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rom t he Charleston Merotiryl OFD TIFF. aING STtrEAKED AND STAMM 0ONVENTION. Tw .NTY-EV.FNTn1 DAY. The assembly met pursuant to ad, jouritinont. Prayer was offered up by The roll was culled, aId, a quorum being present, they proceeded to busi ness. The journal of Fridafys session was read and confirmed. The report 6f the committee on the Legislative part of the Constitution was submitted and reeived its first nud second readings, and was ordered to be printed. . Randolph, from the Committee on the 31 iscelliuco us Provisions of the Constitution, submitted some reports which were adopted : Whittemoro, from the Committee on a Bill of Rights, submitted a re port, which was adopted, leaving it to the Lexgislature to enact such laws as it may seem necessary and proper to prevent the carrying of concealed and deadly weapons. Leslie, on the Auditing Committee )resented the account of the Southern Express Company and the following report, which was adopted : We recommend that the within bill be paid in bills receivable at eighty cents, making bill amounting to, $37.56. - . The unfinished business of Friday was then resumed, being the report of the Comnl111itten .n1. Petit ions, on, the resoluitiotr Cain. .'r 2 /' Conisid orai ble discussonm enstidile.. ticipated in by Leslie, Bowen, Cardo 2a,.lanlolpph, Whitonore, iRanster, l'illsbury, Whipper, Middleton, De-! Large, Elliott, Parker, Langloy and others. After some other trIvial business the hour of adjournment having at-rived the conventioni adjourned to half-past, iO o'clock on Monday. TWENTY-EIGITil DAY. 'I he assembly met pursuait to ad jotmlntent. Prayer was offered up by Burton. The roll was dalled, and a quorum being present, they proceodod to busi net's. The Journal of yesterday's -sossion wzas read and confirmed, The following iembers asked and obtained leave of absence : Perry, live days, and Wilber four days. The unfinished business ot Saturday was called up. The President announced the un finibhed busiiness to be the considera tion of "he report of the Committee or Pntitions, in relation to the loan of one million -dollars to be asked for from the Congress of the United States. Conpiderable discussion ensued, p'irticipated in by the following meim ors : ParkeT, Cain, Chamberlain, P. .1 . osses, Jr., Whittemore, and others. Sever.al resolutions were moved and read, after which the assembhigo ad journed. A L the hour to which the assembly had adjourned the president took the -ehair. Pray'er was offered up by Randolph. Thme roll was called, and a gnmortum h~e ing present, the simeumblage proceeded to busimess. Tlhe journital of Mondlay'a session was rend and confirmed. ThelL president caslh-d on the various stantding committees for report~s. Parker olfered a resohution to .invite lIon. Jacob M. H-oward. Untited Stattes Se':mator from M ichigant, now -in Rlirt mnd, to ex tend htis trip to ( C.