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The Ordinance further goes on to declare all war bonds of the Stnto null and void.' And that General Canby bo requested to advance funds by order on tho State Treasury, and bo reimbursed front tho amount raised by this tax. And that tho President receive SI 2.00 pe r J diem, and the members $9.00, and 20 cental mileage to and from the Convention. This Ordinance was passed to a second reading, and was made the special order for Tuesday at 12 o'clock. .. YYIT/ MO ) ir J The Chairman then stated that ho wished fabe received * frony any delicato position iu wroth "Re tnfgnC be placed'during tho debate on the flubject of pay and mileage, by explain ing that when first nominated by bib constitu-i' ency, he had'determined not to 'receive any ? compensation, on tho ground that as Collector of *be Port* I 'lie - received a salary from' > ?tho United States Government,' nu& ho I did not think it>Tight to receive a compensation '-from the conventiou at the same time either as dele gafo or chairman, and his! determination on that subject was unaltered and unalterable. .? - Tho special order, being the ordinance to divide Bickens District, whs then en 1 led, and Wright moved its indefinitepostponement. L, lt. Johnson called for the ayes and noes, and the call being sustained, tho Secretary 'pro* cccdcd to call! tho roll,?which resulted ayes 38?noes 70. in ?>?? IJfi; Wi'MoGrcgor Mackey then offered a sub stitute for the ordinance under consideration. T. J. Robertson offered an amendment to tho substitute, which would merely consent to tho division of tho Pickous by the Legislature. -James M. Rutland, from tho i Committee on tliCf Legislative Department of the constitution' explained that tboy were preparing a section of' the constitution which would render this ordi nance and all discussion on it unnecessary. ' I After some further debate tho amendments wore lost and the question was put whether the ordinance should pass to a third reading and bo engrossed. The ayes and noes wcro called and resulted?ayes Go, noes 49r ? h- / dunnd It was then made the spcciul Order of Wed nesday;^ PI M. I? - -H.T'W^'DlcGregor Mnokcy offered- a rcsolu-' tion, to bo incorporated in- the' constitution, that hereafter land bo sold nt sheriff sale in tracts not 'larger than - Oriod hundred and s i x ty nexes' to giv< Till classesTnn nppnrtunify to pur chase' l*u ' . f.itrtj.rt'i i-.-,, a nil fund. Tho rules wcro suspended, and nn: etfort mauie to call.the previous question,'which ifoil odv>! li.n ??d .y.'ii ? .."1-i r\-'>V. if)iw h>h.i-> T. J. Robertson -expressed surprise 'at the effort f.o"cut off debate when the idelegated did nut understand the qUe* t ion. no ilynona w?M: ?DcLarge said ho was surprised at such an insinuation against tho intelligence ? of tho. eon-' volition* and also at any: opposition being made He believed that nil were prepared i to vote, and ho did not see nny use to spend more time artdimrnicyliiits discussion.' I < ?;?J '.n ????-?? r>nT Beverley Nash said ho hoped that the rcso-f 1 utinn wouIii pa s.s to gi ve t ho ?iitovL'ty '"aI WiA?gAr [cMstokoyyau jopportunitydu?: set-himself iright v/ith his: constituents. ? On Saturday ho had voted to.prevent lands (Vom being sold- at -all; and now ho voted to have the land sold in small lots. , 7/ ,a(ii)ufa*&l >dl ? til . There was Considerable further debate,' but finally tho resolution was amended to read one hundred acres instead of one hundred and six tyiaud referred to the Legislative Committee. Whittcmorc introduced, a resolution . to tho effect.-that, na the convention bad passed a res olution to request General Canby to stay .exe cutions', and>thus relieve the landholders of/the State, that the convention now request the same officer ?? to .prevent tho withholding the laborers' share of the crop on account of debts duo from tho laborer to the employer, and nlso to.prevent the enforcement of claims against laborer) for .four, months. Referred jto the Committee oiiiEetitio'ns. ..." . . l. >?"] JCho;Ji6arTQf.!3iJ^ M. ..having' arrived the chairman declared the .eonvent ion adjourned. ' ^erWolhti ^Lxfrsai/av'gSTii :<'?''