome bi m who I he came hf mc. ''He I i not stayed so loDg for years, said Lydia, as she disconsolately collected th pipes that hadH been left' scattered.bn'.s side ?fable;' <rI cant' think what sent him away so soddenly, poor fellow." " - ^ " ' . \ I'did not speak ; I dared notTtell her Mrs. JohnVremarks then. So I-aat, idly looking from tho window,^, and Lydia busied herself with,.the dressing table. .There were some papers there, Jeft all together just as they had peen sorted ont.to take. Mr. George must have gone off in a hurry at last, and so have forgotten th??i. ' Lydia looked through them listlessly, sayin'g, " Perhaps' ? must send them on." Suddenly her hand stripped turning the crisp leaves, and an exclamation hurst from her lips. I rose and looked over her shoulder. In her hand she- held a small square paper, that might once have been a leaf -inf a sketch book. Ou it a girl's head-had been.roughly drawn in pencil. The ,hair waved off the. temples, the eyes looked up anxiously, plead 'ingly. ' The lips'were silently apart. Round the throat & tittie ribbon was tied, and on the Tibbbn' hung a' srnall locket. "Beneath the drawing the letters " D. C." were written, and these two words, "Kyrie -Eleison." It was not ar artist's sketch - it was the drawing of a hand that loved. Lydia held up the sketch,. .and placed her finger, on the looking glass be fore us. The reflection waa reproduced in the sketch. I turned away, for it was my own r?fl?ctio'ri that I saw, ?Dd I was sorry to have -stumbled on another of his secrets. But my heart bounded, and a new life seemed to come to my soul. "Lydia put her arm round'me and kissed me. ; tL j 1 ."My dear, a red roje; mind, a fall, rich I crimson rose, from the second standard ia 'ie . largo conservatory, and your long waite flress." It was Lydia that spoke ; she had come to bid me good by for the afternoon. She was called from home, she said. I must excusa Ker and try t? amuse myself. ? bright bloom was oh her cheek, and she looked quiteyoung again, though she was dressed soberly in black with only a violet ribbon to relieve it. These delicious hours of solitude, if solitude it could be called 1 No, no ! it was life! new life! a holy future," lu.a sweet uncertainty and shad owy brightness. One figure, one face, in a thousand reflections, precluded tho .idea ol solitude. I was companioned by the future. The evening came so quickly. ' I must dress for Lydia's return. Tue rose* was plucked. I was fastening it in my hair when 6he came softly to my room. She had been' crying, though evidently she tried to compose herself. "My dear." she said, drawing me down to ; the sofa at her side, " do you think we are rc sponsible for the evil v/e unconsciously bring on others?" ' " Certainly not." said I, my mind going to George and his mistake. ' She lent her head on my shoulder, and a tear dropped on my hand, as she whispered "[ have done you a real wrong. I have been a Judas to you, and betrayed you bv a kiss!" I did not know myself or my weakness ; actually I wus ill. Mrs. Murray and Mra. John thought I bad taken cold. Lydia knew differently. She kept my secret and nursed me kindly. When I was recovering she told me it was Miss Chester's portrait I had seen ; D. U. was not Dora Christensen, but Delicia Chester. It wn? my resemblance to Mis-; Ches ter that had bronght me so-much notice from Mr. Murray. 1 iimoJ mysnif for tho mistake. and wv hatred only increased the.evil. ;JFor weeks I lay ill at The Meadows. Lydia would blaine herself for showing mri the portrait. But we both felt thal there is a mystery in sequence-circumstance rn-ist fol low circumstance. Ono link car.nri* bc suv cted in the cliain of fate. And the weary days of illness and cotivalescnco passed on, and alter a time my mother took me across the channel to Dieppe. We were en route for Geneva, but I was weak, and wc waited at Dieppe lor a few days to rest. We used to watch thc steamers come in. it was thc au tumn, and there were not a great many pas sengers. As the boat neared the shore th': day before we intended to leave, I recognized a pair of dark eyes louking up ht me. Mr. George Murray was on board. I fain tod. When I recovered, Lydia was, bending over me, iud though we were in an open carriage in the public road, she kissed me as .she said : " Silly girl !" Wu did not leave Dieppe that day. In th.. >. evening Lydia and I walked ont together, to have a chat, sho 6aid, about old times; but that was sctt'ecly ber intention, for when we were alone together she was unusually silent. We were on thc pier. I sat down to rest, aud Lydia with some