~hrleon a d address the asseamtby, wichwi us adop:ted. Alc~re'gor Mack'y catlled up his reso httnin which was ilaid on the table (day before, but the assem'bv refused to con-~ sider it. S)ecti.in 11 of the proposed cotnstitum i n w'as then t akhnm lup, and variagna anmndmnents offered. Otn motion of Duncan, section 11 was postponed until after the remaining .part ol the constitattion is adopted. Se'cti.in 12 "'as similarly disposed Seactionts 13, 14, 13, IG, .17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 231, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 were read and~ piassedl to their third read. anga not without many hutmorous dis entssion~s, however. Parker mioved a reconmsideration of' sectioni 28, which was adopted, and then offerejd the following atmenment., which w~as carried :"Provided that the prohibitionm shall not extendc to the memt bears of the 'first O}'neral Assemmbly.' Sa.inot 28. se mnemded, was then pass. e~d to Its third reading. *Sectiont 2.0 was passed. It waa miov ed, by Moses to st rike outt the whtolei of. seto 0 n opposed by .\sckoy Sections 311, '32, 33 ad 34,*a fl'r sen.e J td nsin wvere p~assed to the(ir third I.wnngs. Section 33 was read, sand Rtobertonm off.-rod an amendmen,. Langley aomenmds:: or for debts <on tract-d for la bour." Considerable dliscuson ennted, par ticipat.ted in by liowen, Cardoza, WVhip per, Robertscon, W rtghtt, DLXarge, Rut. land, Tseslie and others. Johstoin moved adt indefinite post. ponemenmt of thec amemhendments bult af'fwards withdrew his motion. Whattemore comenepod .tihe disettssaion eol the 36th sectiona,,'pendmtg w hi91,gie bota-ou'ajouramecft arrkived; andit4he TnltRTY-FIR.ST DAY. The assembly met at half past 101 o'clock; the Prevsident in thellir.Priy. Pr was. oi'ered tip by Edwarl, The roll wale ontkkd, <fn.d . qutrui heitg present 1,t thoy- proceeded to btusiness. - redtinil after some correctioun WP c o l f a ckl m i f rdeh p iJr r e o g Tiiest BrevYet MAer-Gotn~hd Canby, cominandiiig S3econid I ilitary Dist riet, to remove Mr. Lee, tie present Super. iiteident, of the State Peitentia1y, inil; appoint im his p'ace Mr. Wml. E. Rose, of Yorkvile. A lien sibmit ted the following Resolhl, That, the President be re vuested to-take sneh steps as are neces. sary to.draw twenty thousand dollara from the Treasury of the State for the purpose of paying the per dien and mileage of the mnembers of this conven tion, nud that the samo bo paid on Saturday, tho 22d of February, 1868. A iontion 'it lay the resolution on. tho kablo was lost, and the resolution passed. Jeiks submitted a resolution, That we lutimbly petition Congress that they will take no action looking toward the reduction or repeal of the present duty on rice, etc., which was referred to the Coiiittee oil Petitions. Unfinished bi .ss resumed, being the section 36 of o report of the Com mittee on the Legislativo part of the Constilution, and the same was pained to its third reading. Bowen. oubmittud the follbwing reso lution, hitch weas refeed td tle Com mi tteon Ae -nfgislati ve palt of the Constihin: -'ihte,? Tiat thoiirst Gbneral As sembly <convored inder this constilttsion. at their fir t. !2essionI, shall ratify vhe anuridtdm 'nt to tho Constitution of the United S'ates, known ns ,rt;-he four teen, proposed by the Thirty-nintIh Cul gres.. Iteport of the( Committee on the Ex. ecintive Department. of the Cotistitution was then taken up f-- ... isideration, an( the several socttit . ;\ ro passed to a second reading. Report of the Committee on the Jn diciary was then taken tip and was thw subject of much discnssion. Thie report of tthe Committee on the Miscellanootis part of the Const.itution was then brought under discussion ind sectinis 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8 9, 10, 11 and 12 were passed to second reading. Sections 6 and 13 were stricken out. ielport off Committee - in regard I c, Chiarita ble fit iitt ion : 7ectionis 