The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, June 16, 1866, Image 2
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S. C. :
Radicali!I is thoe full thait tcated
and fed the civil war, adal it gavei
pwer to i>arty,.that pauty is d-termin
ed to hold on to the power c ven at thol
risk of' prolonging ir indclinitely the civil
wax.
Stealiig Mlong tihr Ralironil.
We have lately heard of suveral in
stances of loss along the line of rail
road betweei this and Charleston. IL
is beconing a nu11isane. Cown is sto.
len, and evet boxes nailed and looped
are broken into. Canot s,mithing
be d]one to put a stop to this phider
Conreinptible P1agairbnt.
Ehe extracthelow is the tetii
tion of the report of the Reconstrue
tion colmitteo. 0Te (ort. to a po O he
great and good fathersl ofur Cons"titui -
tion in their report of tlmt istron( lit
from the Convention to the Coll
gress is too polpaHle to es,ci,e d t ec
tion If thoso notorious liftften coui
lay elaim to as pure Inotives.I as thw.
other Sixty-five, their report might re
ceive as least a decent ir-ia1.
Tenth. The conclusiuiqn o )II y vr 1
mittee, therefore, is that tihe so-valled
Confederate States are no"t at preselt
entitled to reprenctation iln the (' ,on
gress of the Uniteod Stat(-: t[lat bef o1
allowing such reprepielliu aitoi qItt.
sceurity for futuro pemace :md safrty
should he required ; that thi, Can only
bo found in such chatiges of the rg:i'
it law as shall deterilnlle the civil
rIhits and priviloges of the citizetis ini
It parLs of thik republic shall have
representation on an equitable basis,
shall fix a stigma on tresIn, atml pro
tee the loyal peoplo aginst future
claims for the expense ineurred in sup
port of the rebellion and for annumit
tel slaves,together with an exprcss
grait ofpower in Congress to enforce
these provisions. To t?is end they of.
fered a i)jt.)jsolution for pmoenling
and the two soveral hills designated to
carry the same into efect before ie
ferred to. Before closing this report,
your Comniittee beg leave to stat t at
the specific recoillmendations submit
tel by them tire the result of (olcs
ion, after a long and careful emar
son of conflictlag opinijns. 17pon a
question of such m1agnitmtle, inlfinlitolv
im"Portantas it is to the future of th'e
Republic, it was not to be expeted
tat allshould think alike. Sensible
of the imperfection,4 of tht sel e,
your Committee submlnit t( Canges a
the best as they could a'ree upoa, in
tile hope that. its iiporlfoectionls nwa21 be
acure(l and its dielicies supii
by legislative wisdom, and thit whoen
finally adopted, it may teni fot r(.Aore
peace anld bartunly to the vwm IN, anld
t plae ouir rii. lin.n in iAi io is *'
a more stable fiinndat ion.
Fighting seems to he'the [:as4 -
that,is the JivIliest the world iover, just
at pre~sen,t. Let us5 see : Iferi arei
the Fecnihns fighting~ the Kannek- :
there the 31exicansi are light ing ' a x
and tihe fimperiialIists. A l ittle~'I iuthleri
down on. the mapij the Pierlt n ins are*t
fighting tihe Spanuiar'ds, with ('hili to
help them. Then,.inst ov'er thlewa
, Par'agna.v, itt fighting Brazil d( tile
Argeotine Confederation. All l'urope
isgettig reiady for a big fight.. The
Russians are fighit.ing the I okhii ars,
the %Jhp~iese are tightitng the Monagi..
Ijans and the Ta'urtalrs. In fact, tIiis
w'icked world was, Somliehow , nl'eer '4o
infutl of fighit as it is.jist ntow. 'he
Peace Society we fear is driftinllt sad lv
astern'u.-New Yornk s.rpr'en..
nPF POL,ITICS 01F (.NP,n i.s.--hei
gennline sold irs .ccrywhere moan if
"disposition to vote ast t.hey fumught ," to
wit : for theO Unlion. Sorit of the realI
biogns mllilit ary metn arue classed ast fl..