?>' ? H \*f ?o't?I! Was called and a quorum1 Boing'fro5:' seut the assemblage proceeded to business, %he1ru1titff?'?Ttho last meeting: were1" read an'^cdhfirlimd.'1 :"" v"n ''??'> ? ^W-Mhcley/rbae'to a pert?hal' c^pla nntion, and said 'ihtit he had to bp^ulogdicc for so 1 far'iprgetttng; himself that ho had mudo'a'per sonal h'ttacfe?rt rih individual in tho htiuse^'b?tV ho^Teatt as his excuso' tho oxcitotnent under whlrM fto'labored owing to u hw nhd f fcdurril ous attack made upon Iii? father ih' a ccftoitf' dirty und indecent sheet, but while making his excuse to tho convention'ho had no excuse to make to the low 'and' contemptible individual wlfoW htf jjustiy chastised. ifjjnglcy, moved that McGregor Mackey's excuse "be accepted. Agreod to. op j nun? vlA?n.' f? hut Randolph;.on .behalf of tho Couimittco on Mu^oll|\neous[ ^ffnirs^ reported that the coir|. mittete, with two exceptions, were in favor of the.petitioning Congress to continue the prepd^ men's Bureau,' iu this State. bontifln ty re nor.. .triaojHGijaia? to Is. ? ??? >: ?? j r*il ? -J iy??ni *ju. ^odo the spcciul order for Woqne?,dny otj mWclyck. ^Jptjorof rcsignatiou was road from John KftfT^rTy,;OfCpHeton. A telegraphic ) dispatch was read'!from the fiorgoant-at-Arms elect, declining tho nppbint tuont, .?{hnooiiiuvni! ?Ob wotiotiiof..N.!G^i?nrket, the* convention dispensed with fch?/ services of a! Sergpatit^at'. of dhani-hprlain,- ^''^^ev^ lfttt eppjees ofj, the journal wbr*c-prdercd to >e printed nnd lafd on* tjipt|ables of the delegnt?b each day, ,,,,, ? . .\ } BfBS The special order was called, which was jl report of the Fioanco Committee.1 strikii oga* property, and, therefore, not liable to the tax,' according to the Reconstruction acts. On a division of the house, the dog tax was ] ^moktotf:' jrPTrrH>^<y) m^M McGregor Muckcy, tried to make up for the loss of the dog tax by increasing the, piano, tax. .pOOJ The folly of the embryo logislator was shown by several.mcmbors, and his amendment laid on the table., ;,; . :{.,. .,'1 nrli ittAiifl v.hat^.'.'A Alter much laughable debate on the subject of figures, to which Letdio contributed his full qU0tor the! report was. recommitted and / made t h o: 6 pec i a I order of Wed n csd ay a t h a If- pas t 1J pijbaa ,fl9tto hi Tfo u>>^ mvlnt oj vir.?a ? >'>n si St vtdmg;,for ,tl?Bjpay at^d muoijgo, oi; me#ipoijk.bc'. postponed until it .was decided in what curren cy they were goin^'to'bU'paidi''7 !,tJ<';v7 ?fcV 'J. itobertKo^hoiKjaWaHnb motion would nptf prevail, because tho Finuuco Cgmnaj^cp, had found no means to, pay the delegates than in bills receivable, and"! the nine dollars per, (Horn ! allowed would ' bring seven dollars and twenty ,cents, and that would'U great deal more than 'pity tho expenses oijBWMt^ gates.it vtn at d . ??!???. I Pillsbury thought that anything the conven tion w?uld do to raW th? valud df 'tne'State'' currency wbuldonly injure, because if the con vention had power to vote a pair of .Gubripl's wings - to each white inhabitant of this State, they would tear those wings from their sockets, aufl Writiriuo't?'plod ort Fp?l in tnb dust of. this ' m?ndan?jphero. , H }. ,, y{] . -w ? Robertson said the bills could not go so low as the dclegnte from Charleston said, because tlie provisional arid military governmcfitB ot the Stfitd acknowledge tho legality of tho'bil!p,' ond J rcecivo them at par. Taluo, and. ;'ih^t\hcVo|i'i8J jl arKcr sain iiiiil it an nie w.w?uu laid by the middle of April, all the bills re ioivablb ' pr^opV'?'c^r t'o'Jbp 'issued 1 would' be ah-, more tax due thnn there arc bills out. . .;, ; Parker said that if all the taxes duo wore p? ooji sorl Bowcn objected to putting $0 on tho record, and then taking renlly:only 92.50. It was pro posed tft^putfiSl.?OjpD? in.these bills, on the mar ket in ^ipjhaqdfl, off pno hundred and Jwcpty four people. Thcyj would - depreciate beyond measure This was/a,iupijCpj^tjic sp^^P^8 WfSf' gift ?WWj,^?.