1, 2, 3 and -1, seve. ahty iased to seconi' read - tmg. Report ofCommit tee otn Fimance, - inl regard to Finance and Taxation : Sev tions I to 18 inchistive, passed to a second reading. Section 19 was stricken out. T i ordinance for the appoint meniut of colunissioners by tho lIegislatre to investigate and ascertain what obliga. tions- of the Stato may be valid, was then discussed. On motion of Duncan the convention adjourned. THIRTY-SECOND DAY. Tihe meeting was opened with'praiyer by Rumon. The roll was called and a quorum being present the assemtblage proceededt to busimess. Thec minutes of the last meeting were reuad aind conifirmei(d. Dogani, Dickson, WVilder. Robertson. ivers- and Mille.r obtaiined leaves of ab.. s(.nce. Le-lie, b~tuig with wrath, rose to a questiont of privilege, anid sentt to' the clerk thle Merenri~y's photograph ofl him self. The sketch was read by the clerk, very much to the edification of the as semoblage ind the pilhng tip of the wrathI of LeOslie. Wheni the reading was finish ei, thn burnmgn indignation of the irat e Chiarles broke forth in lava streams of elogn'qionce, which ouigh t to have caused every copy of .the ofli'nding ne wspaper, the object of his wrath. I hat came with in its reach to eurl in -cinde'rs. it only, however, caused a few tipper lips to eaurl wvith irrepressibhe smi'es.. Ie went, into a long p'xplanation to shjo. what a per secutorid mdi vidtdad lie 'asq, anid how counug tho' Maddyu was, fN'ande: without offendlitg the law. The topoert of tilre Ciommnittee on thie E'xecutivo Depa rtument of the Cornst itu tinwar, then taken uip, anid section I passedi to its third reading, the *brd "'one" being c41hange'd to "'two." Section 3 in relation to the'divisioni of Charleston and Pickons. Distici was pasdto a t'hdt reading. Ayes '79, nays 23, abset 19. WAKImo FnoM A DnrXA.-The freedmen of some parts of Louisiwa are in a mnch better condit ion aind frame of mid thi.A year than last. They hnve learned something- They have leairned t'he vailue of some of iho stories winch the mean white-men'told them last, Jan. tnary. They find that the -mnie, the, forty acres of land2 thin ease cornfort anid wvonderlul eleivait-uin and lioiver promnised tbem,:ale fading' hway' like a - dream. M.s' of the negroes soumn now dl.iposed to ;t wyork like Northern andt Western white lahorors and1( do their (lit y. lhey find ont their fioney l comes iron those whom the tinnan white men call thenr eneiesc, and the floalimg hoygljass are constantly trying to get f'rom their negrofriends by a the~tsnJ strange devices. Tho not to suspend the fui-tlier r ductlon of tihe currency, whiich passd both boetrues of Congresse hias become haw,and is-now officially~promulgafed ag'dhl. Itbeeame a lagwthout shae approvn asignatue of the P'roident, he not having rotuarned it to :Cohigrens' witbhhi the-timo presoribed by the con The Register, a Rephiblicen' paper recently comimeuiced in R ichmuond'V4., OSaved hao the GallQws 9 -John $onkins not a Mlurderer- Stifigo an. Startling 11 'n, o tal 14urdrerer DeAd - '14L,6 at. o Iot a -A: pie ..,. John Joukio, 'a freedman, who was to have b blbuig td-ntorrow, (16t1) at the jail in) thi citv, for the uinier of tt ait lir tord, dring . ri4ot in Jun'4 , hIas had his sent maco cow m nuk0j! hjii Excellency Governor ) r,; to ripr i llonnllt inl tihe State Pllitentiary for five years. This is a 41ase in which our vonmiity have been deepily inle.rosted, and inl which1 the m11ilitary ant horit i.s have I ade the most strennonisendiiavors to deter l mine thle doubt whe-ther dohin dnkins! was the guilty person. Tle following reao.ns for the com mu11tationl of tle s mt-'.iee will ex plain the hirnier of ( the evidence upon W ehich t action of the Govern or has beel based : TilE STATE Q6. JoN J.NPI' AND SClP 10 FR.st; -i'UJ ufiR. 