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Autumn, "Welcome, yo trees, in dying verdure oin I, Weeping your golden tears on nil below ? ?41*11, J??i, AUIUUIII naya, whose aspect snit Delight* my sight, ?"d aoitotiB ult my WOe ! wth thought ful step, in lonely woodland oath, -**WwHo mark the year's retreating form, When, $??ntbro ns the mournful alindes o? death, The sun's veiled rays scarce tell tho approach of mora. Yea. in those Autumn days, when nairne dies, Uer glory gone, all beauteous tiling* [ 8C0| T/ie farewell ol' a friend, (ho hist low sighs That waft from dying lij,8 ihe last sweet ?mile to me. So ready from thc shore of lifo to spring, Weeping for Summer days of hopo long past, I still look back with envy's poignant sting, ' ? And view departed joya which yoi no joys poa (teased. Barlil, aun, vales, nature, beautiful an.) fair For you. . i death's dark verge a lear Dished Ho lovely is tbelight. so pure tho air. That shines mid breathes irouml thodying head Yet to tho dreg:? this oap of HIV I'll urabi This mingled cup of nectar and ol gal) ; Still in hs depths, nil hidden, may remain Ono drop of life to compensate tor ad. Perchance, all shrouded in futurity, Some bliss, by hope unseen, 1 may descry ; I'orehnnco some sister soul my soul may soe .To read my spirit willi a kindred eye. The ilowcr resigns ?ls perfume I-, Hie gale. breathing its final awecinoss.s ?>u ii . My soul exhales in sorrow, like iho v.-ml """'o low strain of iiiou rh: a I melndy, ^ ? LI TI O Xx,. THE ELECTION ORDERED. IlBAUQiLitmm* 2u Mi LITA nv fri.si'tuor ) Charleston, S. C., Oct. JG, 1807, j [General Orders Aro. OS ] Hy tho terms of tho Act of Congress en titled " An Act io provide ?for thu inoro elli oient govern montof tho nd? l yinv?,", cd Mulch 2i)d, and July 10th, 1867, supple mentary thereto, it is made tho duly id' the Commanding General of this Milit.ry Dis trict to cause a registration to mada of thc male inhabitants ol tho Slate of South C?rn lina, ol the age of twenty years and upwards, 'tuid qualified by thc terms of- 8*dd Acts to vote, and after such registration is complete, to order au election to Oe held at which I lie registered voters of said State .shall vole for or against ti convention, for the purpose of es tablishing a Constitution and civil govern ment tor the said State, loyal lo lite Union, und for delega ti .* to said Convention-amt to give at least thirty days' notice of thc tinto and place at which said election shall bc held ; und the said registration having been comple ted in the State of South Carolina, it is or dered : First. That an election be held in the State of South Carolina, commencing on Tues 'ay, the 19th day of November, 1807, and ending on Wednesday, the 2Uth day of November, 18(37, at which all registered vot?is ot said S ?at e may vote " For a Con volition," or " Against a Convention," and for delegates to constitute tho Convention-in ease II ma biri ly of the votes given on that question shall bo for a Convention, and in case a majority of tho registered voters shall have voted on the question of holding such Convention. Second, it shall be the duty of the Hoards j of Hegistration in South Carolin i, common? | cing fourteen days prior to the election here in ordered, lind giving reasonable public no tice of the time and place thereof, to revise, . for a period of live days, tho registration lists, . and upon being s:.tislied that tiny person not entitled thereto baa boen registered, to strike the name of such person from t he. list ; and such person shall not bo entitled to vote Thc Hoards of Itogistr.itinn shall,.also during the same poriod, add to such registers the names '. of all persons who. at that time, possess tho qualifications required by said acts, who have not already been registered. Third. In deciding who are to bo stricken from or added to the registration lists, tho Hoards will bo guided by thc law of Mared 2d, 1807. and tho laws supplementary there to, and their attention is specially directed to tho Supplementary Act of duly 10th, 1807. Fourth. The said election will bc held in each District nt such pinces as may hereafter be designated, under tho superintendence of the Hoards