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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& POETRY. [From the Now Orleans Sunday Timos.] Th? Soldier's Grave. Tread lightly-'tis a soldier's grave, A lonely, mossy mound And yet. to he.iris like mine und (hine, U should bc on holy ground. Speak gently-let no cureless laugh, No idlo. thoughtless jest, Ksenpo your lips, where sweetly sleeps The boro in his rest. For him no reveille shall beat. When morning heauis shall como; For him, ut night, no taino rolls Its thunder from tho ili um. No cosily marble marks the place, Recording deeds of fenic, Dut rudely Oil thal bending tree Is CiWV'id Ibo soldier's name. A name-not deni- to iu-but nh ! There may he lips ihut breathe That haine as sacredly anil low As vesper prayers ut eve. There may lie brows that wear for him Thc mourning cypress vine; And hearts thai matte this lonely gravo A holy pilgrim shrine. There may bo eyes thal joyed to gazo With love into hi* own, Now keeping midnight vigils long Willi silent griefs alone. There may be hands now clamped in prayer Tills soldier's hand have pressed, And checks washed pale hy sorrow's tears, His own cold check caressed. Tread lightly-for a innn bequeathed, Kre laid beneath this sod, His ashes to bia nativo land, His gallant seul to Clod) P O L i T i o !ATXZ* ItV HRQUK8T. Corrtrponilrnrc. of tho CharhttoH Qoiirier. COM; Min A, September 15.. Your correspondent is rapidly arriving ht tho conclusion that thc patience of J "it would Jitivo .boo.n overtaxed'ii' hu hud been subjected a"tn"0- nt d cu i uf-yrv i 11 g a . fu i th f n-hvf ,xrrt TTT~ ti nr proc.*ecdings ol* a Deliberate Assembly. ?I huv?^before. tue thirty-throe different Hills v-ddcll* have been introduced for tho action of the J;pgislature of South Carolina in the past ten ^dj?ya, consisting of .something less than n t hou;?j"*ud separate sections, covering, perhaps. Hot m'lVre than a million opportunities for fens? ouablo.'vbjection.*j, and involving an infinitude of( Intorost." Oil tlr? consideration of these Hills, one hundred and sixty-different individuals, rep resenting Over thirty local interests, und prej udiced by heaven only knows how man)' sen timents and ideas, have tho right to make upeoohes. lt grieves mc to add that very few ?re uuconsc'ions of their privileges in the prom ises, and still fewer fail to exercise them. Knob one of these gentlemen naturally expect that their beloved constituencies should ho fully informed hy the press of their Stying* r.nd dpiugs, and the very considerate eoustitu ( nniuy appreciate their representativos enough to expuct that corresponden ta should do thom full justice. So thc poor devil who submits to bo bored, for (he. benefit of thc public, by hearing tiies<; Hills, motions ?iud speeches, and then in subjected to tho necessity of running thom nil through his critical mill in order to sift out that.'which may interest the great pub lic, ia little less to be applauded for patience and fortitude '. han thc excellent owner of that historio ti'.iko.y which had only ono feather whore it ought to have had moro Thc uninitiated omi form no proper concep tion of tho difficulties attendant upon a repor ?or who is thus circumstanced. Both Houses of thc Oonernl Assembly have a right to orig innto measures, but every such measure rc , oJlirOP tiwi ^uTflliTff"<vi pf both to put it into execution, mid cim?rViUJijd^the right to re consider its notion beforersuo??