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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& Auother Year. Another yfl?r, another year, . ... ' Oh, .Who' shall seo another year ? '. ?h*lV thou/ohl n^'an of hoary head, > f)f>ye<sigUt dim, and fe.eblo dreadt Expect ii'.riot) tlitio, pain and. grief, HaVeVfnade the? Uko tho autuiuU leaf, Kp?ay,'by u'?at or sslf-dvCay, Proirt its slight hold to drop awny^ And sotno sad niorn may gild thy bier, iLertg, long'boforo nnotbor year I ". ;.:-'?(?| ' Another yc|hr, another year, Oh, who shall eeo aiiof her. year ? , -Shall yon, tho young ?. or you. tljo fair ? jj . ^ Ah J tho prosuniptumis'th?ught forbear! Within this ohurohyaru's.peucoful bounds,;'.; ? . .'V "Cbm?, pause and ponder ;o'?r tlio mounds! y-, 1?ere beauty sleeps-that.verdant length Of grave contulns.whal onoo" was at rim gt h ; Th* ?hild-tho bOy--tiio muli aro hero ; : You may not seo anot lier year I Another y oat1,-another y?nr,' v. #. . Oli, who shitll soe another year? .^Sha.ll I,- whose burning thirst of 'ftnie ;? iio^?artlily p.oWcr can quench or tamo t .'. Alas!-'that.barning thirst, may soon - Ile o'er, And all beneath ?lie hioon-? AU my fine visions, fancy , wrought, . ! Au'i '?U this vortoi whirl of thought, , Forovor oe??e and dlBnppear, Ere.dawns on earth nhotlier year ! ?;. CALHOUN vs. CALHOUN. Tho following ia tho Dccrco of Chancellor . JOHNSON in the oascof Calhoun VB. Calhoun. Tliex?ft'?e Woe henrdmt Pickens, July, I860 : On tho 13th day of May, 1854, -FLOBIDI? , CALHOUN and her daughter, CORNELIA M\ CALHOUN, sold and conveyed to. ANDREW.P. .CALHOUN tho Fort Hill Plantation, in Pick ens Distrlot, containing'eleven hundred and ten nores, fifty negro alav?s, and all the other paraonnl property on the plantation, with cer ts!? specified exoeptions, f?r the sum of forty nine thousand dollars. And in payment of thc samo, they took tho individual bond of ANiiiitfVy' P. CALHOUN; id-bo paid as follows! that is to say : Forty thousand two hundred dollars to FLORIOB CALHOUN, and the remain ing eight thousand eight hundred dollars to CORNELIA M. CALHOUN; tho whole amoant to be paid in fifteen years from tho first, day of April, 1851, tho p iy m en ts to commence in top. years from the last date, and to bo fully completed in five equal annual instalments ' thereafter, with interest on tho whole amount 3f?r the first ?en.years, nt-the'rsto of f;ve*and One-half por oent.por 'curium j and-*for the .Remaining fivo years, at tho rate of three por; ??iit. per,annum upon tho instalments as they I.-.u$pUduo, and for the purpose of securing the pay tuent of thob?Odi and ns' a part of ?lie name: transaction, as ls"evidenced by tho fact, that all the papers boar thc same date,.and by a written agreement, entered into at tho same . titnO, by all thc parties, ANU/toW/P, CAL* ' UOUN executed two aeparato mortgages, ono \ for the Fort Hill plantation, and thc other"for tho fifty fiogro sjav?s, .fcaoh by it? terms to se cure thc payment of tho whoio amountof ' tit O' bond tb Fjr.obirjK.CALHOUN uqd CORNELIA M.' CALHOU N. , Tho raortgago for tho negro slaves is im the usual form, - with 3 proviso In tho: - . words following,' to' wit : ?.That If default shaft ' happen to bo made of or in any payment Of t,hO ?aid dobj/'Of pf money aforesaid, ac OOr&itfg*0 ihe.ternie, intent abd -moaning of .ih,o .??ld'bond and bonditipn thereof, tjuit.thcn .