Ii 'it/h the I%i"dent WVith Tha'd. Ron..w.
(en. Shermua, "(Ion." Sigol,
(Gen. Meade, "(len." S$e u'r.
Gen. Hanook, "(len." Senlek,
(Gen. (Jrawvford, "'(n.'' 'amheriit
en. Sheridan., "(CIi" lio.nie,
It.%U V 1111A V11
rhp of thr tdrin--'onuided,:
T flit, pre!edinll chapters We have
givl wllat-we coiteive to bl the true
theOruy of 6emle 1 eucatioll'. We
come now -to inquire how far our prie-'
tice as a- people correspond- vilth tho
prinviples laid down.
Th10rd are,' wie admnit, at fesy good
schlools and Colfleges ill operat,ion inour
coint ry, and Iltese aro, of course,' ex
cepted from our *present strictinres.
lut what are we to :iy of tiso-callel
instituhoiwl ofle:1rning-I ? What thlinkl
you of.such im Vximi ii1.tiou as the fol
I >win , g. You ire tlas.ifying your pu
111, 1nd trying to liud out what Mi.'s
A.' nlows, tlat you)( 11ay givu to hler
ri.rI p pU V Nitit 'n.
"What Arvith)Imic did] yI.ul stuilly ?"
"Iwn t luoughll it twiec.".
yw 11hn givo Ilr one exaile in
.itpl .ist'st. She wolICS it it aId
1':ailk. Ymlud1.hlntvive her an example
ini vulg r frac:t ins. After a fair trial,
tIhi t III out t bIe as myst-rious as the
fImer e x.ulj e. It is evidcutly hx
yoml her hen. You conili down to de
oina01:te numillers ; andv one simple ex
amie i wr u ilot. E'lucoutraging",
truily ! Fily you bach to the first
rle in iritlint ie- notation mnd u lilt
"IPlviele :t down three tr:illions one
hildel :11n1d onle."
Puiil [ohl i the pencil hesitatinlgly
ti--Lidto, i a too limirdo hor. To
te-it the uiat ter thoroughly you request.
"Ph t ililmw four gtiidr,illions,
one( bhilhlOloe tosrl
Anothecr hhailk, Conifiued look..
"It never was taught thim rule. por..
ticularly.. In fact we did iot pty
attent im to arithmetic." -
Thiu4 smay be tho11uglit to hp. an eN
trelme llie, an1id fltrpia ps it is, but nmny
jutl luoh examtinatioAs occur. V,lry
inny young ladies fron thu'ange of 1i f
ura1illy good in who have b)Ceen go.
ine .. >school nearly all theie lives, pre
,.:0nt thmiwsforl adimissionk ifito.-ttr
lligh schools and colloges, who cannot
work thrr'iy:h tie Riue of Th1ree, and
io cai;t, to S.vi their lives, set
dOW11 an beirs up to quadrillion-4
WprVL'opse to say but little on this
lest we aight say too much. We are
1wIe !hat the teachers cannot furnish
brai.-, aid fihat there are some pils
. I wonver will Icari under any tuit ion
w Ilatover. 1,ut the tltwher can fur
ni ,h hidi,tuiy *. r., hee n ra i 1,u1iro it
:;s the conditi-n upol whichl Pipi.L re
W e ,i to ;sn) in, 01ur, 3ilmiriat ;ill
in limtuIlire andi scieCe,0 bltt we
ie it a- Il Our opition thIiat to excuse
a. pil Ifrum arithmentic i' to excuse her
ii''uanl edneait ion, anid to allow he r to
negliect it is to) aillow, her to neglect an
eduen~:tionil. iMathlemat ies is the grand
metic j is the first of the miathemnatical
u-erie.s'-.-the( foundalItionl upon)u whichl the
exalct sci-nces are butilt.