unintelligible excuse, left inc. I kaned against the parapet, watching a boat come in. Thc tide was. dead ahead ; the wind only a cross wind, so the task of bringing hot in was not an easy one. It was only a fish ing boat with four men in it. Each had an oat- ; ?tili, as they passed -the crucifix at ti ther side, each raised his hat and sigucd the cross upon his breast, and seemed to breathe a prayer. " Do they lose or gain by that act ?" I started so when I hear the question. It was Mr. Murray who'pu't it. " " They lose a wave," said I. " Is a ques tion." " They believe they gain. It may bc super stition, still I think their, is some reality in their idea. The loss is a gain. . The boat is a trifle longer-each mau is nearer to his home." I did not understand, for my . brain was stupid, and I felt ashamed at seeing him again j but he said no more about tho boat or the merl, though we watched them out of sight. Then he sat down at my side. I felt his brown eyes on me; but what passed next I eau never write. It is only-' for him and mc Tue minutes passed on, each bearing away a pain from my heart. Ile told me he had come to Dieppe on purpose to seo ^ne, and with thc remainder of his life endeavor to banish the remembrance of the mistake that had cost him so much. And I could only weep and weep, till Lydia came back to put his hand in mine, aud ask if I would bc her sister. It is all told now. A month after we left Dieppe, and were married by special license before he took me home to The Meadows a,s his wife. Mrs. Murry was glad to welcome me, and have her eldest boy near her, happy, though Mrs. John was not so pleased ns she might have been. Aud George and I talk freely of the past ; and I, too, have learnt tc sympathize in Miss Chester's sorrow, wher she wrote those two sad words beneath tbt sketch Colonel Chester permitted him to lak< from her a few days before her death. Some day I am to travel, and stop in Ma deira, to visit the English cemetery and set her grave. Still he carries thc sketch ; bu the mystery is gone between us, and we an very strangely happy-he and I. He doe not tremble at my baby, though often I sei the little fingers twioe round his; indeed, think he likes to feel the strange, soft toucl of baby's cheek against his own. The Radical papers are eagerly seeking h manufacture a sensotion about the allegei Ku-Klux Klan in the South, attributing t them several outrages which have recently oe curred in that section, and the late murde of Mr. G. W. Ashburn, in Columbus, Geo who "is said to havo been a member of th Georgia reconstruction convention. There ai pear3 to be a strong desire to inflame th Northeru people afresh at this time agains the South, making the whole r mmunity ret ponsible for tho alleged crimes of a very at surd organization, ar ' ' ying ut tho doors < that organization evc.j act of violence au outrage which occurs inany part of the Soutl whether there is nay proof that mcmbei (real or imaginary] of the Ku Klux Klan ha anything to do with it or not. M Washington News abd Gossip. QUALIFICATION OF JURORS. The Bill in relation to the qualification of jorors, which has passed Congress, is as fol lows; JBe-.it enacted, &c., That no person shall be held-.incompetent to act as a juror upen any KErjUtfl jury, by reason of having formed or ex pressed an opiuion upon the matters tobo' submitted to such grand jury for investiga tion, founded upon public rumor, statements in public journals or the common history of the times, provided hebe otherwise compe tent^ Und upon his oath declare, and it appear to tho satisfaction of the Court that, notwith standing such opinion, he5 can and will act impartially upon tfare malters to be submitted, and, true presentment make according to the evidence ; but the Court may, in its discre tion, set aside any such person. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in tri?is for offences against the United States, no pherson shall bo'held to be' incompetent to act as a juror by reason of having formed or expressed an opinion upon the guilt or inno ceneb of the accused, founded upon public rumor, statements in public journals, or the common, history of the times, provided he be otherwise competent, and upon his oath de claro, and it appear to the satisfaction of the Court that, notwithstanding such opinion, he can and will impartially try the accused upon the crime charged in the indictment or infor mation and a true verdict give upon the evi dence to be presented upon the tria^l ; bat the Court may, in its discretion, set "aside any such juror." . _" * . . j Of this