^i?iilicurrencfl. TI1?8 in all very necessary, of course and per fects, if it does not facilitate, legislation, but .what uro tho eonsecjvieudes to those who un dertake to koop the public informed of their notion. If you fool any curiosity to know, listen to a statement of facts which come con veniently to bund. In tho Senate, rm Thursday, tho Hill ** to alter ?nd fix thc times for holding tho Courts of Sessions and Common Please," (tho Stay Law d )dgo,) after two days' discussion, was put upon its passage mid defeated by a volo of 12 to IO. . On Friday a motion to recon sider tho vote by which this Bill was defoatod jWOb agreed to by a voto of 10 to 12, (seo the conversion of sentiment',) nnd to day it watt pnssod by a majority of ono. Again, tho Son nte ou.yesterday, deoided to postpono nil legis lation with reference td tho proposed niodfi cations of the Codo (tho Civil ltighta Bill ex cepted) until tho regular session of tho Oonor ral Assombly in Novombcr uoxt, and to day, by a majority of oiio vote, it reconsidered tho matter, und tho whole subject is oponed again to discussion. I might cito many othor foots, but thoso nhodld Buittoo to prevent pcoplo from expeo ing too much to bo dono by tho Logisluturo at $19 sishiou. lt will bc a matter of vdugrutu lati?? if tho suggestions of Governor. Olm iilono aro ailed upon. Time is passing away rapidly in fruitless discussion, members aro beginning to " beg to be excused," and unless some more practical propositions are made, and more practical men undertake their support, an adjournment will lo ive tho State in condi tion worse than she was before thc call of tho extra*session was issued. Nothing has been done yet to meet the im mediate necessities of the poor. Thc House j seems very much disposed to act favorably on j the plan ol' its Special Committee, which is to provide a fund of two hundred and fifty thous sand dollars for present emergencies, and post poning thc preparation of a moro permanent plan until thc regular session ; bm tho So.n j ate has already decided to take no steps what ever at this time Thc only reason assigned, so far as I have been ublo to learn, is the iu liability of thc Legislature to mahn proper estimates ?d' the appropriations which would be necessary to provide the feleif that is re quired, I have already mentioned thc passage of the Slay Lawdodgo by thoSennto to-day. Almost .simultaneously with that event, thc same Bill was defeated in the House Lyn vote ol'49 to 50, This does not, however, indicate that, no meas ure will he adopted for thc relief of debtors. Thc objections to this Hill were founded on its Unconstitutionality, and not upon its intentions. Some stay to the collection of debt-, will bc mad'.! by tho Legislature, but it is impossible to say in wluitsliape.it will come. Tho de bates already had upon the question has been conducted with great ability and earnestness, but any synopsis of them could not do justice to the subject, and, beside very few pcoplb, I imagine, would take the trouble ?o rend a report of tho speeches, albeit tildy would lis ten to them, if possible, with a great deal of pleasure. The resolution with reference to the pro posed inquiries by the Attorney-General and Solicitors, into the overcharges of rates of freight by tho Rail Roads of this State, have again been given into thc hands of a Special Committee, with'thc following additional res olution to be considered at tho same time and re'port.'d on to tho I louse. ll?t?lv?l, That in order to effect the pur pop?se of tho foregoing resolution, thc Comp troller-General is hereby required to publish thc same in the newspapers of the Slate (two insertions in each,) and to invite all persons who I?iy? been aggrieved by such overcharg es, or who may have knowledge of the same, to furnish information to the Attorney Gener al or lo some of the Solicitors, that proceed ings may bo instituted against tho Companies for forfeiture of their charters." 1 have ul rea dy informed you by telegraph of Mr. Hun.KU'S plan of r?pudiation. I pre sume it may interest some of your readers to bo informed of its details which are lift fol lows : A III LL TO UKCLAKK TUR I. A W IN Ur.llAUDTO I.IAWI.tTV Ot' I'UIt'MIA.SK.UX OF SI.AVKS. Whereas, the people of the State of South Carolina, by their delegates in Convention met. did on the 27th day cd'September, Ai 1) 13U5, ordain and establish a Constitu? ion for the government of the said State, the elev enth Section of the Ninth Article of which is in these words : The. slaves in South Carolina having bren emancipated by (he. action af thc United States