We main tain, too, that with proper
triigall pulpils,or niear!y all, will
be on ofaith ti an 'the i4ther
mIa tilh'riatical branichesC. TUhe cause of'
the d isolike in this line iirise.s fromt su
Ii lers.tandi wvha:t s-he *'-oes (iver, mal1(
veryV soon1 the bookIi g#et hadrIl. SHueh is
tihl consit ituito ouu,ft $at indu that wue
miiust fee 1a: senile oIf gin ti ilent loll on
working (lit .suLccssfully an1 examiple
filuy ! It, comra~ (lut exuolly right!
It is //w /ruth& and we iac it I Til
mol re iicul nt thle' pW'u-Ai?tionJ, theo
mIoiAihJearit-felt Iits e C (dlamation.-...
Iliut e umst chits thesseIlhaptosr, il..
tho(ughl t hie field widens~ befoLre ILS.
('ndnilie'tedI' In jhe' schl--ont
. hould'he .-ilenie anad qtie' s fai- i.
po.4ible-tlhe iber of schoolhours 1
be ixed iat I reasonable limit, Iaund
tien puppo ' tyo study they should
do ibwi.ththic night-thcre is no sox
in *ipd"1ktle urse for femuales should
bo as . ociv( a that for males-thor
oug menl < ipline will answe' the
orna mental in eduention-arithmetic
Is at thefoundd onof intellectual train
ing, hrite is sa(r neglected in many
mchobls--the. are the topics which
hav been Coil orily treated on in the
present ieries
We close b Jidding that the heart
should be edudted s well as the head
--the emllotionl as well intellectual n
ture should b eultiviated. Finally
while sectaria sm should be serupu
louisly avoide in the school-room, a
salutary relig ns influence should bc
exerted, and 4c greatfact that the
pre,mnt is the ed time and eternity
ie harvest, Iluld he kept prominnt
ly in view. S.
Thu Nortrii ess on Jlffc Wliderwood.
Titi. NArTA 1IEL:I.U.:CE.:.
That most aba and dignified of Aieri.
Call joir1nals tins comments upon tile
Jivige an] hiichiarge :
"We could not bit feel that this was
a I ine for a raslihall to occupy the seat
of justice, so a, tho 1iposing spectacle
(f so great a trial should be in keeping
with the dignityl and historical interest
of the ocsion. WNre were unwilling
that onl such at erae occaW'ion we
Sholh runl anv 11 ar of belittleing our
selves. Wedered to See a umanifesta
tion of dign i*otlyrpriety, elevation, im
partiality. and tioderation worthy ofour
prestige among the nations.
"W\Ve rnmfnber in the famous trial of
Clharles 1. to tvent is noted that one
of the auldience .pa t tuponl thfe king as if
was being n ken out of the court. We
hoped to sc, nohing of this on the trial
-of Mr. Davis.
"We confess, therefore, under the
inafluentce' of these ile:us, we read Judge
IT(ferwood's charge with a certain do
gree of solicitude, atd we ar sorry to
say that by the time we hand got through
with it we felt no nccessity of prayiig
'to bb delivered frot all vainglorv,' for
we were' lutmbled ehnotigh in tll con
"We %wore, perhaps, uireasonable in
hoping.fur what wo did,,for Judgn Un
e CI no more play tho- role o Jldge
Mar.d.all than Judge Marshall could
havO played th role of Jtudgo Under.
wood.
"We nitst, take Judgo Underwood as
%vb find. limi. vad we may readily con
cede ,hOt heI has done his best, and if it
is no- better, it is not his- faulit S< nuch
as his misforttune. As s:ome per.sons
cannot dist iigtisih colors, so ol hers are
insensible to t.ho 'concord of sweet
soun,ds. If Judge Underwood is a per
son ot .very ordinary intellect, or butl.
little literary or legal culhivation anld
worse tiaste, awl under the influeee of
the 11ost violer', prejiidice, Io de.erves
ir pity more, perhaups, than our denim.
intio.'