'eio prisoners J*oin .1enkins and Scipio Fraser were indictedl for thle nurder of .11. Brant ford, in the city of (Charlestonl , oil tile -!ith of Jline, 1866. 'Titey were tried at the Jani1iuary term, 1867, of the ourt of Sessions, before..Judge Dawkins, aUnd Convicted. Their counsel appealed. Pending tie appeal, one or thle pioes ii Fraser, died in jail. At the April terini of (ho A pimal Conil, 1867, the case of Jojikins was hiea ri, h1 is imot itoil for a new tri.il 'refni'ol, :111 1 he wa1 sentenced to be exeeited in dne. A few days'blefore tiin x CCIl was8 to take place, I r..;i i oh priner for on1e m11onth1. I" -n- i' x Pir-1.11) if this timei 1 was iipliied to by lie oili ecr then coitinanmding thi Milit:n Distrio for a furthier respite. I, however, declinied t o gjr:iant it, :1i1l assigned my reasmi. at length, in a eoninlinicaion addremed to Giiueral sickloes. The pisoner,.lhnllhkilns, was theii fuirh'r ospiced r tih )lii tary autloritie. anil evi(iene was takenl by Genlerl lliek the( Pr.)oost Marshaleeneral or this Distriet, inl the i'forimi of affidavifs, fromi quite - nitinber of witnes.'aes Who wre init swOrn! before the iial (oinm ti shw an alii Ths pilis wer sbe mit. ted to mny consider!-j ion, 11"I tan ' up na careful exmnin-itin, I wVa; stisfiel that the elfort 41f' i lit prisi-oler to es. tablish an ali/d was anscessfli, and that this siupplniental evidence was not ma illed t m w igl aich :nl override the tetmnhi;- y wnesson the standd uiiring tile trial. SteviaIl witneses tit]n establi:Aed to iiiy sat is fac-tion (lhe f(t!tht Jenkins v;aIs en1 gaged in tIe ri.. the ay and uip iNg--treel, u th e only witness who profossedl ti have ,Ceel -John] Jenl kius inflict a blmv 1pon the deceased (Brantford) was cne Gicorge ,J. Ah Vels. le stated. ill lIjs 't.estinmmcil' beforib Jude Dawkins, that lie "sawi Jenkins aind Fra,r bth throw lirick Sthbat took effet' cill Brantford. .jtli kills thew on'! :hc.fr ilie flell and staip. ed upoii hin.. TheY were the lmleiirs of lieerowi :ii li, knew themi well. lie further says: hTh next day Ie Saw Fraser, heard him Say in his yard ie had killed one white-livered son of, a bitchi and wcou ld k ill anorthier, a iil lie ha~d him U arirested." ' In hiis cross exainatiiifion Ile say's: "Jenmkins iiung the first briek and( S'ipio I-'a.er thle by t heir house whenI . enk ills lilt him i aiga in. tUpon the tes:t imony oif Ahlrenis,thiei, solely doperds thme question ccbehther enins did or did not., iipoin thait occasion, ini filict one1 or inore' of thle blows wh''lich tookc the Iif3 of the deee. ed. Tii tlie Iwo r'eviews of (lhe case5 here tof'ore mande by mei andi tr:niiniaittedl fo (lie ilithy anithuiritioes, I aseiini that A hrens' tedtimo cny wccas true, Iindi if' so, that Jenikinis wm (lie mulirdecr A fter(h1. Ca mbv a niiim d roni nnni of this~ Distrie., lie minedi~c Ihie ease amil remlittiid it algaini to th il y mahlor Sijies, andic -i n oumr(, 1 8t8. Jeikinis wals re-seniteniec.dl Iby .JIn ist MfOic. ande hi s ecienit.imui fixd fol(cr the stcrond Pri Ia y inII'* cibriary. A re'ne wid effort hits bteeni miaie by'lii hue inds oI the piris. 