-and in that ease, it shollahdi m\iy;b^da;wful?tO and .'for tho said. FLORIpk* C?LYroirN and CoiU NELI A ML CALHOUN, their lOxecotbrs, Admin is'trstors, Attorneys br Agents, from timO'tb time, and at All times hereafter,.peaceably and quietly to ontor into- any or all t l>o messuage's,, 'Jgndfl or' tenements of tba said ANDREW P. . tJALHOuN, aud to toko tho said slaves into their custody ano) possession, add thc same to ?iO.ld and detain' ito their own uso and behoof ?"?* thoir own^obda:>:n'nd.;;?hattcl$''.{roiU thbnco ,;'>for th n n d'foro'vOr,'-.Or the" same to sell and dis poso of at will atjd plcas/ur?, roturuing th? over . plusjdf ^ftn^'-'?b]Bir?.;8li'0ttid liappon to be af^cr '..'paying tho -said; debtor' sum of nibifyyV v/ith interest aetirtilng unto 'FLOR'?UE CALHOUN iinfl^onNKLiA 'M, CALI^OU;;,.?'. ..i-Whbrb-waa somO conflict bf oyidchbo^poii' the subject,but/u'pbn tho wholo, I. int satlsv fled that ih the tradoy'tho plantation wnft.oatl ihatod at . fifteen thousand dpi lara-; the. fifty negro slaves at twei|ty.ottm ^xo?sai|d.v.^lln.f9.>? Wdthe other personal property'at five thioas and dollar^'mokinjj in the aggregate forty >^no thousand 'dollars.' . Optate, And in Mureh, 1805, Anare?: P Calhoun d?od, itit?state, leaving .as h}* hoira ftt-l?yf, Hi? wi.^OW, Margarito M. Caihourf, ?r?d '.?QWI? bnildren; to wit : ptifF ?rbcrt Calhoun, John C. Cslhotnr, Margarito Calhoun, A^rew tr\ iMbm?j J?tnc? Bi Calhoun, Patrick Cal ?iq?hyat?d- M ?ry Lucretia Calhoun, un infant, who has sinco died. And his soi*V John C; Ciillmun. administered upon his estate, which, like that of many others, wast almost entirely swept aWay by the results of tho war. And the only property remaining foi thq payment of the bond, whioh is wholly unpaid, except the interest up to the first day of April, 1865, and.of other debts, Which, from nu exhibit of the same, filed with tho anster of tho Admin. istrator, amounts to as much or more than the mortgage debt, is thc Fort Hill plantation and about ten thousand dollars worth of personal property. Tho bond is the only spcoiulty debt dub by the estate,of thc iutestuto, so far, .as is yet known. The bill was fded on tho 12th of Marci), 1800, for tho purpose of foreclosing tho niofy gage on tho-Fort Hill plantation, for tho pay, mcutof'tho wholo amount of thc bond. To this, the dofendunt, Margarito M. Calhoun, ob jects, insisting that, she is entitled to dower in the plautntion, subject to tho payment of the purchase uioncy of thc same, and not of thc whota mortgage debt, au f that tho a&scts in the hands of tho Administrator aro first to b( applied, in the regular course of ad,ini'iistra lion, to thc extinguishment of tho tnortgngo j and that the Fort Hill plantation shall only bj subjected to the payment pf ?ny deficiency ol the amount of tho bond, after thc proceeds ol the personul oitato ?r? applied and after de ducting that portion of thc ?ame, which wa? gitan for the purchaso money of tho fiftj slaves, whioh foi* reasons hereinafter assigned it is insisted, should not bc paid. Thc ease! of Wilson vs. McConnell, 9 Rteh, Ko,., 500 aud llenacgcn vs. Ilarlico, 10 Rich. Kq,286 sustain tho position, that tho personal ostnb is first to bo applied to tho payment of th mortgage .debt and that the huid is only liabl for the balance due. Rut tho first proposifioi is not sustained by the authorities , A widov can only tuko dower |n lahd, mortgaged by th hushaud, ot the time of the ^urchuso, and a Repart of thc same transaction, subject to th payment of thc entire niortgngo debt, whethc the same Was in wholoj or in part only, for th purchase money of tho land, provided tho sam : is recoverable at law. ' Hut it iaincistiid by the.dofqndants.thatth largest portion of tho mortgage debt was ir curred by tho purchase, of the fifty ne.gr slaves, who'h*.vc;sir?c.o boon emancipated, art that