^ ^?tt^rS?. \N hate vor he was to get, ifjtj^^o^y.,,^.^^ trary to too pro vision in tho United States Constitution pre venting -any Sriito ^^?B41n^,lDtoi,ifergi{t ??ftft',Ifhin,ch1,,ro'i?^l^ agreed ^ltfl)ke,^er^W^b1Wee8, ^pcr15! iday/Sn'fj^hafbf \>!ficcnf'm 'p,rbr???>. ,!' i Thd'h?ur'of threo?lt:"5l. ^av,H]g Wrivcd, tU'hsstl'nlblagd a'djou^ 'uU 'H' ' :!' r U a itmtt i<?' (. mil bvr?; Ion bitrj nb i I oil! lb. j . es* n.-iml^'W'S8^.?! 2.^rl.J. ? I ooHn,! I 'The !rolb.wt?8 called, irid a quorum^being present, the assemblage -proceeded to business. I Tho< minutes of the last meeting were read und^con'firmdd;'1"' '? boiiiiihuw oil .ohjo'H] 'ts Coghlan introduced a rcsoluiion excluding the reporter of The Mercury, which was almost unanimously adopted. ; (no riodoM i? .T The following; n-.embers tniked the privilege of recording their votes in the negative I F. J. Mose*, J^.i. J<.,;JJ.;iJ.Qhn8o.p, J^emueMJoozer^.G. Mj;k)lsen,iSf A. SwuiK^V. J.ti Whippet Bair loy-?l.i)fordj % Uurloyi John A. II unter, JLL. Jewell, Wot. I 'crry, G^-JR. JLesUo,. J^jC^Noaglo, James M. B,uu\on. ,.y , |( k "A J)flUt|0t?o4hf ro-en fr.t:;f hi semen t -was read from Pftft.:\^i^rrJ?Tixtfn,.?f Barnwell^.-^WIiOi eaif.it h,a fj.prmfni .? jRoUaih^ot oj ^one ^ Corley introduced resolutions in relation-to homesteads and bankruptcy;' which were re- j fcTTbi to the Legislative Committee. ??mim bireTiid K T?oi?tionio^clitibh1,Con gress fohend' tlid'^^o^'^.O^ObDVWIiicii' amount is-; th?'-Wcttf H-ii?)6ceay:bf the c?ltoii'tn'x of t^ie ?SttW.,iulloftrred:>"'i odi )mU 0b ?Hv :di ? r>ti''Iiii 'V2i" l>iljAnf)<>U.bud bdJb'iiel'J Lhanibcrlain otiereu a rcsplution excluding the pfoprietors and cuit?rs^ by fcirWna?wi^wtwtc^oo c oJ brtol noah'iifoH I ? J. J. Wright mado a spcccTi very much to ?,Tn 3 (;;??? .-. boJ blfti ami?hOTT} li 07l| tho same effect. . ul tl l.-i.i. ?*? ??! L?i . itLW id 11 .fir .T^r.^o1^11.-"8 ,flHMPtp.d,...Mosc8 . vo*ing: in tho negative. .. ^ , Qn motjiou of l?4rWor^ it,was resolved to liavo a scrgcaut-at-armB. 7 nedt ' The ordinance invalidating contracts on me* count.of slave property wan rend n second time: ' T !ic tax brdinance !was take?. ap aodf amend* cd to read 7J cents on every 81.00 !of real oh tatef 3l?^cnte qn oyery, ?100 of manufaeturcd aHiclea,. ^0 cents, on;.pxery ftiOQ., of .buggies, enr^inges, Ao.,,1^ centa on o^ory 81,00 af.gross sales of merchandize, and it was then ordered, to bo, engroBscf^ nndjpassed to its third ? toii^- | ^Sd tiwilw *ii i*tt odi ttld Duncan.tnoved that, a eommifttee bo appoint* ed to consider applications for re-enfranebiso niootio ? ^Id-id RAW mid b^rflfTfottli ?ifw 'M< t , Bevcrley Nash introduced a resolution to t.^ix unenltiVate? lrt\ida ??? per Cettt: ;morb 'than1! cUltrvated'1aiVdiV',f 'Referred r' ^tfttrmitMy^on"1 iFinh?titNtJ*b vlv}sii'->nmii notttfp7no4 >di ima.ip 1 A resolution was adopted authorizing the president of the assemblage to nsk Goncral Ga nby to send to the State Treasurer for 12,000 in ctatp i}ills^ 'v^;d.ini. ??;(? briii dliw rh^tnnr; J1lOll^|rd^l)lTl7co, Biyrding 'PicHcns- Distiritt' : into Piekcns and Ooonac^Diiftricta was adopted by a voto of 80 to 25. .' Tho ordiuancoj^ula^gjoay rxtjd miloa| was taken up, ^S^W^l^^^pWSS^ lution to make ffis fir dioipSS in greenbacks instead of 811 SiSW ^fif: > 'WMl\ W Pending thoKm|Kion'^Pffihi^a5; tap1 body adjourned. fiy^T T%$JttDAY 80th. Tho minutes of the, last mooting wcro read, but owing to tho incorrect assertion-1', by the printer of tfwo^ctitlo^islor^divOrce, thcjnin\ites were ordered to bo corrected and reprinted. Tiie Chairman then * reads for .