010r to0 sece ithii pau1on or a1 21connon.. Li tation of' the pnithiiimiit ofC Jenikins. alil a veiryi noniil'rouislyi signied p..'iii ic i emlbraemig uth~ -i naies cof s,,nhi- wh~cites andi of many hundri einared c h i iti ,Ii'/nsl, h as beent phiced in my h-'.iid. In additi on to this, Ifrom' thie inof 'awm ion comni ul 'ented to GeIn. Canhi~v byv (Gen. } hiiek who -invoetigaitM 4ill - Mic dcis-h-v Gen. Can by in-a:irnere d I icinteniOat '. 01ne3 Willha, theLii precscent Pr'l~oosI. Marshal, to i.ak Ie an ian'fil i'exlamtinen of' the .rreminen-an nut eer ain the precise locality where' it' first bicieck wasR' thlron antd wchereli iramJrd .cl i.1 lii has ileiah tha ofthi nf ('/tii~i', 1.4(1 NI(ttiicl a dri w rofL-' the' ~r pm im ccugl aoide ins se'hti withI' 1cny'ci te a f IEi i 't-an Iile d(lid pnriiunlarlhy if thei evow~~d e it ciii atssmlealcilnllil ilu'I- i f lb-i ian. Thlis report waii4mdee oni Il lie Itb ofie m ibiation ccf I he *1 i . i 'ot says - 'I stated~c to'youi 'ieriidly .s-on." clys sinace I hat Gen. Hi inek4,t ihoti 'i i ,md Prcovii Marshal. of th'a cf'iri'i, hm le ,Irmnedi lie opmlioni froui his ownut e xca tlgiaiim og the case, that it was fehisicaly c imipossti. ble I the h .: cros ,to i avc' seeni Jenkins for this'6ulrdear of hiramntford; to the trial, he0 was tunnblo to discrimil. 4)ite withaay 'disuinctnipae between that 1%d had *'/vW WIh~thwh~d-hearid- ef IAlely, I reoto ploneh . , Onyns; the psent, )revost ?degrahal, to, make, a car*d1tl. exaniittonlrgain (r Ctxactl~y thtgajt of.irtjnriintford fel1l, and thie hedatd nflc tl orebi, from wiihilch, ae cordinw to the tinmoi,, be,..e .. cont, A hrenq witn'~ssed the killing.' Aganin, (G"n. Caniby s9: "On Sattir da. (PIecedltg tio date uif this 1ottar) prompted, I supposo by the new inves tig-ition, Ahrens seit wYord to tho Pro. vogt Marshal tha-t liA testimony was not true ; but I hat he0 had b'een deterred lut hO featr of pto'-(eeiion from making dthi'1 confession at :1t1 e:alier period.' (n It dw 'h-1 inwt., Ahrens subscribed it his own hatnd writing an lifidavit befor( Colonel M- W. Detnnis, Judge Advocat< of tihe U. S. Army, Second Military ihsirict, of which the f'ollowing is I copy: Statmncnt of Gehoree K. A hrens in (in e-int-.l <f!'the me,11rderO of' /jls-h1<rre At rniinlj d on wnia/y, 2.1ith Juna !S66, abhout S o'clock, 1 a. 2 : "I1 was stitlg on the Iiazza of tih hoste 1 live inl. No. 80 Tradd -stret. The croId of negros caio (it of Kini strilt into Tra di-stre<-t, and stopped it froit, of mly hlml-o \Vhile thle Crow, were stanling il the street, I saw Mr lIr.tibtori cointigtg alo ig Tradd-stre' from O)range-sin-tt, md going Ioward Kir g-t.re . \\' hlit flt ,< oatftt Iot op posite o bilg ate, n th e saie side o the stre.t. that. I wIs on, the cry of ''ire' was rasd by Seipio I l'raser an-i other: inl Lthe crOWd. Scipi) llI'rae t.1 nl th--en abri-khat ,t lBrantford), which hlit bill lin the back ; then severail more! brick bat, wr.re irowit Iy, the crowd, one o Which sirnek Iiani'Iord onl tIhi back , his head, kiiokiig him .dowi. As i (il ie strrck his head ol th.em corIner 0 'he stott; st(-p ott tihe hoiitte nxt to ours toward King. Atrfet, a1.1 pu-hmm ao in hi hi-ad ; hn I Ite crowd all grathtere .Ironiid hi, ais lie lay oni Ie gronid k -< 'd , 11nl st.