Bill, the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says : " It is understood that-this Bill wa3 framed with express refer ence to the case of Jefferson Davis, ft will be remembered that Judge Underwood testi fied before the Judiciary Committee that it would be impossible to convict Mr. Davis without.the jury was picked, and this Bill taking away the right.of challenge from the defence, nothing will be easier than, under th?'auspices of .Judge Ui derwood, tc (in his own language) 'pack a jury' that would con vifctJ-fliri Davis of any crime under heaven. Ai a part "of this long delayed but still cherished scheme of vengeance on the head of Mr. -Davis, a new indictment has been lately- .found against him by Judge Under wood's grand jury-an indictment skillfully draw^i up by astute Radical lawyers in this cityjjwith tho Bettled purpose to convict. Sen ator^ of thc United States have not scrupled to s|y on thc floor that had they the power tbeylwould hang Jeff. Davis, and it is well knoftn here that Judge Underwood and the cliqae which surrounds him are more confi dentlthau ever of being able to accomplish their desires to that effect. The significan]; articles which appeared yes terday in the New York Herald and Tribune, prow, that there is s^rue truth in this. Thc Heridd urges Mr. Davis to flee tho country, adyjfeb which he will, of course, not take, and Mr. Greeley publishes in the Tribune, over his own signature, an earnest article, d'epre ca?& in the strongest terms the idea of capi tal punishment being inllicted .on the leader of l,^o Southern cause. Mr. Greeley justly saysiitmt such an act., three years after the the war, would be viewed with abhor refcrajaji over thc civilized world." .?jctal pUpaluU to the Bolton Post.] - ^W^U) SUFFRAGE A NI) NEGRO EQU?LTTY. leis a noteworthy fact that only yesterday the S;ate of Michigan repudiated negro suf frage ami to-day both ot* her Senators here voted>to fasten negro equality upon the citi Zens of this District. Negro suffrage alone seems nut to .satisfy Radical Congressmen, but the offices must be held md enjoyed by the African. Senator Johnson alluded to thc fact that during thc impeachment trial no colored people had been admitted to the gal leries, and asked Mr. Sumner why be hail not given some ol his tickets to his colored friends. Mr Sumner did not deign au an swer-could not answer-and dodged by say ing, let us have the question." The result of the negro equality doctrine was foreshad owed in Warrenton, Virginia, on Saturday last when ouc of its apostles by thc name of Tucker, a carpet bag resident of Alexandria, addressed the negroes, and urged them to work for no man w ho would not recognize full so cial equality, admitting them to the domestic circle and family board. The address so in censed thc soldiers at Warrenton that they made an assault upon him, and he barely es caped with his lifo. He hud to be escorted from the hide! to thc depot hy the officers of the post, to protect him from thc maddened soldiers. Thc citizens look no part in thc af fray. The result has been that the negroes have left their employers, and are now idle and living on the Bareau. One gentleman, who is repairing the buildings which were destroyed during the war at the White Sul phur Springs, had fifty freedmen employed at good wages. On Saturday they notified him That they had to attend B Bureau meeting in Warrenton, and since then they have refused to work, except on tho terms recommended by their friend Tucker. Perhaps the tax pay ers will bc content to support these negroes in idleness until they secure social equality in Virginia, without reference to the repudiation of such equality in the Northern States. "Au Appeal Iron? Lt. John C. Brain, C. S. N. CELL 2-i, KING'S COUNTY PENITENTIARY, ) BROOKL>\S, N. Y., March 10, 1868. j Admiral Semmes: DEAR SIR : I take the liberty of address ing you these few lines to request you to pub' lish au appeal to our people in my behalf I have been a prisoner xoithout trial since th< 13th of September, lSli?, now over eightecr months. God only knows what I have suffer ed during that time, subject as I am to th< rules of a convict prison. My health is suf fering from long confinement, and my family arc in tho most extreme poverty from mj incarceration. I think that there are sonu in your city who knew me as au officer o our navy, who will not refuse te assist me ii my hour of need. I sadly need money fo legal expenses and for my family. If I wen released to-morrow I should be adrift withou a cent, for my imprisonment has ruined m both in health and pocket. I must beg leave to thank