authorities, neither slavery nor invol untary servitude, except as a punishment foi crime, whereof the parti/ shall have. Leen du. ly convicted, shall ever be re-established in th it State. And whereas by thc said action of tho sail] authorities und thc said Convention of tlx said people, nil property in slaves was destroyed without tiny compensation to tho owners' tb ero of, and u perpetual prohibition was placed Up oil th? rc .establishment of Slavery, thereby depriving tho purchasers of Slaves of nil fur thor bouulleiul interest in slaves altering th? law of the land under and with reference tt which said purchasers of slaves had contract?e in thc purchase thereof, und virtually destroy ingall contracts of that nature. Therefore be. it enacted, <tr., That all eon tracts involving thc pay mont of money fo tho purohaso of slaves that have been nindc aro hereby dcolarcd to be null and void and that all parties indebted therefor undo laws existing anterior to thc said 27th day o Soptcmber, A. D, 1805, arc, and nie horeb; doclarod tobe not liable for such payment. 1 hnvo no other comment to moko upon th proposition, exeopt that it sounds ns if it wa made to appease a sentiment more morbid thai honest; nor do I believe that its author btu tho remotest iden that it would meet with nn other fate than its eternal reposo in thu bosoi of tho Committee to which it was roforred. A GtiATiKviNO ExiliMT.-From nn oflicin statement by Shonff Bout forwhioh wo muk duo acknowledgement to tbnt gentleman, w learn that tho number of writs, provest, wai rants, etc, eto., returned to the October Com for Richland Distriot, Fall torm, 1800, m 805. Of this number thero uro 245 wVits n sinnllor roiurn than was mndo during tl: yearn 1850-7 and '58. Thero aro accept j t ces of porbans 75 or 100.-- Carolinian. From Europe. Br.iu.i.v, Sept. 20.-Count Bismark lins been taken .very ill; but it is thought not so much as io excito serious apprehensions. The King of Prussia has written nn address to the people, thu II king thom for their patriot ism in war, und congratulates then* on the victory gained and the establishment of peace. FAu18, Sept. 20.--Tho FiiMfljce Committee sent herc from Mexico to negoiiute for a loan, arc disappointed, and bavo ribuouimed that the. lOmpirc of Mexico is wilhr.i^, funds, I'l.oufA'ec, Indy, Sept. -O'.A-f A'Tcry-seTt cius outbreak of brigands luis .occurred nour Palermo. The telegraph wires have been out in all directions ; but as the national troops bold nil of toe principal places, lt ls thought thc rebellion will bc of short (ht?iitron.' BOSTON, September 15.-A largo and en thusiastic Johnson meeting was held nt Fun euil Hill, un Monday night. The principal speech of tlj'? ovening was made by John (Quincy Adams/- Mr. Adams j was welcomed with ringing^ lind repeated cheri". After a few words . ?f i -traduction, he proceeded to give thc reason's. Why he gave his cordial support to thc proceedings of tho recent Convention held in l'hiludclphin. Ile said that he had waited for mouths, hoping I that, ?iii- trouble would not leadlo a split in the ll 'l ubliean party. Ile thought how that this trouble would not have arisepT'n thc ranks of the Iv-publican party, ii thbi'O httd boen less of pa.-sioti, less of bickering .-jftnd of sijch no tions as those of thc rudion?$' in tho recent Congi ess. Ile then proceeded, tit considera ble length, to advocate andj d?T?hd thc policy of President Johnson. jiW - - -;- ?: Mit. DAVIS' FATK.-A Washington cor tespondent of the "Baltiiuor^.(jiu?icttc" writes as follows : The success of the nul i cal ticket, will prob ably bring a sad closing to t'iq long sufferings o." Mr. Davis. The >adien\;yolcb Calls aloud for bis blood, and Congrosi would not bc slow, in violation of all law and jua??oand decency, to order a trial by a niili^ilflg commission. 