ol' Registration, as provided by law, and in ncoordiinoe with instructions here after tobe given to said Hoards, ill conformi ty with the Acts of Congress, mid ils far as UNiv bo with thc laws of South Carolina. '"' Fifth. All judgos and clerk * employed in conducting said election, aimil, before com mencing to hold tho sume, bo sworn to ?!:o faithful performance of thoir duties, mid shall also take and subscribo thc oath of oflicc pre scribed by law for officers of tho United States. Sixth. Tho polls shall bc opened at suoh voting placea at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at 4 o'olook in the afternoon ol each day'. *nall ne koPl opon during these hours without'intermission or adjournment. ' Seventh. NomemborOf the Hoard of ^g .J?tr?Ubh, ty ho isa candidate for eloistfon ? dcl^goto (o tho Convention, ahull torvo as t judge^f the oleotiou in any District whiol 1 ho flooks to reproacht. Eighth. The sheriff and other pca?o offi cers of eabh District ar"e required to bo pres ?n^ during tH.o Whole timo Mot tho polls ur Vep?opo?, a?d?uMi! tHe olcotlon is completed nod wilt b> raado responsible that thore ahal ?M'y- . 1,1? "?'.uM.-i-iuruiice wiin judges of elections, or other interruption ot' gund oidor. If them should bo more than otto polling pluoo in uny District, tho sheriff of thu District is Oinpow crod ?nd directed to malee such assignments of his dopilties, und other peace ollleors, to the other polling places, ns may, in hi* judg ment, best Subsory? tho pu. ,,u??.? bf quiet ami order; und bois further required to report these arrangements in advance to the Oom mander ?>f thc Military Post in which his District is situated. Ninth Violence, or threats of viohmcc, or ol discharge from employment, or other op pram vu means to prevent any person from registering, or exercising hts right of voling, is positively prohibited, ami any such attorn pl s will bo reported by the logistnirs or judges of elections to thu post commander, and will cause thc arrest and trial of the offenders by military authority. . Tenth. Ad bar-rooms, saloons and other places for the sale of liquors by retail will be closed from ti o'clock of the evening of the 18th of November until 0 o'clock of thc 'norning of thc 21 st of Nm ember, 1807, and during this time the .sale of nil intoxicating I quors at or near .. y polling place is prohibf , ted. The polioeoilicmsof eiliesand towns, and tho sheriffs alni oilier peace officers of Di mets, will bu held responsible fur the strict enforcement of this prohibition, ?md will promptly arr. st and bold f..r n i il all persons who may I ruting ress it Eleventh. Military interference with elco tunis. '. unless il sh .11 be neoessaiy to repel thu armed enemies nf the United \Slntes, or to keep the j ctiee .t the polls." is prohibited hy t he Act of Congress approved Pobrm.i y 25, 18(h). mid no soldiers will bc allowed tn ap pear nt any polling place, unless, ns citizens of the Stale, they arc (j md Wied and registered ns voters, and then only for I he purpose of vo ling j but tho eouitmindors of posts will keep their Iruopw W?jl in halidon the days of eh c lion, and will bc prepare I to act promptly, if tlie civil authorities ar? unable to preserve' the peuce. Twelfth. The returns required by law to b" made, to thc commander of the District of the results of this election will bo r?nilered by the Boards of llegistriitipn of ibo .several registration precitas, through the ooiniiian dor? of thc military posts in' which their pre cincts arc situated, a?'^.:" -n - v tu?. ?mvni.ivv? lu.MiudtioVs nercaltci to bc given. Thirteenth. Thc number of delegates to the Convention is determined hy law; and is the number of members of the most numerous branch of tho Legislature for thc year eigh teen hundred and twenty four, is apportioned . otho representativo Districts of the Slate in the ratio of registered voters as follows : Dis niel of Charleston, 9 delegates; Berkeley, 0 j Col let on, 5; Beaufort, 7; Georgetown, 3 ; florry, 2!; Williamsburg,.8 ; Marion, 4 ; Darlington. -1 ; Mailboro, 2; OhesimhVld 2: Barnwell, 6 ; Edgelield, 7 ; (ia gobing, 5; Kershaw, 8; Richland, 1; Lo.SHigtoil, 2; Newberry, i>; Lnttieus, -i ; Abbeville, ?i ; Anderson, .'J; fjrimnville, I; Diekens. ?j; Spartanburg. 