thc consideration of tlio bond, to that os tout, has wholly failed. For moro than te years-after'the purchase, there was no con "pk!nt of any failure Of consideration, and i is not now alleged, that there was any intrir sid defect'in thc titi en, when the bond wu given. At, thc time, property in slaves, as i everything else, was subject tc be destruyo by. revolution, and it has boen so destroyei Hut did not thc intestate buy thom with tl contingency distinctly before bini, that the ii stitution Of slavery might, in a short time, I abolished, ciMior by a revolution in the gp Prnjfreiit, or by c<vi?litutioual amendinVnt ? H;is; well known, that ?ho value of slay?, i difreront times, W?B greatly affected by t! political aspect? of tjie country, A lid I thii it jmay bc safoly titian for granted, < thal'wh? tho iutestato umde tito purchase, ho took tl ohaueee of pnapoipLdiou into eonsideratio abd paid hU0]K u price ?a ho supposed thc i ttliisio valt?o'^f tho flavos,-, lessened by su< (jhVtiicfes woiild justify him in doing. " ? ; j From ali the consultation, whioh I ha lhVen able-to give the subject, I-eau fiad not ing in tho law, which will justify me in dist girding tuo decisions iu analagoua cases, ? sing from tho.death or destruction of ^pfopi .ty; after it is sold and before it is paid for, far ns to d?cide, that tho consideration of t bond,' to tho extent tho some was given for t purchase money'of tho negro slaves, has fajh and that tho purchaser is hot responsible I trie ?anio;'. In vadh?ripg to^such dnoisians tho rUlo, it may bc that, many groat hardshj will follow in many eases, bitt I amby uiean$ certain, that they would bo fowcr less gidpv?ii.s. if'the contrary rule woro adopl aa. tji0 right-ono.. But -it is insisted that I institution pf. slavery was hot abolished ut it'was dono bf our Stato authorities. If ?it ?to did the ant freely otid not in coinpl^fii with the dothau'dft of an authority, .which i Waa forced toohey, then tho owners of ala .nitcrht bo jusrilled in presenting claims agoi th?i'fet?te fortlie? Valu?,, .but not in rc/us . to^oy tho parties frpni, whoui they had r ctiase.d them, -thq a th ou a t/they1 hod agrocc pay for them before their cnint^ ' / if 'it were otherwise, jt is stradgo that iii has been ho decision in any paso arising of ?lie Ch?anc?pation'of sljiVcs in' tho West d?a islands, or in tho Northern Stator, susti lng tho position, contended, foi'. And ?ji 8 a rule wOro adopted, in relation to exoc'ut contracts for sin vea, it'would bc very diifii for Courts of Fquity to stay their hand exocutcd oontruets for thom, '.when the. c< t?os for relief would bo prooihcly Umwarne, qept, perhaps, that the moro grasping oreti had' compelled paymont hy sadHfloihg property of his debtor,' when the ii??r? ty gent ono had fjlvon time, ns a sp'eolal favo the purqhaser.. It U further insistod, that if tho defenc a failure of conflidoratlota, to thtf exton* bf purchase money of tho tiogrd^iay^.'.'bo. not sustained, tiiat tim est?te of tbo';.it^eat;iie'is not liublo for tho same, be?au8^.lhe|?ondition of tho mortgage Wus broken beforc UiOir finiao oiplition, aud upon that btiiu^bpy^th? leg?) estato in tho slaves 'teated in t'iV^iiiortgagoes, and that legally thc loss by tl?u]^)i??1^^j?ip^At???to^ fell upon them, and not upon ;.'JO/mortgagor. It is true, that unou tho cW??d'itjmijo'f tho mortgage being broken, the leva! titio to Abo slaves vested In tho mortga^y;.*',' ?nd',-tii(iy(. might, without any eonditioit'V-/- tjjwn?^^l^f havo seized and sold them n;?d/;applied, the proceeds to the payment of tl^Vdobt, of they .might havo filed their bill t?