'Diere ave others, too, wlm-trj.ytld not oppose such a measure. Tho oilierteeiTngS"ot" "Mr. Seward are woll-kuown. It is he more than any other to whom Mr. Davis still owes his incarceration. His painfully distorted coun tenance, marked with tho gashes made bj'thc knife of payne, remain unchanged. Ile sccs himself thc r ffe?t he produces upon strangers, and he knows that he will bcur these terrible marks to his grave. This renders him ex coedingly bittor against all those whom he can, even by force of imagination, connect with the assassination. Mr. Davis he places in iii it category. Mr. Davis himself is quito alive t< thc dall tiers of his situation, and, with inti mate frit lids, who aro allowed to visit him discusses thom calmly but freely. When thesr views arc entertained by a leading member O tho Johnson Cabinet, ns well as by thc whoh radical party, there is at least some grouut for apprehension. Ci.r.vKi.ANn, Sept. 10.-Tho Convontioi adjourned hist night, (lon. (Jordon (Jrunge was appointed President. Resolutions wen adopted by acclamation sustaining tho Phils dolphin Convention of August 14th, ond de daring also the object of thc soldiers in tahiti] up artus to suppress tho late rebellion was ti defend and maintain the supremacy of th Constitution, and to preserve the Union will all its dignity and equality, mid thc right o the several States unimpaired mid uot in an spirit of oppression or for any purpose of eon qucstand subjugation,and that whenever thor shall be any armed resistance to tho hiwfull constituted authorities of our National Un io either in tho South or in tho North, or in th littst or in tho West, they,will take up tiru; to maintain the Union. A dispatch from Memphis Bigncd by Get Forrest and other ex-Confederate ollicers wa read, expressing their sympathy with the pul poses of tho Convention, and declaring UH the Confederate soldiorsnre on ti rely willing t leave tho determination of their rights OB cit zens of States mid of tho United Stated to th soldiers of the Union, and on our part vi pledge our life, security of life, person, propc ty, etc, freedom of speech and opinion. '1 all a suitable unswer was returned. TllI.NTON, N. J., Sept. lo. - Alex. G. Cu tell has been elected United States Senator receiving tho votes of oil tho Republicans i each House; tho Democrats refusing to vot they prosonted n protest, dcoloring tho ne law of oleotion of u United Sbttes Sunator u constitutional, and also declared there was t vacancy. They also condemu tho Uniti States Senate in sov'oro tornos for doprivii Mr. Stockton of his vote, while being perin ted to retain bis scat. WABlllNOTON.Sopt. 18.- Pu.ingthcqu; ter ending June 80, 1800, tho receipts of t (?oven?mont from sales of public lauds, dire tax, internal revenue and incidental SOliroi woro $129,040,702.07; from loans,&o., $10! 802,880-making tho total receipts, 882 488,002.67. Tilo expenditures were 684?: 442,701. it List of Aots passed by the Legislature. An Act to fl mend fin Act entitled an Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in Outobcr, 1805. An Act giving authority to the City Coun cil of Charleston to proceed in tho matter of a Fire Loan, with u view to aid iu building up thc city anew. An Act to amend an Act entitled nu Act to lend thc credit of thc State to secure certaiti bonds to bc issued by tho South Carolina lt uil roud Company; yVtr*Aut ixj p'JxjviJo foi- iL? <lm tv ?nf? of jiu ,?.-.? for tho n?xfierm of tho Court of Common Pleas and Ceueral Sessions for Darlington District. Au Act to make parties, plaintiffs and de fendants, competent to givo testimony in such cases in like manner as other witnesses. An Act to incorporate thc Planters' mid Farmers' Relief Association. An Act to declare valid the recent election for Intend int and Wardens of the town of Darlington. Au Act to incorporate the Phoenix Fire Engine Company of Darlington. An Act to legalize the elections of munici pal officers . . the towns of Moultrieville mid Mt. Pleasant. Ap Act to provide for thc establishment of ?A Penitentiary. An Act to provide for tho funding of the interest and principal of certain stocks and bonds of the State past due. An Act to incorporate tho People's Muil Steamship Company. An Act to alter