4 ; Uni?n, il; Voil;, 4; Ches ter, 8; Eairlicld. !> ; Lano'iHter, 2. liv Cdmiuaudof Brevet Major-Cone ral Ed ward ll. 8. Cunby. DOIMS V. CAZIARC, Aide-dc Camp. A. A. A. lien. The Tax Order. The following explanatory circular has been issued : IIKADQ'IIS. 2I?. MU,. PISTKIOT \ Charleston, S. C, O. t. 9, 1807. ) Circular. Tho following instructions aro published for the information and guutuncobf the Com .liding Others ot Posts in currying out tin requirements of General Order No. 92, cur rent series, from these Headquarters: In nny case embraced within the hrs' sub division ot paragraph 1. i f said order, th? ratio of taxation fixed by law, and nyoviiilinj at the time the transaction wah made nm completed, or thc property, or right was par led willi, which is tho subject of taxation shall constitute the basis for correction of sud excessive taxation ; and upon being conform ed thereto, such tax shall bc valid und bind ing-it is thc design of that part of said paru graph I. to protect persons milking busbies operations, from unforeseen imposition of tax cain excess of thc rates prevailing when sue operations were consummated. In any case arising under the second sui division of paragraph I. of said order, th rate of taxation imposed on tho properly c person of u resident of the State shall be tb basis for correcting such tax affecting tli property or person of a non-resident ; and U| on being conformed thereto, such tax shall I valid and binding. In all cases where thc collection of any tn is suspended undci the. Hi st (jr second BUbd visions of paragraph I. of said order, the o dor suspending thc same shall bu limited preventing tho collection of any excess of sm tux over and ubove the amount properly tax bio in iccordunce with the provisions of sa order UH explained by thin ciroulur. I Oonuntindiiig Officers of Posts ure auth< I faa to mnke such orders ns may bo requtsi i for carrying into opoi.itioii tho cluuses ot sa ! order in conformity with tho foregoing pi 1 visions, und all civil officers at the rcspoeti ' I posts ure required to comply the.iowith. i By command of Brvt. Major-Gcncrul, J? KS.CANBV: jo(ji8v-0ABIABO> i Aid-do-Cnmp, A. A. A. G, 1 A CORKK81 ONDF.NT of tho " Maino 1' mer " suys : Many a housewife may . glad to know, when sho 1ms a piece of fr . meat she wishes to keep a fow (Jays, thai a I can oct successfully dono by placing it i . dish and covering it with buttorimlk. 1 u ? praotioed thc plan for years." Letter from Gov. Orr to tho President. l?xKoiifiVK DKPAUTMUNT, 8. CAKOMNA, *> Columbia, September 80, 1807. j To /fis Excellency Andrew Johnson, Presi dent of (ho United States: Hill;-I have the honor to forward for your consideration (?encrai Orders No .Si), issued by (Jen. 10. R. fl, Cunby fron, the Headquarters of the Second Military Die. tnct, dated the 13th inst, and communicated to nie on the 2Ulh inst. lt will be perceived thal hy this ROU oral or der .* All citizens assessed for taxes, and who shall have paid taxes for the current year, and who me qualified and have been or may be registered as votera nie qualified to serve as jurors ; and that " it shall be a sul??cichl ground of challenge to the competency of any person drawn as juror thatlie has not been du ly registered as a voter. Such right of ehal ongo may bc exorcised in behalf of thu people or ol the accused, in all criminal proceedings, ami by either party, in all civil actions aud proceedings." V.m will observe this order constitutes as competent jurors all persons who have paid taxes am] registered, and excludes all poisons Who Imvo been adjudged lo be disfranchised uudor lim Military Reconstruction Acts. heso-Aclu hnve not be n construed accor ding to the iisutil legal principal pf on?nru??& th- privileges or franchises of tho citizen} bul. on Hie contrary, with a strictness which has ('xcluded from registration m .ny whorfo disfranchisement Was doubtful, and very many woo. under a fair itiiorpreiniion of t|io Act, should have been entitled to registration. In addition to all district olliccrs, such as clerks shel ills, tax collectors and assessors, registers in equity, magislrates and constable^ Ut?r? hiiVO been excluded militia olllecrs, commis si.mers of roads, commissioners of public buildings, commissioners bf freo schools, com missioners of the poor, and commissioners to ? prove the securities on the bonds of publioof ficcrs. These various board< are appoint?