you1 for the kin< pr?senla, which you were kind enough t send me through thc bands of Mr. C., for a that time I was in rays, but now, thank Goo I ara well supplied with clothing and the n< ccssaries of lifo, through the kindness of Col onel A. Wv Foutc, of Mississippi, who hn proved himself to bea real brother and cour tryman in my tour of need-ho has don everything in his power ; but we need monei I am also under many obligations to Gcncr: Loring, of Alabama, and others for thei kindness. I think, sir, that if you will be kind enoug to publish an appeal to our people, that the will bc kind enough to hear thc -prayer ( ono who tried to do his duty to our lost caus I pray God that they will, for I am tired i cu tell you of wasting my life in a prison. I ai extremely obliged to you for publishing m letter of Juno, 18G7. I do not think thi any of my countrymen (Southern) will ii fuse to hear my (begging) prayer for assi tanco from my 8*5 prison cell. I am ni allowed the newspapers, so I will trouble ye to clip whatever you sep f. >. to pubiish ar send it to me. Anything will safely reac mo to my prison address. I remain most respectfully yours, JNO. 0. BRAIN, Late 1st Lient. Oom'd'g C. S. N. P. S.-This is read by a third party. J, 0. B. The " Contract" of no Effect when Un favorable to the Negro. A, citizen of the State writes to General Scott, under date'of April 8, as follows : " On the 16th of March last, I hired a man from that time to the 25th December, agreeing to .pay him $40, he to do all kinds of work re quired of him on a farm ; \p work from sun rise till dusk ; to pay fifty cents for the first day, and ono dollar per day thereafter, lost by-absence without leave, and twenty five cents for loft days by sickness, 1 to furnish him with two and a half pounds of bacon and one peck of meal per week." The writer I complains that the freedman did not keep his contract, but, without provocation, ran away ; and wishes to know " if there is any recourse to law in any court of the United Slates for damages, or to bring the man back to a prop er sense of honor and justice." Gen. Scott replied on the 11th inst, as follows : HEAD'QRS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ' B. R. F. AND ABANDOFED LANDS, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTOS, S. C., April 10th, 1868. Sir : In reply to yours of April 8th, in which you recite the terms of the contract be tween yourself and Jerry Scott, I have to ex press my sympathy with you in your trouble. Four dollars per month, with two and a half pounds of bacon and one peck of meal per week, and only one dollar per day deducted for absence without leave, and twenty-five cents per day for lost days on account of sick ness, is surely all that any able-bodied man should ask a- compensation for doing "all kinds of work required cf him on a farm from sunrise until dusk." I am not surprised that you should feel greatly outraged that this man has been induced to withdraw from a contract so liberal and just as the one you have de scribed. I regret, that I am unable to arrest this man and return him to your service, for it roust be evident that a man who refuses to avail himself of your liberality is either de ficient in gratitude, or totally unable te care for himself. Your statement that he was al ways a M freeman" will account for his want ot appreciation of your generous intentions. It will be unnecessary for you to forward me any certificates as to your own character and integrity, your recent commuuicatiou being all the evidence I shall require as to those particulars. I am unable to say whether you will be able to "recover any damages" from the man who has hired him (Jerry Scott), or whether you u will be able to bring him to a sense of hon or and justice." If I knew as much about him as I do of you, I might venture an opin ion on this last po nt. I have, in accordance with your request, made an carly rep', y to your communication, and regret that I cannot. make it more satis factory to you. Respectfully, [Signed] R. K. SCOTT. Bvt. Major General, Asst. Com., S. C. Had the citizer. in question not known Jerry Scott, and not valued his services worth more than ?4 per month and rations, but had made an agreement with the said Jorry to ?ivb him ?20 per month, and after wards dismissed the negro, and v??latecttlre con-, tract, would Gen. Scotthave held the contract as invalid, aud suffered the citizen to dismiss the negro without paying the last farthing specified iu the contract? That's the ques tion. A contract is a contract,-aud when once duly entered into-all parties ought to be made abide by it. -? -*- ?