and fix the times for hold ing the Courts of Common Pleas in this State. An Act to declare the rights of persons lately known as slaves and as free persons of color. An Act to amend an Act eutitlcd an Act to establish District Courts. Au Act to require tho Commissioners of Public Buildings for Greenville and Piekcns Districts to pay over funds to the Commission ers of the Poer of said Districts, respectively. An Act to incorporate tho Stonewull Fire Engine Company of Charleston. An Act tu secure advauccs for agricultural purposes. An Act to amend the law in relation to the bonds required of public officers. An Act to amend and extend the operation of an Act entitled an Act to provide n mode by which to perpetuate testimony in relation tu deeds, wills, choses in action, and other pa pers and records destroyed or lo?t during thc recent war. An Act ti? provide for thc redemption of bills receivable issued by this State. An Act to vest in the city ol' Columbia thc right and title of the State in certain lots. An Act to make appropriations to meet cer tain deficiencies in thc appropriations for tho year commencing ou thc 1st of October, A. D. 1805. LAWKS' SOUTHERN RELIEF ASSOCIATION ol' MARYLAND.-Wo learn from the " Balti more Sun," tliat thc Executive Committee of this praiseworthy association lins just pubt. lished a full report, embraced in a neatly print ed pamphlet of forty-six pages, detailing the manner in which they have disposed of the funds realized from thc great fair held in this city in April lust. 'Ibo parent society is that of Rnltiuiore city, with auxiliary nssoeiatious in Carroll, Baltimore, Howard, Talbot, Wash ington, Hartford and Kent Counties. Mary land, and in the State of Delaware. The first distribution of funds was based on $108,000, giving to Virginia $20,000; North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, each, 810,000 ; South Carolina, 815,000; Maryland, *8,000 ; Lou isiana and Tennessee, each, 81,000; Missis sippi, $15,000. Tho sum allotted to Mory luud wau directed to bo devoted to Southern ref?teos and special cases id' necessity found in the State. The second distribution wan based on 812,000, of willoh fc?.OOO went to Virginia and North Carolina ; 83,750 to South Carolina nod Mississippi, each; $0,250 to Georgia; $?1,000 to Arkansas nod Florida, each; Alabamn, 86,250; to Louisiana, 81, 500 ; and to Maryland, 82,000. Ant LINK RAILROAD-NKW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK.-Says tho " Gainesville (Ga.) Enulc :" Mr. E. M. Johnson has just returned from a meeting of tho offiocrs of tho Air Linc Rail road, held nt Now York. He reports tbnt tho road will bo built from Atlanta to Guiuesvillo, and thut from that point two surveys will bo mndo-ono to Chester, S. C., via Andorson C. IL, and tho other to Charlotte or Salisbu ry, N. C., via Pendlctou, S. C. This road, it is oluiincd, will, whou built, bo tho shortest route from Now York to Now Orleans-us di rect a lino as prncticnblo, find that thc trip between tho two points over it will bo made in 50 hours. --- NEW YORK, Soptomber IS.-Tho groat publie demonsrntion, last ovenine, in Union Sffuare, in support of the .President's policy, wits attended by nosily 100,000 persons. Goo. Dix, R. H. Piuyn, .Hoffman, Sonatoy Mc Dougs I nod others, spoke. STAMPS ON DET.DS.-Thc following special communication concerns a mutter in whiuh thousands of parties in this and ?djoiniug - 4 States are interested, who arc holders of or otherwioo parties to deeds, tho records of which have been destroyed during tho war. It will bc observed that deeds executed beforo October lust, 1802, require no stamps. This has been frequently published, but want of information respecting it is still the cause of troublo and expeuse : TRKASUUY,DUPAKTMKNT, .CX'.'VtVV .C\V I Ml'}; lt ff A. Tr IlllYHNVU, > Washington, Sept. 8, 18GG. ) Sir : 1 reply to your letter bf thc 4 tb inst., that the first Internal Revenue Act took effect, so far as related to sta.op duties, October 1st, 18G2. Instruments executed and delivered