^ by resolution of the Legislature, except tho Commissioner* of the Poor, who uro elco.cd , by tho people. When appointed or elected / they arc required lo serve two years, or paya ' tine of 850. They take no oath to pe. lorn. | their duties, and l'?ce.iv.?. ?.....,?.-.->.'? -vt WTvTT* magistrates; constables, district officers, judg- i1 es and members of tho Legislatures, consti- j tute a very large number of the, citizens of thc State who have been excluded from reg- 1 istratiou ; and the fact that they have lilied these various oilices and positions is evidence of their general intelligence. if carried into execution, this general or- ! der will moro completely unsettle tho laws re lating tn persons and property I hall all the' other orders that have yet boen issued by thc military authorities io this district. Tho Legislature of the State, at its session in l)e oembcr, I860, '.inposed a tax ol' SI per head upon ali Hillie portions bel ween thc ages of twenty-one and lilly, residing in this State on thc 1st day of February, 18(57, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or any other cause. All colored males are llius liable to pay taxc.i; au.I yet very tunny of them have failed to do so. What bas boon tho relative proportion of whites and blacks who have failed to pay in thc res pect1 vc districts I have not now tho means of staling; but the proportion of colored per sons is much greater than of whites. To show thc ruinous result!;, ho .rover, th it will follow from this order, if it is allowed to bc executed, 1 b. g leave ;o call your attention to the matter of registration in this State. There are white majorities ill but six dis tricts In two districts tho numbers ere about equal. In each ol' the remaining twen ty three districts of the State-there being altogether thirty-one-tho registration shows a colored majority. Tu Charleston the color ed majority is 1,812, the registered whites be ing 8<280, and thc blacks f>,0i)8. Cf thc whites HS were unable to sign their names; of the colored, 2,80(3. In Charles ton and Columbia a larger number of thc lat I 1er class of persons cai. read and write, than in uny other portion of the State, a very much larger number became they have had {holli I ties before and nineo thc oinaneipallon ol ob I tainiug some carnation not enjoyed by then olass in all the rural region of the Slato, te which I shall advert more particularly hero after. In organizing a jury in Charleston thorofoi'O, assuming that all have paid theil taxes, this proportion would give nearly eight colored jurors to four whites, and live of thosi eight would not bo ablo to sign their names lu Beaufort, Georgetown, Collcfou, Berkeley and other districts, the showing is even worse Partial returns from Beaufort indicate thu there aro 3,550 colored, and but aixty-liv* white votes registered. This proportion wouU furnish but one w'.iitc man to every fourtl jury. Of the colored voters registered in th rural districts I estimate that not more thai (ive per cent of tho whole number aro able t road and write, and very many of them hav not intelligence enough to count ?no hundrot; In Georgetown District, thoro arc 418 whitt and 8,418 colored voters registered. On white mau might perchance bc drawn upo each jury, and in all probability uot on of thc remaining cloven colored mcu woul bc able to read and write. To sum up, them will be. in twonty-thr< Distriots of thisStatoa majority of colo? jurors for tho trial of all classes of cases, ci il and oriinnal, and only live por oent of the uumbor will bc able to reidor write. Do . any country which has established tho rig 3 of trial by jury, fail, by its legislation, to t i oure a proper degreo ot' intelligence amoi t the jurors ? Thoso rules, if applied to t a State Courts, will I presume, bo likewise u a plied to tho Federal Courtj and tho propi tioo upou Federal jurie? will be in Charl too, eight colored to four whites; io Colum bia nibo colored to three whiles, and io Green ville, tight while to four colored jurors.