-the informa tion' of tlte assemblage a*&?er*-'from Genorol CJitz, commanding the Post of .Charleston- to thoiMayo^of the city, requesting that; officer \to detail a sergeant ol police and five -privates to attend tho sittings of tho convention and Preserve the poaco. Tho Chairman said that tho letter was written without any consultation with tt im. and ho did not . like ' to act ;Iii. -the matter without the. advice of tho bbdyl JJf H 'Whittemoro'moved thnt a committee of three be appointed to wait on General. Clitz,. for the purpose of inquiring his reasons for writing such,a letter. Adopted. ?Whittemoro, Pansier nnd Rose, Wcao ap pointed on the committee. [, W. G. Whipper, moved that until ,tho re port, of that committee was received no police man bo admitted on tho floor. J3. A.,Swnil8 made a report from the com roittoe on rules and regulations in regard te( the pay of absent uiornbcrs, and tha&forui.of proof of nttendnnce in order to draw, pay.? . ?. '-. ., o..-.m i to :? .itMWniatt Alft . ^ . , } >.ry< A communication was received from J. P. M. Epping, United States Marshal, in regard to land and luhor. RbfcrrPd to the Committbc ori:Pctltf6hs.' ? a.M.i . ParlicV riibved that a copy'of tho tax''.'ordi nance bo furnished fb General :Cauby, Vitli 'a' tequcst'that ho enforce'it. Adopted^ ' J.1 Ml Allpn? in behalf of Gentry, ^offered a resolution filing tho rent of lands, the lessor to-reecivo-'bne^ihird'oftlie'g^ain ccop, and onc founK' of th? ebttbn' 'rihd'tobacco cropj' whore tKo lessee'furbished 'ull Wo capital, and the , lcdsotto?ccciVc'ortc-half (if'all crop?j wh'ero he ^fiirnisiied tko' stbek arid fcod; any lundlbrd rc ^ceiviiVg a greatbr proportion" tifnn' tnia,' to be guilty 'bf a'7mis?e'iiichn?r 'a'hd'linblo to fine arid 'iinpW8onnibn:t:->.r<'u a???'i??? ttf?i,,i^" Several members were granted leave of ab aericb. od II*** y'i l'i,r -ibaul i'adl b' ifl^fdJ Kf RuTribnilntroiiucetl' tf'Kttefdfliibtr^p^iaths that all the offiebrs of tliq'Sthtc'shnlt 1*8 emftteoV by the people, -eieept Who 9 judges. oT* the '?? Su-! prcme Court and thoTnited States Senators. Referred to the Committee bn<l>nncljfSsef>hnd jEjp^n*,,-,., -? jnd dtiw ?.?-. ,w??'<? : ^l|cR.pr,c8pqfcd(a. poilitiQU( .from ic$?cns.of P\gJvcnsljrolntivp to property #ddt during.7tho, ,wor?)fyrwConfcdfirato:iiipney,. and a*M*ft.,4hat some. provu?ipn4aibv mndo .for an ? etjuitaplp ^.kqI tlemeflt^Bt^?pnrhuyor? , And ?pUcmf in .sufch; 'cn8C8.V;r-n'>fii Vi.l. ?1 ..<4*miu*. 11?* i*?'jt ?Mvm viutroducod a- reflation, in fcgardiJte simplyfying tho pleadings iu ..the courts. Rc? fencd to'tho Judiciary Committee i !f Hausier introduced u resolution xo the effect 'thokAUhpugh Ulo convdotion Would undertake to reliovQ thopooplo of itho i b'tato from ? their, great distress as ;are ? necessary to securo thV paydpfvAh^membPr^j ithe special objbcfe of their, assembling is to form a State constitution, and 'they willnb.ttusurp) the place -of tho: Legisla^ 'turo which they, have the power to create, by: passing laws on extraneous subjects. Referred toitbb Judiciary Committee.'-i >;o. 1 T.hc majority! report: of the Committee on Miscellaneous Provisions; of itho Constitution to whom was referred thu petition for the con tinuance of the freed man's bureau was taken up^.bejns tho firat.ppcohd order. v i ' .The report, which favored tfio petition, was finally adopted, Randolph Speaking iu favor: ? \ The scaond special order bei?^ the ordinance LiQYalj(Ja>ing con^fpcts^pr.slqvesj waj .tokpq ujg, land Rutland spoke against it. Cor ley lead a speech on the subject. ,v'>.(!?., iiO 10 On motion of Whittemoro it .was made the (Special ordor for Monday at I P. M. 11 TKo ??ext special order, tfib ordinance hxtng pay and mileage, was taken up and altcrod ip 'lit If iMWM if A i- I ? ? I , 1 ,, Iii ihlfc'RM ?'[.!/ read "eleven dollurs^pcr day, ?c., "in State bilbl,"Wincn iiavc rio't tbc par value of XJnite? t*. . : w- mj?\! ij n'?nd?-,'ji t ?>,]! .. i-wio btates currency. Tho assemblage then adjourribd. 