^r'?closo their mortgages both on the land l^ jtll the n?gro slaves, or they might have instituted a suit at law, upon tho bond for the whole amount pf tjio same, Brown vs. Stewart,^! Mong'l, ch. 87; 4 Kent, 188 and-nota 1. / In the ease of. Bryan vj. Richardson, 1st 'alfob. ,Eq. Kop., thc well established doctrino of this Court is stated hj* Chancellor Harper t6 bc this, to wit: " In this Court, tho nmrtgagcjo^.tltough hav ing tho legal title, is not considered in any rftanu?r os thc owner of the'Slaves; aa, in a Court of Equity in England, tho .mortgagee of land is not considered the legid'owner. Ile is rcgardc?l as having token k;pledge or secu rity for his debt, witb>no view to tho possession of the property itself. His objoot is merely tho recovery of his money." And by tho provisions of tho act of-" 1712, '"tho' mortgagee must be in the aotuul possession of personal Croperty for the space of two years aft ir thc reach of tho proviso in tho bill of sale or oth er paper, operating SB a mortgage, bel >re the absolute ownorshin of thc pbperfy > ssts in .him. And it has been dooided in tho * oso of Jackson vs.' Willard, 4 Johnson's Bop., that tho interest of n mortgagee before foreclo sure, is not tho subject of sajo on execution at law, notwithstanding tho debt, is due and the estate has become absolute it'law.',' And,.in the case of Covcll vs. Dolloff, $1 Maine Rep, 104, that if the property in.t|io possession of the ni-v; toogee is destroyed; without any fault of hit, he cannot bo held t(j.account for it.1 Upon condition broken, th? legal title to per sonni property is portnitted to Vest in the mortf,igeo, for the purpr^'o^Vr iOtinblilig' bini, the more readily, to enforco his lien, and not for the purpose of compelling him to do so, orl?se his debt, in case the property may bt destroyed. And the Court, in this caso, can not hold, that tho loss resulting from tho oman cjpatiou of thc slaves shall fall upon tho mort gagecs, merely because they failed to enforce with haste, f>no of their remedies for the pay ment of their bondytyhori tim mortgagor might nt,any timo,.ofter thu purohaso, have sold th| property and paid the mortgage debt. lt is ordered and decreed, that unless tin instalments now due on the said bond, and al tho interest that is duo, it being computed ac cording to the terms of the bond, be paid oi or boforo tho first day of February next, tba ..tho said defendants do stund absolutoly dc barred and foreclosed of and from all equit; of redemption, of and in th) said mortgage* j premisos ; and that tho Commissioner do tel .t}m Port Hill plantation, on thc first,Mpudtf; ii? March next, pr such other timo ns may b apreed upon by ': tho'parties, at Bickens Cour .IIouRC, after giving, at least, twenty-one doy publio'notioe Of thc sale, to the highest biddet on a credit till the first day of Noveinbor next thp purohaser to give bond and two or mor good Buv??.ies-the title deed to be signed, bu bot delivorcd, till tho payment of tho pm chase ..money--and if tho tuohey be not pal ai th? vlljv'ft.it bpcothes due, thou that tho sai ?plantation be rc sold, On Salcday In Dccomb? noxt, after tho UHi?nl notice, to tho. 'highifi bidder, for cash,' nt tho risk of tho former pm ohas?r. It is also ordered and decreed, that tho eredi ;o^<rof tho ?wtato of Andrew P. Calhoun.bfloi joined from instituting suits at hw, upon the claims against the same, and that thoy be r quired to como, in before'-'.tho Commission? and provo, their demand? against the said c toto, on or before tho first day of April nea and .i.