Ti: Nxw YOnic Tmi,..-The, New
York TiMes does riot Iotice out Jot
and coaurt ed,torially, bitt its atiate liih.
mnond corresponduenat. lets off the folow
ing in athe face of "~Youar Honor:"'
"Vr).is it not tame that ther curtiiai
hafall upfont this farce ? Le~t a he
Chief Jiastice execrcise the ambority the
ne a ies him, and call ta sp.ciaml
ssonof the Circuit Court. andl at the~
aippoitedci time let the trial of D)avis pro
c'*ed w"ith somethaing like juadicial regal
laiity anal de'coruma. All sneh exhiij.
tions as we have had of late are tending
to belittlo thei Governmenat ina the eves
of a peocple by no means sorry to see it
plaiced ini such a position, and'shoumld be
sediuly avoided."
Pit: "WVonT.D" Oig vir Wtror.r:: A v.
tF^ tn.-We lhave reseryed for the last,
a beintg inot the, leas't 'rue, butt the moost
aaansmng, some extracls from the letters
of the initelligentt and sprightly corr-e
ponadenat of the New York WVorH:
It is t.o he hoped that the tai:al of Mr.
Davis the P'residlet will have sumeiient
re.spect for the opinion of mankitti to re
quest the Chief Jiustice to preside. Un
derwood is ntot fit to beg a Judlge; ha
cannot charge a Gr:ad jury withant,
mAking a stump speech, anid a stumpn~
speech of the most ofTeiasive rind hiabg.
nant nature, Hie was an importationa
which never suitedl the locality. Hoe
'founWhimself, as he would'probabliy find
hlan!f every whaere, socially repugnaatt
tand pertaally disliked. .rEf felt the
bttternecss of hate, haut hadl 110t. the edatr
age fu, iaduilge it personallly, and] delight s
mn httdrinig f'romi the stale elevationa of ai
jtidicial poiton thoseo whon ihe hasi
neaither the right t ect....... ,ir t...
eart to comprehend. A revolution
Iways throws just such scum to the
urface. JQffersopU Davis is ijj4ped to be
)rought to tiial, but h6*il,not,bo tried.
'ho party actually oi trinl wi4 by. the
Lvpublican 'par(y, and it wi'l661i take a
awyer (if one,teith the inte)lct of NI r.
YConior to demonstrate with the acci
racy of a mathematical demonstration,
ditat upon the utterances of Seward,
Chase. LIincoln and Sumner, N r. Davi-s
was iot only fren from the slightest
moral giuilt., ut. is entitled to honor.
The argmnent for the right of secessioni
will ho preseited in such a form that the
world will. read it, and will contain ie!
cessardy such testimony front the super.
loyal East and the emninelntly loyal
Abolitionist in its favor as will astonish
the honest masses. Marshall, Who was
little inferior as a Judge to Mr. Chase,
presided at the trial of Burr ; and sure
ly, at a trial of so much greater impor.
tance, the honor of the United Stutes is
conceried that its judicial officer shall be
of a mental calibre moro thain enough to
decide a bar-room bet upon the weight
of a hog AfteC the utterances ol -Ti.
derwood, a conviction will exist that
Mr. Davis was indicted by a packed
jury, and will be tried by a packed jury,
before a ,Judge who has evervLhing of
Jeffieys but, hiq brains.
After deseibing the delay of the
Judge in making his appearance onl the
first day of the court, the correspondent
contiues:
"At last, at five minntes pas. one pre
cisely, there was a slight iovement at
the door, and in came Judge iider.
wood, accompaniied by Assistint Dis
trict Attorniev, J. F. lennessev and
other oflicers of ithe court, the judge
taking his seat amid deep silence.
"0 all that crowd, the most. iiuhappy
looking man was the judge hiisilf.
There lie sat, trying to assume an air of
nitnchabw!e by reading a newspaper,
btit tremblinilg with evidtnt. nervotisness,
anld I ookii as if'a were the man1 otn
trial. Certainlg ay111 novice, were this
the first court room lie over sa.w in his
life, might easity havo nisiliken the
jitdge's henlclh for the prisoner's dock.