1 ' 1' -J TEE j O^NGEBIJEQ NEWS^ SATURDAY^ FEBRXJABY 1, 1808. tf I WAfrViMVvteriW 'M oilrtrhvA the right o/drfi. fling outvotedljiolitiralpotlfi?H' by means ofoilr fdifoh'al'fiohiitins^rr xfill be pleased to publish contribution* froHrmtr felloic&itt'Kchs upon the. grave question's-'which now agitate the public iiu'ndrWHcfner1 thefr hjintioli* coincide tcith mir? or j<nbt: '*'A dkfrtct''Newspaper, we. consider, ,*houMtic Wnfydrx^ofthevdrious shades of-pop. 'iqWsWffmdtl itSlhe'-kcetion 'of country in whicJi \'f Circulates. OUr columns are open, therefore, fofrnnif rornWinicathnuiproperly written, accu?n~ y\Mted'iiy rtWspoittildc 'name, not personal in their chaMcielri ndr absolutely injurious in their teMcntyl? 'f ' ? [ il ill The Stamp Question. lot od W'tv ii fNi^HtlM ' i > It is important that our pcoplo should under stand thojntcrnajl Roronuo Laws of tho United States, as far ri?'rcgbrds tho ordinary transac Jtio^i^pjrerjr^^ business. In Charleston, a pack of govorument hounds havo boon turned Jooso upon tho merchants of the city, nnd they arc trailiug ovory infrnctian of tho 3tamp Law, nrising fronijthd^felljrigjofVhd'?innllest article rcquiring^xnftti.P^jA AWPrcpnt or four-cent Uamp; fr?rrern^'o? t?a V.oi/ rcspcctablo bust. m icss houses iu Charleston have been indictod th? Halo of packages of perfumery, or. bottle tnov* (u ouo ^ay-H^the^ic?et uPtlie^Uaitl States Courtiswowded with them. These ?nie? and informers make a handsome living on their share^O^'?ho? fipes^itnpo^d upotf ^lyictignj. and thus an unsuspecting people aropluudercd Il is a striking illustration of tho rapid teu denoy'.of this country from republicanism"io I'tfijMM n i l\nth g nil at hiiid >i?i!? w^t^f,,,^m,, famwwn i 35f? feel confident that in a few years, no country of ,$urope, not even Kusaia, will be able to boast of a more perfect teeret police, than the once frco country in which wo .live.- ? These rovonuc detectives, by nn easy transformation, will beconVc'political spTojrpsekitlratlnti1 oWAS" ious to the pnrty in power will become as great offences as they now consider the selling of a proprietary, articlo . without a. one cent stamp; .md tho Courts of justice will bo occupied with the trial of political ? misdemeanors, before patty jurt?s J' or, what' is w?r?o', the mundet o of soino.f grand or petty despot will consign's?cti offehders to bastiles wilh'a jury at ail' tKltpl^tit/i U>, .. 'ill >) tfjITl'f'.l HK'f Hut it is not with a view of speculating upon the probable future arising from such a s^atje.pf; affairs us now exists, that we write this article It is.writteu .with 'be intention of cautioning our friends against one iufraction of the Rev enue laws that is becoming quite common, and ^rhieh bears with it Its own punishment. ' \Ve allude to the practico ?f giving and receiving . ;mlt>lodJ lu'4lUin )./i4> *. ot ytiL-'oit lilt * pronnsary notes without boing stamped at the, time. A great many persons think that if the maker of a noto. stamps it at any iuturc day, it is all-right. This is a great mistake. If a note is not stamped upon its delivory, tboro is but one. safe course to remedy tho omission, and that ft to'Bcmi34tt? the Collectdr of thd'U:. Si Internal Revenue in Charleston, and let him atitfiip''it' i? Iiis offirfai' chpacity. I?W twelve UibuthV, this privilege ceases } so that the nbte,' I '/v"" "V1 '?!' -<'..IJ I'J ? irn'l /Mill ILllTs h> '0* ityl after that period, .cannot legally stamped at all,, with^o.nti^pny ing, Jrhe,,,goycrnm.ent|the, .penalty c.f fifty d?llur.-t prescribed by liiw. Jbr. instance, any person who holds a note given previously': to 'ist Feliruiiry,;,l8e7-and' kinec* o<mw&(&}?fei iJ! MlSfyK 9* , my) ll.iol JTli.wy UtMtlu."bi. -07u ... iftanns a pi.-co of p*'pir. whu-n w worth,nothing i :\nU:^ubri tftglnn *<nfuoin u-.