- ; These ?no the three points where tho United States Court sits in South Caroliua. Can these colored people discharge the du- | tics of jurors cither to the United States ot to the State, to thc litigants oj* to public jua "A> With such ii?siromc?ots, will not tho eWr^oUibintstcr justice bea mockery ?_ Now, if thc order had provided that no person shall bo aiiowed to sit upon it jury who i's una- j hie to read or write, or if a property qualin, j cation had been annexed, or if in case, civil or criminal, io which colored poisons may he j interested, a certain proportion of the jury should consist of their color, it might not! have been objected to seriously; butin its1 prosea bearing, thc order is calculated to ex- ! oite tho gravest apprehensions, and to k?d to j result* which must bc universally deplored | by those who desire to see even and exact ' justice meted out to all men. Nearly all of j the litigation, certainly, all of thu important [MigtlflOU, oil the civil .-ide of the court is be- ? tween white citizens, ?md involves intricate issues of law and fact, as well as sums great ind small. What protection can the white or , 'oven iiie colored man himself have, if hisea.se ! H to bu decided by a jury made up of persons possesing so litilc intelligence that tbcv are unabf* tl read, write, or cipher j"' With Wli?t.>ntisfuotion would a Northern claimant regard an adverse decision made by ti jury, a majority ot whom were colored, when the salue cn.se measured by 'intelligence and sub milted to thc judgment of men of experience and education, would perhaps have been de cided in his favor '{ Suppose thal, he is a pal oijiefi whose rights have boen infringed, and I Whole interest.-- involved to the amount ol' halt" a million of dollars -are dependent np On the keen discrimination of an intelligent jury called upon to d?termine some uuiterhd j i dille.c!.c>: b ?tween machinery or processes ol'! ? manufacturer ; is it not preposterous to sup- ' > pose that a eolured jury constituted as I have j ii Jescrihcd, possess thc requisite qua]iiications . to rei d?r; a just ami inlcllig. :,i verdict '( Yet I thi.s ii hut one of tho many classes of cases. I s ivltie'. thc Northern as well ns the Southern | f -nao will be compelled to submit to tho judg .eir.b Coolina, I have no reason to boljvo hal. since '.' hued persons have beeil udmit ted to gho evidence in all our court.-, any in justice has been done colored people hy white jurors. On the contrary, t think it util bc established by the concurrent testimony of I i ibo various prosecuting .? dimers in tho State, | t I hat in criminal proceedings juries hive dealt more mercifully with the colored than willi ?he white persons tried before them. Again the cxcluMort bf tho intelligent classes refer red m, is based solely upon their political nn< Lecudcnts. Hut where i- the propriety of lint kim: the po) i I es of a citizen, especially tin? politics which ruled his action years ago, thc standard of his eligibility to perform jury du ly '( lt is very rare indeed that a case, civil ur criminal, is presented loi the decision ui a jury involving any political issue whatever; ami I am not aware that anywhere else, it is nfcfuiinted to exclude intelligence from thc jury V'>x, because of any real or supposed ob noxious political sentiments entertained by the parties whose duty it is thus to serve. Thc live fall circuits of the Superior Court of this State, which is charged with the dial of all civil cases involving amounts above $100$ and of all criminal charges of felony and some misdemeanors, commence their terms on tho first .Monday in October. The letter of General Cunby enclosing tho order abov?.refci rjjd to, requires that it shall go into clVcct immediately ) that thc jurors who were drawn and already summoned at the spring term of tho Court in conformity to SuUclaws shall not assemble., but that new jury liste shall be prepared in accorda nco with thc or der. In most of the Districts the term is limited to one week, and the drawing and Summoning of jurors under t he order will con sume much o?' thc time. This is one of the practical difficulties in the way of tho execu tion ol' the order. In ^iew id' all those circumstances, there fore, 1, boH leve most ciirit.Q?.tly to protest against its execution, -and to ask that a limy bo ordevod to b? entirely revoked, or nt least suspended until after 'thc close of tho fall terms of this Slut e. Xpur carly attention to fbi.