^hat the Commissionoi1 will gVvo t\ montes pttblic1 notice tO" creditors that th Will bo -required to do the. sam e. /..v^dv'H't?" also ordered and decreed, that tl ^es?ion'of.on'iblemontsond'iKl otherquestio mode ip tho pleadings and not deoldcd\ifi L\ decree, br. r?serv?e, until tho coining in of tl Com m issi o rjcr's rep >rt, and that ho do rope the amounts dhe by tho estato of thointostal with l?avo to report any special matter. WM. D. JOHNSON. .December 18, 1800. ' X?&h ... .-r-?-^^*?--' MEN^AT. pleasures novcreloy ; unlike; t|i? or the body, they are inorenspd by/ropctitk approved of by reflection, and strengthen by enjoyment. rf;''''J_ . 'J.Qglt BI^MN?S sa j HA .?< .There is only c advantage thrtfccE*?an seo in ?oing to tho doA aud that is the road is easy and you at'o B\ to get there." V A WIDOW lady, sitting by a ?beorfui rire a meditativo nfoo'd, shortly after her husban d?a??wr, sighed out ? " Vo4^:f^.low-~^h0w did? like a good fire I . I h?p? ho has g< .where (hoy keep good fir-W* '.. ' . .;.. ' S' V . -. .'' v\ DiVIa^ Dittt?ct Tho Judiciary fJomVpittec to whom WOB rc-, furred a " Bill to alter tho Constitution, ?*o OR to divide ricken? District into two Judicial and Election Idstriott?/' respectfully report, .tjtnt ? similar Bill, ?? To alter the Constitua rion of tlus Btato, so as.to pr?vido for the Es tablishment of art additional Judicol mm E*? i.ion ? -.District j" also, " A Bill to constitut-? the Election District pf Berkely a ?ipa ra te Juilioial Db'trbst-'*. also Other paper? on the sumo subject h a Vb been iVforreu toHh'CnV. .Tho committee llovo-considered thc sume, and ur? of opinion that, inasmuch, as the va rious measures proposed, involve^ o?iangcs in tho.coristiti'itioii of tliO'Stato, they can e\\bi provided for, by one Bill. Thc do'mmUteo rec ommend that tho Bill " to divido P?okens Dis triot into two Judicial ?nd Election Districts," bo adopted with oertoiri 'amendments set forth in tho accompanying paper, and that the titi? of tho Bill be changed tb " A Bill to amend tho'.first artiolo of tho Constitution in certaiu particulars," and that the saine do pass, i Your Committeo. fiod that the proposition io divide Bickens District, and that to ??or?ate a now Election District from tho territorial orea of Edgcficld and Barnwell, involves c chango In the distribution of politioal powci in thc Slate ?nd increases tho representation in tho General Assombjy, of the parti?ulai se?tion referred to. Your Committeo thinl that in Amending the Constitution in this par tieular, it.is eminently proper that tho sann should not be dono without adjusting tho bal anqe of political power In. the State, and rc forming thc unequal basis* of representation adopted by the Convention of September, A D. 1805. ' By tho seventh section of the First artiol of tho Constitution then adopted, the basis o representation of tho State was limited to th white inhabitants, by which restriction th wholo population, heretofore represented a property,'was-excluded. Tho effect Was th sudden withdrawal of uhnost all their politics power, from those districts where the nogr population was large, and thrown into thos 'Districts, where it happened to be small. ^Chis relation of the lower Districts to thoa ot' tho Upper waa", before the adoption of th Constitution of 1806, in identiuid analogy t the relation, which tho Southern States sti occupy, as to the basis of representation I the Northern section of tho Union. TV South justly complain* of tho attempts of tl rudioul party in Congress to restrict her re rescututton to whito inhabitants or voting po ulution, and the seventh section of thc Coi stitutiou of South Curolina above referred t is a standing