-. It is refreshing to see that, while the grea1 majority of the Southern blacks allow them" selves to-be driven to the polls like cattle, and to bc made willing dupes of Radical dem agogues, thero are some whose ideas are suCBciently cleat and whose brains are suffi ciently active lo enable them to take an in telligent view of matters and things. There is quito a party of colored Democrats in Mem phis, and as nearly as can be judged at this distance they are a most seusible class. They held a meeting the other evening to express their sentiments on the questions involved in a local election, which, as the parties are there divided, are almost entirely national-orrecon Strhctional. One of the speakers, referring to tho disfranchisement of the whites, asked bow the negroes could expect to obtain a subsis tence if they arroyed themselves tn opposition to thc very race upon which they are depend ent, an"t wh ?sc interest are identical with toeir own. He spoke of the promises of land which the Radicals had made in order to se cure votes, and with a shrewdness which wc wish were more general, insisted that the only way to get hud is to work, and when a dollar is earned save it, invest it iu land and become part and parcel of the people of the country. Others followed in the same vein, and on the whole it was' as gratifying an ex hibition as it was singular. It was fully de monstrated that, among those freedmen who have an appreciative sense ol what their own welfare requires and are willing to work out a place for themselves as citizens, the folly of the Radical programme is understood. They have a great missionary work before them. Boston Post. WELL SPOKEN.-The New York Times says: " While the rebellion lasted the North tiever accused the rebels of cowardice. On the contrary, we gave them credit for pluck, audacity, daring, endurance, and a determina tion that only death and ruin could break, Those who confronted the enemy in the field were not the least ready to allow him thc possession of these warlike qualities. If any ono spoke contemptuously of tho rebel spirit it was not the soldiers who closed with them in thc struggle, nor tho leaders who attempt ed to overcome them in the conflict. Then can bc no harm in remembering this fact it these days, when the North is dealing with i prostrate South. There can be no barm ir our treating the Southerners as though the] possessed all the bravery which we put t( their ac?ouDt in the days of war ; and then can be nothing but harm iu treating them a though they had given U3 reason to cbargi them with the spirit or bearing of cow ardice." Thc assassination of D'Arcy McGee at Ot tawa, C. W., occasions great excitement, no only through Canada, butat the North, wher he was well known. He was shot on th steps of his residence. He had just left th House of Parliamont in company with othe members, and as he was applying the latch key to the door of his resl^nce was sho from behind and instantly killed. Thc assas sin was so close that the hair of Mr. McGee' head was burned by the flash from the piste which killed him. Ottawa is in a regula slate of riege, and every avenue is guardec as it is supposed the man who did the shoot ing is an emissary from New York, andwoul make tho greatest effort? to escape to tht city. Montreal sh ors ;espect for the deccai cd by flying flags at half-mast and other mar ifestations of sorrow for her lato sutesmai Tho wildest rumois aro afloat, and tend t increase the excitement and alarm. Som say, althongh not generally credited, it is tl work of Fenians, of ' whom McGee was bitter enemy, and by whcni he was equall hated. j23?f" A French invant undertake to prove th; Solomon's Temple was furnished with lightnii rods. from irte jyew jorte i/ictzcn. Is He Dictator Yet ? The Tribune, of yesterday, in its largest and loudest type, placed at the head of its editorial olcumns, an article stating that " Gen. Grant finds it not inconsistent with kia duty as a soldier, to announce it as his opinion that the only hope for the peace of the country is the success of the pending impeachment trial. He feels that national security demands the removal of the President. * * * When the General of our armies entertains this con viction, there is no room for doubt as to the duty of the Senate. The loyal nation de mands the President's removal. On reading this, may we not well exclaim: Is this the land oar fathers loved Whose freedom they have died to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved, Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we tho sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead have worn ?. We pillory the foregoing paragraph as'one j of the most significant ever published within oar experience of American journalism. Here is the President on trial before something which either is or pretends to be a court of justice. There is no allegation made by the Tribune that his guilt or innocence are the points to be determined. But since the " Gen eral of our armies" entertains a conviction favoring the removal of the accused Chief Magistrate, " there is no room for doubt," says this Radical journal,, "as to the duty of the Senate." What 1 can we have so far fall en already ? Gan our Senators, sitting as judges, under solemn oaths tc " well and tru ly try and true deliverance make," have al ready fallen so low as to have no other " du ty" than that of carrying out a " removal of the Presider!," prescribed, to them and dictated by " the General'of our armies ?" * On behalf of General Grant, we hope and believe there is no syllable of truth in the Tribune's ' statement. And on behalf of the American people, we most earnestly pray, if this atrocious averment shall jrove true, tbat President Johnson may have the firmness to. exercise his unquestionable prerogative-even' it it be the last act of bis official life-by re voking Gen. Grant's commission, and order ing thc name of this great mutineer to be stricken from the muster-rolls of our army. If this be true, Gen. Grant is already assum ing the part of Cromwell; and it is time for all men who value our free system of govern ment, to prepare themselves for resistance to this threat of military usurpation, a Never could men die better than fancingodds in such a quarrel. But we utterly refuse, to believe at present, and can never be brought to be lieve, without positive evidence, tiat' General Grant has so far forgotten bis oath and duty, both as a soldier and citizen. The statement looks to us like a reckless electioneering ca nard, designed to influence tho contest in Connecticut. But on what melancholy days must we have fallen, when such a canard as this can be considered popular or likely to secure more votes to the party putting it for ward ! The President on Saturday sent to the House of Representatives a reply to a resolu tion or a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the negotiation and treaties had been made with any of tbe German States since the first of January last, relating to the rights of naturalized cHizcns. Mrr. Beecroft, our irFilrristerto -Frusshryirj - exp! airth'g-?r?^Metioiyi of the negotiation, says, on the question of expatriation, " there arose no discussion; it is recognized by the laws of both countries. On the question of residence as a condition of naturalization, which the mother country should respect, there existed no difference ; the time of residence was a point of more delicacy. Thc Prussian law required an ab sence of ten years, ours a residence of five. With liberality and frankness Count Bis marck declared himself willing to accept the Americar rale, as it had received the sanc tion of the Administration of Washington, and had become fixed by the usage of more than three score years and ten." Mr. Ban croft says : " Should the United States see fit, for its own purposes, as lately in the act of July 17th, 1862, to concede the naturali zation on a shorter residence, their right to do so is not impaired, but the meaning of this treaty is, that they . will not ask North Germany to recognize such naturalization till the adopted citizen shall have completed the term of residence now required by their nor mal laws." NEGRO EQUALITY.-There is a restaurant in this city kept by a colored man, which has always been frequented by whites, and the proprietor prides himself on his popularity among his customers. He has served his ap prenticeship, and baa been long and favorably known by all who indulge in a social glass. Yesterday some colored men entered his bar room and demanded a drink, but were refus ed ; the reason alleged being that bis custom was white, and miscegenation rrould ruin him. The colored claimants for spiritual equality were very noisy, but a member of the police force being present, be advised them to leave, or thov would be compelled to take quarters in the workhouse for two months. They thought disctetion the better part of valoi and departed to seek some more con genial spot where they could slake their thirst. There is little doubt that if an issue had been made, the intruders would have been soon placed hors du combat. The troupe showed their good sense in retiring immediately. Charleston News. THEMAX'ON HORSEBACK COMES.