-'?lu^Uvinp | .o him at alt, if bis debtor is disposed to take to, have it .stamped aeconling to law. bu , -Many persons in our community1' hrtVOBUCh notes, nnd'VSit?eTs arc holdi ? >g uustamped papers' three, six or eight mouths ow, which will soon' be worthless to tbein. If* from carelessness .or pcpuiyousncHiS, they do. not attend to the mat ter, t/hcy will nssuredly lose roapy.a good debt. Every planter in the District should keep on hand constantly for his' own use, at least a dob" ^f*s' worth of two cent and five cent stumps; and in buying or selling Jand, it is worth the trouble-of coining to lhangcburg? and getting iitVy ceut staptps, before executing and deliycr ing tho title; n, . ? . . . . A word to the wise i? sufficient. A Fracas iu tho Convention. :"] 1 ?U"'J !>lll tto vm'im.m?') -.lil V . .\..*.?\ On' Monday last, at tho elo'-e of tho pro . .rib . . ? I ? ii ? - ? .. not ?n:i tcqdings ofMthe Negro . Conyeqtj^n, a; row joor urrcd, in which the only white delegate 'jail ing from Orangcburg immortalized himself by in assault upon 11 oswell T. Logan, Esq., As.i dstant Editor of tho Charleston Mercury: It appears that tho truth so plainly spoken |by the M> rcun/, oonccrning the antecedents of Albert Cr. Mackcy, tho father of the nhin young man, w?? exceedingly distasteful to them both; and in-order to take reyongo for tho ox posuic, young Mackcy made an attack Upon Mr. Logan, in'the1 very halls of the Convention |tself, aud several blows passed botwee'n them. 1 A inorc cowardly attack could riothavb beon made but any othor kind would not have been characteristic of the plain young hero. t!t was only in tho presence of a largo mob of kindred spirits, ready to back him oven to bloodshed and murder, that tho young hero at tempted a satisfaction that he would riot have dared to exact'oh fairer terms. Tho result was that the Convention became U la' loinuM to avii a violont mob, crying out for blood and murdor, and it was only by tho strenuous efforts of a few of the most influential delegates, that vio lence was prevented. Thcso efforts . not;only quieted at lost tho angry crowd, but they, soothed tho irate President, who is said to havo vituperated "like a wrathy old w?mou." Mr. Logan bohaved with tho' Wtosicom1 mcndiblo self-control) aud acted throughout tho whole affair, as became a brave man, and a gentleman. \ to .. '? m havoin b;tidtnJi ii imm -?-,^?1 Mfr-udt ,? Now York Harbor has been more or loss ob structed by ice for several days past, and tho people of that oity are at their wits' end to dis cover a Wiiy to' gotftid of it. f?ih?i?fhi roin ? ni Items. ent, a brotbcr-i idato for God, educates her ch bllars per annum imits. The Colorado Legislature devotes a largo portion of its time to the passage of divorce [ibil^errr^ope o^H^q^^IaJlpr^i^^ i'ii hl bands are receiving eight dollars per day fur their services in Raleigh.?But they are making laws (?)?not corn and cotton. Mrs. Mary Harty has recovered 82700 dam ages from tho, Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, for the loss of her husband, who was run over nnd killed on- that ror.d in No vombcr^H/ltW Bptgen^MI a i r! 3HT . Half a century ago, the Now York Postoffice cstahiisbmcnt was run in. a single room of a private dwelling corner of Garden and William streets, by one man and a boy besides thepost master. ', ' i?U 7lti?<l 'ii" vn: ;.nu Ms! ?nil h? *&U1 Utax ?fil The London -Review says that at ibh timo there is no country?-no i:. niter how cmburruB- | sed or how poor?-dn which thcro is so much pressing and painful povertyeo n-uch vice/ so' much misery aB in England, Yet England is ] the riebest country on the globe;- <it<?j.^*u\ Undorits^pt'escnt constitution ^iet?gn'iii pa jjj no salary.higher, tha^ one thousand o^Wara^o any, officer, except !jud1eial,.nn4.