example and invitation to tin party. Thc proposal to sub divide large Electic Districts, effect? a palpable gain in represent tion for particular sections of tho State, an successfully avoid, the restriction of the Pr viso contained ?li the ninth section of tl First Article. If such propositions aro a ceded to by tho Legislature,- it will limit tl operation of the'proviso, alono, to those Eic tion Districts which ure incapable of COUVC! lent division. Your Committee think that would bc unequal and unjust to restrict tl representation of one section and by sub-d yiding'J)istrict? to increase the numerical po\ fit ?f another sootiou. To maintain a u n i fur 'rulo applicable to all ports of tho State, it proper that tho proviso in tho ninth sooth bo repealed., Your uomraittes.are cf opinh rh'ut no increase of political power should 1 added to ono section without an equivale boing given to tho other, so as not to distu tho basis established in 1805, although th rule of representation was unequal and u t T\\at tho Sovonth Seetion of tho Fi 'Article'of.-the Constitution, bc, and tho sai is hereby, altered ?nd amended so as to rc as. follows : " SEO. 7. In aligning Ileprese??tntiveM the sev?ral Districts, the General Asseml shall allow ono Hcprescntativc fot*evory six second part , of tho wholo numbor of inha tauts iii tho State ; and one Representative so, for every sixty-second part of tho wh taxos raised by tho General Assembly. Th shall bo further allowed ope Repr?sent?t for sueli. frACtioti pf tho sixty-second ,part tho inhabitants, and of the sixty second r of tho taxes, as when added together, fon :?y?it," 2. That tho Eodrtlf Section of the first. tiole of tho Constitution hq, and tho Rann hereby, altered, and amended so as to reat follows : " SK.O. 4I Tho boundaries of ?o? aevoral ( dip?al ?n^.ElQCtion Bistr'o.k, shall remain they aro now. established, oxoopt that Tho District of Piokens shall bo, and samo is hereby, divided into two Judioial Election Districts, by a line com mon ein ? tho Whito Water Uiver, on tho line b'QtW the States of North ?nd South Carolin?, running tholoo d?wp the main ebannol said river, to its confluence with. JKcowoe 3 er, im^'fhoooo dowrr Seneca to tho Uno of PbtricVoi Anderson ; That, tho division lyltt? West of said shalt bc bolled " Plokens District," and. divinion East of ??id line, ?hall be o? I " Kcbweo District j" and thc/General Assem bly ahull have power to carry out this provis ion by appronri?to legislation : That, until the next*flpportionriiontbf icp resCntntiott, each Of ?{\d Districts shall be en titled to elect two members' bf tho llouse.pf ?teprcse?talivos : That''an additional Judicial and Election District, ,to. be culled " Calhoun,'.' is hereby established, with the following bonndurics, to wit : ,Beginning at the uiphtjsr ot' bose's .Cwjek,, where it empties into thc Savannah; ilTv^rTg linc ttf tho point where MoTyer's Creek intersects thc di viding line of Edgcficld and Lexington Dis tricts; thence up tho said dividing line to the old Charleston aud Ninety-Six road ; thouco along that road to the point where it crosses tho dividing lino of Lexington .and Orutige-< burg Districts ; thence down said lino to whero the South Fork of the Edisto Iii ver, is met by tho said line ; thence along tho Edisto Riv er to tho Pine-log, Bridge, /rn said river; thence in a straight line to Windsor Station on tho South Carolina Railroad ; thence in a straight Hilo to Dcmarest Ferry, on tho Sa vannah River, ap.d thence up said river to tho' beginning point ot tho mouth of Fpxe's Creek : ' That an additional Judicial District, to be.: known ps the Judicial District of " Berkeley," is hereby ?established, with the following boun daries, to wit-: Tb?.'arca embraced.withiii the lines of tho foamer Parishes of St. James San tec, St. Themas and St. t?ennis,St. Stephen's, St. Johu's, Berkbly, and St. James. Goose . Creek. . Until thc oitizens, resident in tho said Ju dicial Districts of "Berkeley," " Calhoun/' "Keowcc," and "Picken?," hereby estab lished, shnll,at their own expense,prov ?do suit able buildings for holding the sessions of tho Courts of Law and Equity, arising in the said Districts, and for th? saine custody of priso ners and records, tho Courts shall continue to bo held ris they now aro." 8. That the Ninth Section of thc Consti tution be, Rud tho same is hereby, altered aud amended so os to read as follows : " SEO. 9. If, in thenpportionmcnt of Rep resentatives, any Election District shall. ap pear not to be entitled, from ita population and its taxcs, ton Representative, such' Elec tion District shall, nevertheless, send one Rep resentative, and if th ore be still a deficiency of thc number of Representatives required j by Scctiou Fifth, such dificiency shall be sup plied by assigning Ropresentutives to thooo Election Districts having thc largest surplus ' fraction, whether those fractions consist of a combination of population and taxes,.er of population and taxes separately, "until the num ber of ono hundred aud twenty-four Represen tatives bo made up." THEODORE G BARKER. For tho Committee. THE CONGRESSIONAL PREACHIER.-The Rev. Dr. Boynton, chaplain of tho House of Representatives, preached in Representatives' Hull on Sunday. Thc text WUB the 27th verco of tho 2d chapter of Mark : "Tho Sabbath Was 'made for luhn, and not man for tho Sab bath.". The lino of argumont pursued by tho speaker was to show that all laws aud institu tions wero made to bo subservient to tho in- - tqrest of man, and that when thoy interfered with the rights of man, they must give way ! and bc set asido. Ho niado tho assertion that Christ was a radical reformer in tho broadest scnsCof tho terni, and likened tho Sorihr-a ?no* Pharisees to certain classes of the present day. He concluded 1H ? fling at tbp Supremo Court decision oh thc subject of Military Commis sions, argbing that tho progressive Spirit of tho ugo demanded that if tho laws' were not ade quate for tho protection of loyal men for acts .committed in time of war; and if power was not given to punish-traitors, tho laws must bo overturned, und such laws passed nod such mon placed in power ns would meet th? exi gencies aud demands of tho times. NEW YORK, January 12.~Adviecs from. Rio Jonoiro, dated Deoomber 8, have beicrj ire-, ceived Tho river Amazon to Cantineo. arid San Franoi800 has leen throvtn open to the trade/of all nations. * A, jriot lins taken placo between the Brazil ians and Portuguese in Pernambuco, in which eighty Portuguese and 100 Brazilians wero killed. 800 Brazilian soldiers have arrived at Montovidco. -?O-^.^?J St. Augustine is said to bo a delightful res idence. Tho Kram iner, of that pluce,' speak ing of the g.Rcat crop of uraii^e*, $?/^*|8B^ OOiOOO Will be picked f(eurone grove. A. friend there writes us that " thoy hang ih rich yellow cluster? from.troca on tho sides bf tba streets, sud tho soft dir ta redolent of their rloh perfume." ?; '-?ii?.-. A CANADIAN newspaper oohtains tho fol Icwinfc plaintive advertisement : " Will thc gentleman who stolo mymehps on last ?t?b bath night bo generous <lough to return ree ?few ?f tho seed, as tho melons wv* me ricty." . _.-.-..^.?.* .j&^lMrt faateric? sre springing np na fte Ife I ci?o coast