-The lead ing editoral in the New York Tribune of Fri day is as follows : Wo bave assurances from Washington thai General Grant finds it not inconsistent witl his duty as a soldier to announce it as hil opinion that the only hope for the peace o the country is thc success of the pending im peachment trial. He feels that national se curity demands the removal of the President If tho trial should fail, the people can onl; expect more assumptions of power, and i more determined resistance to'law. Whei the General of our armies entertains this con viction there is no room for doubt aa to the dut; -f the Senate. The loyal nation demand thc President's removal. When Grant gets in, Congress will b< dwarfed to a registering office. His decree will be issued first, and made laws afterward! A PROPOSEO TWO-STORY STREET_A Bil for tunneling Broadway, in New York city has passed one branch of the State Legisla ture. The plan proposes not simply to tun nel Broadway, but to take up the who! width-carriage-way, sidewalks and toa dept! of fifteen or twenty feeK; then it is to be re constructed by building a roof on the level o the present street, and making a basemen story for a second Broadway under the pres ont one, through which six rail roads are t be carried ; the traffic of the present street t be carried on upon the roof of the street be low. This stupendous plan, it is said, caa not possibly bu completed in less than te ' years, and will cost at least ten millions o , dollars per mile. New York is naturall , very much excited over the scheme. It i ; probably Impracticable. A Corsican farmer and his concubine wer recently put on trial for one of the most atrc cious crimes on record. They bad throw his wife into a red hot furnace, where sh perished amid horrible sufferings. The cor cubine waa found pail ty, but the husband wa owing to some legal quibble, acqu ttad. N sooner had he been set at liberty than tl brother of hw deceased wife shot him de? J? i Ulli t/IC V/tU/ ICfllVii .AUW \.*?> y The Last Attorney-General. We publish in another column this morn ing a card from Honorable Isaac W. Hayne, in which he bids farewell to the people of thc State as their last Attorney-General. The card needs no comment-it speaks for itself. One thing we can say, however, which it did not become Colonel Mayne to say, and ir which we feel assured the voice of the who!? community will sustain us, and that is tha: Colonel Hayne is the peer and worthy suc cessor of the noble men who preceded him ii that high office. ANOTHER GABO-In the Card published or Saturday, I confined myself to the action o; the meeting in Columbia. In taking leave, however, ot the public, as Attorney-Genera! after a service of near twenty years, I desire to say a word as to the Office, and the more so because I consider myself the last of tl. Attorney-Generals of South Carolina. I mean of the old White Man's South Carolina-one of the original "Thirteen"-the South Care lbw which gave to the " Revolution" her Rut ledges and Pinckneys, and to the crisis pre ceding the "second War ot Independence," her Lowndes, Cheves and Calhoun, which has contributed to the counsels of the country si jce, her McDuffie, Hayne, Preston and Ligare-of that South Carolina I am the last Attorney-General ! Heretofore the office has been, in this State, as in England, one of tbe Prizes of the pro f elision, to be attained only after long and ardu ous service. The Attorney-General is the ac knowledged head of the Bar, and the Bar have j e il o us ly guarded the position. - The office, since tho Revolution, has been filled-first, by John Julius Pringle, a learn Bed: lawyer, of large experience,, with ra very lucrative and multifarious private- practice ; second, Laagdon Cheves, darum et venerabi?<: nomen, a giant among giants, with the very largest private practice ever known in this State ; third, John S. Richardson, eminently eloquent and successful as a barrister, for very, many years a Judge in our highest Court; fourth, Robert Y. Hayne, who, between thr; age of twenty-one and thirty, began and fin ished a brilliant professional career, which gave him fortune enough to enable him to devote twelve years to politics; fifth, James L. Petigru; his very name a synonym'for lesxning, eloquence and torce as a 'Lawyer ; sixth, Hugh Swinton Legare, a " polished cor ner of the temple," as profound as he was brilliant, and equally the scholar and the lawyer; seventh, R. Barnwell Rhett, who, af ter a very brief term of office, was translated to the halls of Congress, and who has run a career