prior to (but date, though they may be record ed afterwards, aro not chargeable with stump ditties. Any instruments issued after the above date, without thc proper stumps, may be pre sented to the Collector by the parties or any persons interested, in order to have thc requi site stamps affixed and cancelled. Such un instrument issued ?t a timo when, and iu a place where no Collection District was estab lished, may bc stamped by thc party who is sued it, or by any party having an interest therein, at any time prior to January 1st, 1807. When originals are lest the necessary stamps may bc affixed to copie-' duly proveu. Very respectfully, IC. A. liOLLIXSj Commissioner. Tim WAU IN MEXICO -Vera Cruz dates to thc 25th of August report that Marsha) Ha zaino is concentrating u force at San Luis Potosi to meet General Carin, with ?JO,000 ? mon. It is supposed the general engagement will take place between Sun Luis Potosi and Mexico. Guerreo's liberal forces cut thc bridges ut Chiohuila nod Solidad. Ho then attacked Medeliu with bis advance, fifteen mile.', from -.... Vera Cruz. He sacked the former town, con tuiuing 2,f>C0 inhabitants, mostly French, ra zing the pluce to the ground. . Thc gunboat Eugenia was. repulsed off Tus pan buy. Thc liberals under Horrowa nbo captured 2Q0 LVeuob troops et Tuspau and ull their atores. RAI.TIMORK, Sept. 18.-A large meeting of thc soldiers and sailors of Maryland, to se lect delegates to the Cleveland Convention, was held on thc 12th. A series of resolutions were adopted, ap proving thc policy of the President, and a del egation to Cleveland was appointed. Coloucl Maulsbury, the Chaim: .n, while making nu uddress, was interrupted by a radical, when a rush was mode for the lutter, and bc retreated, firing a pistol ut the crowd ns bc went, On being arrested, he confessed that there was t\ plot among tho radicals to provoke a riot, which hud been suppressed only by thc prompt itude of thc persons present. SAN FRANCISCO, August 2s.-A terrible catastropo occurred in this city yesterday morning. A building known as tho Summer Street House, in Summer .street, a few doors West of Montgomery, used as a boarding house, fell to thc ground about 2 o'clock in the morning, burying iu tho ruins nearly all thc occupants. Thc exact number in the es tablishment at thc time is not correctly known, but it is thought to bc between thirty and forty. Already eight persons have been taken out dead, tittil fifteen to twenty wounded. CINCINNATI, Sept; 20.-The river has ris en ten feet during thc last, forty-eight houri', with tho exception of the Little Minina and Marietta and Cincinnati. All railroads aro in tempted by thc destruction of bridges. The oort) fiel US along the Big M ?ama arc all overflowed, the water being higher than tho own tops . Thc Seiuta overflowed tho valley I at Columbus. Tho luwer pan <.,f Dayton I overflowed, mid McPhersonvillc, opposite, is ten feet under water. Families arc forced lo lcavo their homes. Three men were drowned nt Piqua. CINCINNATI. Sont. 21.-There have been groat rains in all parts of tho West, and much damage done. Tho canal cmbankim "it nt Dayton, Ohio, broke, and a considerable part of tho town is under water. There is much destruction of property, tho whole country in that section beintr under waler. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Soward is much improved, and pronounced out of danger. Att'y Gen. htanbevry has given t. wiittcn opinion that tho President has power to fill va cancies in thc reoess of tho Senate, without any limitatiot ns to tho time they occurred. IMPORTANT IP TttriK. - A Boston paper states that a company of English capitalists, with n oupital of 82,000,000, aro about to start in Charleston, S C., an enormous cotton factory establishment for supplying tho Euro pean trado. They aro bnoked by tho wealth iest firms iii England and Franco. Several other enterprises, it is lidded, aro under con sideration; which, if successful, will speedily render CharlcMon tho leading city of tho 3duth. .