&e^r ^jJT* hibitcd from rocoivlng any fees or jpev^uisitOT J whatever. ?. ? The English aro terribly afraid of the Een ians. Pilot engines' are sent in '? advance of) some of the English mail trains, iu consequence of information that mischief .has been threat ened by the brotherhood. v.u'bt. -i into ?1i f Allen Pinkerton,1 J'! Chicago' detective? says' that Timothy Webster, n native'otl PYinecWn','* N: J., who was subsequently 'executed ? firs' S spy iu Richmond, tyn., was thOpreservei of^r?^* dent Lincoln's life when he was on his way}to^ Washington after liii*,ollN^W:ih,*i8oR''t^,l,all? in ( ,i<> tf>ttwu?Uo'> :iilt iittij"! ,V/jh?*I .5) .'/. tfhp, last new,, .feat for a circus .acrobat, cqp,, sists in turning a double somerset over sixteen ??u>Jcvdanw^h;, fixed,, bayonets, f\\io guuarb^wjg, fro^Anr^Wi^'WR^^b^W w Im btu ? KW. ^dPpl?ttAi?, Of ^thW'South fenrorth#' Conference, died suddenly at Darlinuton' Cc-urf 1 f ow*c' on J! Friday15 lattt. ?Trio d rcease d ? wns a native ?i Canada, but had recently joined11 tlttf'Coliferench.ttttit hadlgRren promise:of:great us?fnfttr'Js.-Xid^rV/V: 287*'b#7i n? bo^t?lai ?I o ^iuuijuo'J Mri'iit/ttJLr vuj '.o iwir/.'ji vm li.j.'.ifl xcr;e o.l the Uti..,4., Ij u.,.. ifify in ?enerul cov.vc^ion on the oih.tT I cr runry next, hns been a count eu rlaci-iJL Je ?h; commercial.Associations ol seventeen eines, ami favorubfc nftmtathmVmifo^^ *. .. p ., ? ? .1 . ) (j i< mally from others. > 'nil b:IU tl<--|'JT '?dl . T>G tu u>>ju>*Ki ?i> : SropKh -parcotf, it; h? pn.noq.nacd,, ajap, pM-rtb; sited even from naming their children what lhey I <wi?> ti>r.4Var tlmt,;^uue ;rpvdution^r^ .cha.njp tcr.'a name will he perpetuated, ?bt; iiaiiw of a chihl must be selected from n catalogue of (s.?iuts1or/frtui|,flpcie.i)f Jjistyry^attd, negnjtofqd. ^m?.t 'Am next Atfnn illustrutioh- of thetd(^t't>b'tidW'prcfftil ing in Mississippi; a- local 'pftpOr.'rfpdrls that' seventeen Cotton planters who wished to be present at an eshiln! ion of tableaux at oncof the towns, and bad no money, applied for placets' on the pn?gramme so^ nS to .Work thbir^ w;(y through the shoW. >\? >< . , > i ? As h striking illbslrn'iion b^^tl^,6'scarciry, of ] ttiuptoymcut iu New York at the pfcsc'nV t\ihe. I gives notice that ne w? rcauy \o mrnwit binpl^i1 era with labofors^^'W^ , Jcji i* >ifi ii>...:->i 'urs t>j&m o) Ui>iusa vtomr* board. i A Houston (Texas) newspaper gives some rather sensible advico to young mon about:toi| visit that,place in search of business situations It says: "Stay away; thoro is no vacancies | hero, -Stay whore you pro;, pull off your coat, take hold of a plough. t Stay away from the | bttipg. Times | are hard, 'tis trno ; they will never be flush unless we all learn to depend on our own resources, and. work-,out;pur own .spt Vation." ,Ufi /r.vi .1!; In arresting Mr. Train, the British Govern ment has caught an elephant. Already he makes tho event a text, and numerous lively orations may be : exppptpd during tho ;noxt mx, montbs. i -Jn a: dispatoh^o tho World Mr. Train says: "Have told tho Derby Cabinet thnt tho American ultimatum is : Payment of Alabama claims and release of American citizens, .or ] wor!" Ml? ,7/.?<r?/uT A Washington ,:lof4faJ"*to*% H ^UHrmxl!of Johii'If'.''8ufrati;' \V\& Irfow^i'haVWjctl fixo'd for tho 24m bf ' hckt *\?iohth,-bUt''tyn-a'voVb6d,| reason'iW'Beliovelt'hat ^nc^easb' 'w^f^evef bo brought' m tottl*' TH'rf' attbrnoya fbVTO" flgl{ fon'co^McssrB. Morrick and Black; rtre propared for Sdra^tV trial ut 'any litte;idft,t6by^atM!;, full confidence in their power to sustain tho ac ^ion'^oT tho majbffty1 Pf'thb' jtrrVa\-f?m\vk feMbj 'Wero: 'disp45cdt?'^^ trie' pi'ison.er." ^ 1 .(00 leafM odtlo iTif^i c vbr.m iA^i'll X .1. Soch.grpatipupposa^ it is stated, bus fplloirrxllj tho effort ^?reoruit ;tho> ^l?rPrm^^hatt ?Btj] repprM-frpwiWme tp betrjm^b)na.,o^^.ui& platjpp, to makp ^he /orco sp largpt \ thji^, when ever JtAly find? itself at war with a neighbor ing power, Homo can assume, tho offensive, and pnb>rgp.jtaJwrdcffaT .,3Phnt^ft WortPfU bjf.t|j^ I journals,pf,Napto?, Avrtrw.jftpdiiPninjw,,,,!