since, which bas made his name fa miliar from Canada to the Gulf; eighth, Hen ry Bailey, who, as a Lawyer, was a fit com peer of his distinguished predecessors. For m}-a el fy I will only say that, when elected At torney-General, I had been sixteen years a practicing lawyer, and have since been elec ted by five different legislatures to this high office. So ends the roll of the Attorney-Gen erals of old South Carolina. How begins the new? Who is Mr. Cham berlain ? It may be that he is a gentleman, a scholar, and, for aught I know, learned in the law. But is he a citizen of the the State? and if so, how long 1 Is he a member of ker Bar 1'^Is he a mCm'3Clt^^^^^^^pj^^jg I mean nothing personal towards Mr. Cham berlain. Bat so far as is known to the vo ters of South Carolina, he is a citizen of Mas sachusetts, who has come into South Carolina since the war, and settled down as a Planter on Wadmalaw Island. Whether he is a lawyer at all, or not, is not known to the vo ters. But to this too, we must submit as a sub jugated people, and, so far as the Bar is con cerned, it is not the least of our humiliations, in the passage of power from the white man to t;he negro. Vak! ISAAC W. HAYNE, Attorney-General of South Carolina. April 13th, 1868. Climate not thc Cause of Color. It is a common opinion that climato alono is capable of producing all tho diversities of com plexion so remarkablo in the human race. A very few facts may suffice to show ihat such can not be the case. Thus the nogroes of Van Die men's Land, who aro amongst the blackest peo ple on the earth, live in a climate as cold as that of Iceland, while the Indo-Chinese nations who liv2 in tropical Asia, are of a brown and olive complexion. It is remarked by Humboldt tba: thc American tribes cf the equinoctial rogion. havo no darker skins than the mountaineers of the temperate zone. So, also, tbo Puelches o' the Magellanic Plains, beyond the fifty-fifth de gree of south latitude, aro absolutely darker than the Abipodes, Tobas and other tribes who are many degrees nearer the equator. Again, tho Charms, who live south of the Rio dc la Pinto, arc almost black, while the Guaycas, under tho lins, are among the fairest of the American tribes. Finally, not to multiply examples, those nation? of the Caucasian race which have become inhabi tants of the torrid zone in both hemispheres, al though their descendants have been for centuries and in Africa for many centuries, exposed to tho must activo influences of tho climate, have never, in a solitary instance, exhibited the transforma tion from a Caucasian, to negro complexion. IS?* Charles Sumner was heir to an estate of a r ear relative in tho South (Virginia it was.) HU deceased relativo owned a large number ol' slaves ; and notwithstanding Sumner's professed hostility to slavery, ho caused the poor negrott to be sold, and pocketed some $60,000 from the sale of them ; and now, while he is making speeches on tho barbarism of slavery, ?c., be ie living sumptuously on the money he received from his traffic in human flesh ! THE MURDER OF A SEDUCER JUSTIFIED BY A. JURY_On Saturday last, in the Frederick (Md.) County Court, Adam Albert was ac quitted of the charge of murder, in taking tho life of one Joseph Wood. The theory of tho defence-was that Wood had seduced both tho wife and daughter of the prisoner, de spoiled him of his property and turned bini oui; of house and home; that the killing was done in pursuit of a desire to get rid of a despotic interloper, and recover his rightful authority and dominion over the members of his own household. T.io jury, were of one mind at the conclusion of tho argument of counsel, and retired as a matter of form to make up their verdict. ----? ? * Two libel suits, one against the New York Times and the other against the Nation, have lately been decided in favor of the defend ants, by which the principle seems settled that editors of newspapers are exceptions to the general rule of libel, so far as they con fine themselves to the statement of current news and reports, and lay before the public what they believe to be true, without any malice, prejudice or interests beyond their functions as journalists. There seems to be a reaction from tbe censorship and muzzling of the press, of the days of the rebellion, and noli only here, but in Europe,even in France, under the very nose of Napoleon, editors are beginning to breathe free once more, and to dave to give their opinions on other things betides the weather. The- city and town'elections ia Ohio ex hibit large Democratic gains. In Cincinnati near ly faur thoumd in cue y car.