The jitdge Would read a lit th-, apparet
, then scratch his heal. twite.h his fin
gers, and Call to alerig some manit
script that lay before him. Neanwhile
it was evident hefrit every eye upon
hi, and w il might Ie doutit his capaci
ty t-) cope with his position when he
saw the large, leonine, curly head of
13rady in confab with the bald and pol
ished Reed, or with Brown looking
nlf-lliHis FnectaclCsas sharp as a ter
"The sixteen jurors being all, Ompan.
nclledl, thu Judge conencedI to read,
in a clear but Irembling voice, his charge
to thei-and suel a charge! I do not
repeat it ]&-re. fur the papers will give it
to you m-rbatim. 8uifice it to say it
was never v(pialled by anything in the
whole atnals of jurisprtidelco, not oven
by the charge by the mtie judge at Nor
folk. It fairly out-nimderwooded Under
wood. The cotuntenawes of tle assem
blage, du ing the delivery of this won
derlll writtei document. were somi
thing worthy of the pencil of a I-Hogart.h.
I'very sigh of mirth, from the half incre.
dlulolis stmilhe to the fully appreciative
brond grin. were ther vi.sihle. lienred
lawyers sat list.ning ritt lified eye.
roOs and mouths agape wit astonish.
iment ; the wickel ries gang put..ee
each other ihiriously in t ho ibs as each
suiccessive poipgunil came boominglr against
the1 press ; gen themaen sat plea;santily
staing at each other, evidecntly trying
to <hscover a likeness het wveen them and
theo savages of Mozamirinie and Sena
gambia. The~ whlode thing-intolerahle,
vulhgar, andt' instultIing as it was---was far
too rich to excieo antger ; th:e one per.
vading feelhing was, incredulity and as
tomiishmin t, mingled with pity fory the
exahitor. .Tlhie .w'icked nnus of a
Jell'reys was comtpletely lost sigh t, of in
the aitnusing bombast of a Uuzflus"'
Garnie), now of. Sohnat, Alabattn, -has
sonit a remtonlst.rance signed by U nion
i)llice- atnd sohliers niow lanltin~g in that
>tate, ag*iinst the dot.t.on iaX He urges
that Cotton clinnot b)c. .raisedI at, a profi?.
w ithi s:ht taxation. anid that it will drive
out, the five thousand ettigrants now
there, and simibir eteration, in the
futnre, withot which the General thintks
the Southern States cannot lie pturged of
disloyalty.
Nw Yont, Jilne . I1. -Thn do
crease i loants amout,~ to $142,000,000
specie *50,306,000; eirculation *276
000. Increase in dItposits *4,376,000
legnl tendler, *5,449,0(00.
WAsut?'NoTON, Juno ll.--{n the
iomnno to-diy personalhitrtes of the gross.
'st. cha:racte-r, wvere imih igg~d ini by Grtin.
m1:ll, and Rowoatu. T.hie hattet donouncv.
Report or General Sce 4jowf o l Fllet
ton.
WASHINGTON, June 18.-Generals Siedl
man and Fullerton have furnished to tho'
Sebretary of War their report of the-opera
tions of the Freedmen's Bureau in-the Mili
tary Departments 9f South CarolintV and
Florida. 'rTey hlgblyoommind(Genh lcott,
the Assistant Commissioner In South Caroli
na. for the wiso policy that pervades his
!;ystcm of governing and feeding tile freed
tien. They recommend the discontinuance
of the employment of citizens in the Bu
reat, and instance several cases of tie evil'
of tle agents -cing Interested in the work.
ing of plontAtions. Finally, they repom
mend that the Sea Island lands giviia to the
negroes by Gen. Sherman's order be return
ed to their owner: provided they pay the
freedmen for all improvements that the lat
ter have made while in possession of the
property.
Colgresslo l.