-; mutter is respectfully invoked, inasmuch ns I deidre to communicate the result of this application to thc judge i prior to tho com mencement of their respective terms. I have the honor to bo, your Excellency's obedient .servant, ' J AM ES I, OKU, Governor of Smith Carolina. Proceedings of Public Meeting. I In conformity with previous notice, a pub lie meoting of the registered vtters of Chef? torlicld-District was held in thc Court Ho uo on Tuesday, Stil instant : Mr. J. II. Gooch was called to thc Chair, and Lisbon Arthur wasehosen Vicq President. Hugh Craig, Sr., and Hugh Craig, Jr., were requested to act as Secretaries. Thc Presi dent', "iii a very appropriate address, explained tho object and purpose of tho meeting, and then oalled for remarks from any who loll dis posed to dovelop more fully the object for i which tho meeting b d been called. After a fow remarks from I.. Churlos inglis, Esq., in response to this call, tho following proamblo and resolutions were offered, and alter;'some discussion, were, on motion, adopted nu thc Konsc of tho meeting : ( , .'. . Whoreas, the registered voters of this dis trict aro about to. bc called upon to exercise thc riidit of R?ffrngc under the new order ot publio' affairs, and it is important that the rights of ?U should bo rccoguieod and pro 5^5 " '_'1 1 "* ' IP ill I~I nfc ??..??'?M^wM<cc^'-g-jaK'iii?^u.i|"-T>arLa?ixrtB I ttictoU in the outset - and '.rlicreaa, the e!ec tionof members of a Convention of thc peu pie of ?Soutl? Carolina h the lir-st to bc held under tho Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and tl?: colored people will, in that, cleetioh, have for thc lir.st time, the privil?ge of voting j pow, although thc number of white register* cd voters greatly emceed ibo number Of col ored registered voters in this district, and it i.s. therefore, in the power of the white vo ters lo uledt an entire ticket of white delegates lo the Convention ; jct, for thu sake of har mony between ibo two races, ?uni in order to prove th.' disposition of thc while people to gi ve to the colo) cd people au opportunity tu juin, in the person of one of their own nico, in the deliberation upon those measures to be employed for the restoration of the State to its political rights, tlio white voters of the dis trict ure willing that tho colored vu;, rs shall have a delegate nf their own color ?nd nice to represent their interests ; therefore be it. AVWfW, That it is thc sense of the moot ing that candidates be put in nomination for delegates to the State Convention, oue of whom shall bo a colored man. Resolved, That candidate fur the Slate Legislature bc hereafter nominated, all of whom shall be white men. Resolved, That wc Will support u eulured niau fur the House of Representativos of the United States, and desire that our members of the Legisl lure shall vote for colored men for the United States Senate. RiwAvcd, That wc consider tl.i.s arrange ipont just und right, inasmuch tu ibo white vote of the Dist Hot entitles tho whiles to the members of thc Legislature, and thc colored vote in tho Congressional 1 Strict, being thc larger, gives them the right to thc members jf Co 11 G ress. ResoUrd, That n coiutiiilteo of eight bc low appointed by the PrcMuVt.t of this meti ng, alter consultation willi the Vice-Prcsi lent, whose duty it shall bo tn nominate ?u i tn hie Candidates for the Sudo Convention, : Mid also lo liotllinuto an Executive Cum initie.' j .f Sixteen, being one whito*alid une colored ' iuni each Heat in tho District, whu.se duty it hall be lo direct in the nianieyjment of such '?dr ?.nd honest moans ns may U necessary tu uomoto thc election of thc candidates put in H'P-UW.' HM}* -?V< ihf/l .??,<Vtir-r-.o..,""-. i.ittee of eight : ItajAi Or?te, S'r., Lisbon Arthur, John Ullis, Plm ty J-ffcnon, Neil F. Irahnm Captain ?John Kv? ns, Cn ptain T. F. ! Malloy mid Prince Pit/a. Thc Committee tu whom was cn tm.