^ ?N Ihtllft^tlitf?4 An^lsla ^thMtHltdikifA^ gtiw *w\mmmmmmmmmmm* ikingof tho ordinance introduced by Hajno to make a* new district out of pof? [well, Kdgefleld and Orangcburg, ^the District of "Sumocr," says:? i ordinance ever receive the Mnc* Convention,' it Is to be feared that of Suuiner wil! became ft cane GnAIh in Geokgi a.?While ft majority of planters to the southern fttfd tfgstef? ftJftiomt ?^S$$fty^^^ their at. tempt to raise cotton j every farmer in Nortjbjgrn (i corgia has made money, Jjy rafsihR wheat, and corn. One fanuef ig'I SWUOt?j?^? of this, who never made any money, even before thi^WWfcj^Wn^^ O&Wn, A dandy of twenty-sis" lfavlog been termed nn>"o)d \nthj$pn?ftkppm&'f*:?*i Q&ftim*' ??old" or n^f^v^n^^^^/l^we?jr-?lit'f said the elderly t^fc^ ^fc**** * jiow ;At^f?i|^JfW enougl^u|JbT ? fpgxi itfe ^f^M . aioBoCRACT I!!?JS&Mr in the afternoon * bf yesterday ire werer irif?rmec^?l?iigh the,' ft)j^dfc?;?^ffi i?r udlitary"' were To"'jwesejssio^.,,pf Jaetsuwhich* attempt, was -in.- comcrnp^iion^fiia^^paaft! of nn prmed negro ..mob; pntfOT#^iby4 there*1 white condyator< t& assntito Wr{V^mi?jf?#, ^fi?*1 o?^To1^<fmilfes&V^^^ PrecJSWg were taken by the military to preserve oftt?r> and the Citl^nfff^ pj^ ^rfho Mtfcuryy%\*t:%. .. W. J. De TREVILLE, A. tV'^f^CTtf* i Orangebarg C. II. ?? LewinOlv, ?. C. .fcbt.n.H,li!To? AfAli/ lilra HO&iantgt \-":?.^in.i-. iiKK?Ib l^r*?.~al-T?u.iq* ??% f ?dt?*? Millinery and Dress Making. tl HISS It. 3IAII.K tle?> i ?-;-? ;??.aiu a, ? r.^OTECr-LV JSTORM* HEtt Frieuftl,4ng y*| lfi?rfjepft gmnil that >?hc fiaa opened a tlllK Hrty <tyrc at ? ilr. Cummins" Old t^imd? wWSWPJIfT ^_ims, leather*,' . ai?e Rfftfirltfei WawTttftfc timeft'" > ai ??tts?-rT j Call aftd ?*?artn?,?Vftrr<IqlrcWftfJewl Ullftl eft> 1 fBb 1 . 7 '> t M d*l "A /.AH lm " W..Million* trill. .make, pgymriit.r.nd flioa* jteMnX .i.-mftd.|g will prc?fitl them properly attested,^*Y? rdiHMr?tRM..l. CAUUl^K-iA.lHJLH'?i:v,.., . JL.-O ii. Ktisl, deet -i fehl??t* 7t. NOTKK O TAX MMfllN%rlPQ^ will beW fro?>^?SrfdK^ia^lrr^**i w A?> \t Feldurs ihe Al Four Hole?4 K9 tfw&mp tho 21)1 h Fchrt#a?|l At Glesiens Ihc 2<l Mar-.!-. II t i . At Uiowb:' the 3d Marty. - At Tylrrj? |bc 1th M.tgeli.. . _.., , v At UrnuohTiUe ti^tlflr hSS&ffbk March. An.l nt Q.ra.ngcbmg ?.b^ week ,mli*Sj!Vf X*rth, \at ?hieb lltbi l?e??ok? wUVWbfMWMlving lllrt urps. *TU?fifaUVpg I?? ^H?Bfi8l ?IUPJW, hjr thut'iimiv vill be donbletl ii.xc?1. tm-^J T&sable property ix saeh a? Heal Estate, Cfcrriagc?, G?hl iu>.l s?itv- r I'httc,-Watches, Jawelry; - d?innos, ^c.jfVt^j^a/AJatWtytgied %M ?tt^ftlhb1* cornea) jinkSif o?f foAttfrT? WWMll fliN*/ IJtfW ? A Capitatlntf&tf ?HipfteBW??** ?vr?j Mal? one ?lollar t?:'?h, wU^h^tga^Jl incmM tke 1st of January, 18G8. AU Belum"? to W? asade I? ike Taft C&lloctoVorWW^ Ik* by mad or othorwue, iroleai swor 7 I will also be at Orangftburg tho 11th cf April to payment by that ^lae. Jlrae, laay,, ftxoect to seilte with the Sheriff.???M?.?" ?J"?. .. Also atit^e ?A^9't^lWrJ?Jl<rt>!,,<I,# wflrJtJtXj'V^fthft First Quarterly Tak of 18V.8. r?7??-. Oroccrie8,lfW4WU*oitaJ^ ftVeflT lew for Cosh.?*tw ?? M1WWHB*H? .IT .U. ? ? ' inor l? ? .Wn^iWi -j^> e ,.JP TIONS forming a \Jort otth^HBiVMee^'fEt W nnd k^owwas ^IUBBxV H> 1 I ICBMirnatfril"?liftlt * will be sold, together with the Mule* and faraalag'^ tdols. v^or^orms, apply to Vo^KAl ,T .? *i Care of William Middle!on. deo 21?tf 'Minrleston, B. C. ,1 Staple, Thik proddoerfu flbro \; hfore than the common Uplftofb?ii Charleston mVyiieH Prioo $a.00 per biwhcl... At ],\yAp<$icK*r?. Ksek|?l & Kohn or to ' T * Tf U,I.T.Y5ITTbAETOS. 7 1 iftrxung (floriftgilB ?MINI An^sm^^diTtW :-:t lUokenhakcr^ dec?a?otl. will make dlnte pnymciit, and tliosu holding ?nii?M the if nid Eni ate Wm'pt?trm tfiel^bfowft vtted, eft bofore;(h34u1hlday, ^wJ^y^j^f f($" X The PI.ANTAT,rpXi(BtOMni owned by Gea. I>. F. Jamison, and twj9'ar<LJbjr D*x4 Ken?? .wo rSSf tt?luofr^ two rooms, anout two 'mltOB ft;Owi^ftftgCMlg' H, Jan i??tf , . Atterseys at Uw."?