WARRINGTON, June 28.-In the Senato,
Mr. Doolitiln called up tile resolution offer
ed by him yesterday, requesting the Presi
dent to comnintonte to the Senate any infor
nmnton inr his possession relative to the de.
parture of Austrian, troops from Mexico.
lie said he had reasons to believe the above
would bring information of very satisfhe
tory charaeter, and felt confitnt tiht M6xi
co was about to be evacuated 6y the Freuci
troops. The resolution was adopted. The
legislative appropriation bill was consider
ed.
The linuse proceeded to the consideration
of the constitutional amendment as report
ed from te Reconstruction Committee,
which heretofore passed tile House, and
wa. amended by the Senate. I(ferring to
hlie basis of representation, repudiation of
the Cont'ederate debt, etc., Mr. Stevens pro
proposed, nod the llouse attempted, to do
lItu tie subject for a short time--peches
ieing limited each to ffteen Inlautes. Mr
Stevens.closed the debate by saying that
tI he amendments were not such as he desired
as they did not recognize the right of'b1ack
men to vote. lie, however, said that, seoic
thing might be done o1 this subject in fu
ture legislation. He took stoasion to atig
niatize tile Prsildeat as a a paurper in un
dortak,ug to establish civil. gofernment in
he seceding States. UAdor,hkLdemand for
the previous question, the 1luse cohourred
i t fie Btpxte's altgntmta t11 .4ho oorftitu
tional amendmnent, by a vote of 120 to 82.
The Speaker, therefore, announced the pas
sage of tile joint resolution. Several gen
tlemien announced tile reasons for the ab
sonce of their colleagues, who, they say, if
present. would have voted for the proposi
tion. Mr. Elidridge, as a take-off upon
those gentlimen, said that, if Brooks and
Voorhees had not bten unseated, they
would have voted against the proposition
[Ltighter.] 'Mr. Sehenek retorted by say
iig that lie had no doubt if Jeff. Davis was
, member of the H ouse, lie, too, would have
voted against the amendment. [Laugater.]
On the Republican side, the voto consolida
t ed t ie Republicans of every shndle,'Ineiid.
ing Smith, of Xontllky, Raymond, of41,ew
York, Whaley and Lathrop, of West Vir
ginia. 'lhe negative was composed wholly
of decided Demiorats. The proposed con
stitutional amnendment will now be subynit-.
tedl to tile Legislatures of the, respootAne
States for their action. Mr. Stevens pro
posed a substitute for the pendiig 'bill, a
Ireported by the ReconstructionCp t(,
to enable the States lately in rebellion to re
gain t hell' privileges in the Union.' The
material point in t,he substitute 'is the' ad
mission of Teunesee, with 'hot' present
Senators and I.oerasntatives, but e is
heroaftev to be excliuded unleiss,' before the
1st of January, she extends the rit of
sluffrage impartlally to, every olasW, Neidep
ratlf,ylng the constitutionat a(49i9t 40.
which refurenoe is above wade.
SA N. P'tANCfBCO, June 10.--A Port
hud Orotd, <apatch 8t4len 11 i ,bo
Uniioni ma.iority, 11 tI'at, 8statoas $09,.
wit h four ; countios toj4toar from. The.
Senate stanids, 18 Demboratw, 'to 14'
Unii!ats. Bloth parties cyihla titajort.
Ly, ini tIQ 1 qwer~ bouge, b i vy
ii 22,220; I
SE gigAs.
B.Y virtue of sun i,pd eentions to sno <i.
-*roeted, , I will ofoer for, sale, ut Fair.
field:CIour* House on lte.g Atak Aonuiay ia
Juily next,:wiatn.ete legiX)urs of,se, tp
the highest, bidder, for oasih, thq ,fpilw
ing personal property09~,.wIt:
Tliree (8) Uales of Cotton ievAod ipon as~
the property of, Cuthbert, .Hbarrisou,, at. the
SberWse 0Sce,,Jun*-8th, 1846.
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