*'tod tho louiiuntion required hythe last resolution of his meeting, have under consideration the natters referred to them, and recoin mend that lV ill iain A. Kvnns, of White Plains, and Da .id Johnson, of Cliernw, 1)0 iiointnatod ns .iindidulo for thc Convention. They further recotumond the following per ?ons lo compose the Executive Committee : Cberaw Heat-J. H. Gooch, Esq., i rd Lisbon Arthur. Cunt ll..use Heat-lion. M. J, Hough and Pent y d- ff-. non. Steer Pen Heat-G. \V. Duvall and Paul EHerbi. Cole Hil! Heat-Jonn Fills, and Andrew Me Pu rland'. ?Mt. Orogluli Heat-Thomas Watts and //. ,/. Mu.i nell. Old Story Beat- Pleasant M Plyler and Robert Many nm. Jclfeison Bent-Dr. J. If. Bl.drand Toni1 Latch. Alligator Beat - King Sewell ?M.'I TOM So val I. On motion, the report was h di pu d. It was, on motion. Jicsolrcd, That the prococdidgs of this meeting be published in tho Chora w Advertiser Tho meeting th eli'adjourned. J. H. UOOCll, President. Hugh Craig, Sr., Secretmy. jQy-jy- A correspondent of the " Savannah News," writing from Hilton Head, South Carolina, says : Of tho numerous business houses', which, in other days, did Mich a thri ving trade, scarcely one is in existence nt the time I write. Nothing now remains but the small garrison, comprising ? company or two of soldiers, who, with tho few remaining nc The, numerous private ami ?ovcrnmeiit build ings, which comprised the settlement, are dis appearing with greater rapidity titan tho) were erected, iitld with thc present prospect it is fair to presume lint ina short time iiotll ing will remain to show lillit such a place a.? Hilton Head ever opiated. The tides art making inroads into the town, mid I notici that in result, several buildings have fallen the foundations having been washed away - The itondquurtorfl occupied by the difieren military commanders will soon follow snit, viv Provust Marshal's ofiioo and quartern, if the; remain in their present condition, oanuo stand many weeks. The ?lil " Palmetto Hoi aid" buildings hnvo been removed by th purchaser, leaving quito a blank on Mei chant s How. Houses arc pulled down alinoi weekly for non-payment of post tuxes, tb owners having loft Vor more congenial shade; But although everything is disappearing, po; I tax bas notas yet lost its importance wit military commanders, who strictly enfon payment of thc samo before tho twentieth < each month, and if not paid by that time, is ordered that down " comos your shanty from 6vcr your head, and you lind yours? without a house upon a new building site. Thc custon crop is worso than a fuilur? tho incessant rains and tho cotton worm hu completely destroyed tho wholo cotton oro and I am tempted to believe that parties w omno herc to get rich by pluming cotton w leave in disgust and despair, weil satisijed ti cotton won't pay exoept whoa the planting in the bonds of those rawed to the busincso TV/ii, lll,''????i\U. b. Radical Programme Thc second session of tho Fortieth Con fess will convene in a few weeks, ?nd their various political committees are preparing, it is said, to make such reports ns may bo thought expedient for the purposes of their party. Thc work for thc session has already boen carved out by thc party leaders, who have been busily engaged of late in promulgating the party programme. Tho Mouse is to pasa iniuicdieteh; a bill regulating impeachments, by which it will be provided that any publie officers impeached shall be liable, upon un or der of the .Senate to arrest, imprisonment, and suspension from tho exercise of official functions. This bill is to be passed, of course by a two-thirds majority in both Houses. Tho House will tli?n present articles of impeach ment, founded upon the allegation that the President is politically opposed to them, ami Senator Wade, President pro fem, of thc Sen ate, will succeed him. The Senate is to send the suspended Secre tary of War, Mr. Stanton, back to thc Wir office forthwith. Senator Wilson will bi ii g forward his bill to establish negro suflrago by force of arms in all the States; slid as nearly every State will resist it, Senator Wilson is lo introducen bill for raising Hvo hundred regi ments of black troops to cuable President Wade to execute the luw. Several additional bounty bills, appropria ting from fifty to four hundred millions each, for thc purchase of soldiers* votes, and the ii - fluenoo of bounty agents, will be then passed. The subject of reconstruction will be closely considered, and something attempted to en sure and carryout Senator Wilson's assertion, that seven, eight, or ten of thc excluded States shall send Radical Senators and Representa tives to Congress, and also support the Radi cal candidato fur tho Presidency. Sheridan and Sickles are to bc sent back to thc posts from Which they have been relieved. This session is to continuo till March 4th, 18(59; that is, until the new Radical Presi dent shall be inaugurated. Such is the programme of thc Radical ue groitea for the coming session. noS^aegfiVi ^?p^J^^k^VQih .?Mb* gatmod States. They form but tho rump ol' a Congress; and misrepresent even the por ticos of the Union from which they were elect ed. Teri' States of the Union they exclude from representation and subject them to tffeir arbitrary rule. 9~* Of course, under these circumstances, they will rtrikc willi reckless desperation for su preme power in thc government, "outside ol' thc constitution." Their leaders arc impera live and desperate, and their followers too timid to resist their dictation. Of course, the people will laugh nt these pranks, but be ready to put them in straitjac ots when they shall become too misohiovoutf.- Washington, National Intelligencer. Important Proposition The following statement is made by tho Washington correspondent of the " New York Herald " An important proposition has just been started by influential .Republicans which seem? to meet with considerable favor, nnd moy havo a controlling influence upon the action of Congress at thc approaching session and upon' thc next Presidential election, lt is that a Congressional committee shall be appointed, by tho consent of all Senators aud Represen tatives who concur in the proposition, to wait upon President Johnson and request him to state definitely what plan he ha' to submit for the speedy reconstruction and ad1' ission of tho Southern States, as bc has hitherto opposed every policy that has been initiated by Con gress. '1 hey presume that he bas a definite practical plan of reconstruction in his own mind which l.e believes would be effective and which would meet his approval. They would then ascertain to a certainty whether ibero is any possibility of the legislative and oxecu- . live branches of the government harmonizing on a policy that would restore the cx-rebol States to representation before thc next Prcs ;.V ;i?'^V;. iV.M.whf ll,er''m country must remain in its nrcscu* v? ~ ?. -i i . branches shall be brought into accord Oy Vfl? decision of the ballot-box in 18G8. Attempts have before been made to pntch up a compro mise between the President and Congress, but they have been only individual volunteer eftbrw. The proposed movement contemplates tho concurrence of a fcuffioient number of lle I publicans to secure a majority of eaoh House I should any agreement bo possible, and tho op ' plication to the President will bo formal and authorativc. It originates with those who fear that impeachment may bring a destruc tivo financial orisis upon, thc country, und is said to meet thc approval of Senator Morgan, of Now York, and other representatives of constiuonoies particularly concerned in the fi nancial prosperity of tho country, lt would moreover form tho neuclus of a now constitu I tionul party all over thc Uniou." A SCOTCHMAN naked an irishman " Why wcro half farthings coined in England?" Pat's answer was, " To give Scotchmen aa opportunity of subscribing to charRablo^ti Btitution*. ? 4?- fm " Now CHIMJUKN'," said n school inspector, *' who loves alKmcn ?" A little girl not four years old, and evidently not posted in ?.ho catechism, aii&woved quickly, " all women I" GoVU) anything' be neater than tho no gi'?o's T?p?y to a y?\wg lsdy whom ho oifored to lift over tho gutter, nod who insisted that she was too heavy ? " Lor missus," bitid Ue, l's* used to lifting b?rrelo of ??gar."