-k him wit h br;ck hai; Hi. v ien lelL htim, and I s;law tw 4liored m11 entie ny1 Trmdid-stre'.1, wIh< pi,-k-d til Ilrantfordl atil carried bini h1,1n1 I rema11-ined (n the piazza fron the ime the crowIl first itirned itt' Tr dd-street, til tlie two coloree mt1n carricl .lr. iratl'trd awa V. There- was :%bow. t-wet v-se!ven coilorer 1111-11 il 1the' rro '.d t t. attiaikt-d B3rat. 1'.Id. IDitrin -.he ltme the bricks werl being i hrown. I lhard Scipio Prasitr sa) "11ill ti- rebwl sonl of a1 bilch." Th dis 11 tatnce fro-n when- I miood on the pmyr. to the spot wfmre 1riot ford was knock d elown was 'rom fifty to seventyI-iv ais. Jol Jenkins wvas inl frolit o .mir hei'and nearly toer e I-, as slood onl thw piazza. I recogniized Seipi< 1''raser I h crowd iat. surrotmple lirnitilni aft.t. he fell, hintl. I catilot sal I satv Jenii.ins aiiong tiong 11m ; I wa;s aI 11noon:liht, nili.t, butt not, ve r bighi:t, rait'r cloudy alnd hazy. 1 <ht not J .b-1in at any tittie diuring (h riot, any near r to Mr Branitfrd that It (.l'.kin.-) was at the lime Urn Itl for fell, which was aboutt IwVlve f'eet close to Brantford than I was at the titne. The s nin iiig that tle riot oc:tirr .d Scipio Frasor Came -into mtV yad :tild was tIalkinge aboti dh riot. i l 1 'I, mid nio oTe else, killed I.. rebl soit of' a bitch,' (meaning Brant l'ad), - ite is inot. the first, nor it Will tnt IJV thI lt , A I W ill kill.' Tlt iext morniitg I iold Mr. Nipsi~m vha lraser hll :.,id and h. eausid him t ho arrested. I did nt o-- Jenkins st rikz liraiafort during the riot (Sigtwd) G. F. A ut Sworn to tid subser~bed be'fotre me t hi I 8'.ht day ot lIcbr'uary, A. D). 1867. (Signed) (I:0o. A.Wutws lirevet Lin't.-Col. atid M iajor 6ilt 10 fit:att:y, I 'rovost MIa rshial Ge'neral. A t rue e Tjy of -thu origin:t4 aflida vii Isrievet, Li('nt.-'Col. atnd MTajor Gu~Iti infa try, Provost Marshal General. 'The fotegoinig statement, by Ahtrensm, earl tradict ing soa ibtutttely anid tnivtpi~ocal hils own s-vorn testimonty tupon the tr'ial shiould tauise anyi) exemuti ve to hiesitate bc tore, atllowinag t he deth'itf penualty to be ext enttedl on a httuan being, whtent tat is lth ontly testimtony identifying Jenkins as otnet Ithe personsi who mificted the b'lows whti prisonter plosslessed~ we'ailth an md means i~i. might have been thfat this witniess, for coiiitdeirat ion, woutl d htav'e beon intie ed te ttorjurer htimseltf; butt tc prisonert hias ti Itie tteatns to purcheasie isucht a slatmO.etlt it tie tast one manite by Ahretns. Ad~di Iiiorin evidenco, lhowever, has beett placed in mt suc'hli surrontstinlgs, I atm bounid to credi tem-coiiri'nitg Ite tut h of Itho las stat etment of Ahr tens- to wit.: that he die tot liee Jetikintip-use anly violence whatevee lnot ithe deiceasecd. Fraiincis Nipsaonel, whoi. is the exeeftor' o ifnminiistrtaior o'f the ext at of the fath ier o Ahite'ni, iln an1 aidtavit ont thel 1s oI f IFebl tntary, t1868, says: --Georgo Ahrten.i' wit wax a witniess in thle above case, cant.e t. mie (N iipsot),n satid 10 c~Lipio rer~lt, Ihe bm who killhed tinnilt'ford, was thiere thte d.y li fotre hte was arr'teit ed nnd 10old him (Abtre'us) thfat hie wias thet one who killed Ilrant tardi andi no othetr person1 had done It, and It wa: ntot Itahe Jast or' th ft irist rebel tbe hlad killed And~i also -t hiat Gleor'ge A brnens said tia OneC had doite it bot. Scipiu Fraser. Scipi Fraser told mto (Nipsn) at the0 time I ar' roslted him, anid before 1Ithanded him ove to the polticv, ltat he wans the onte who comn maittd Ilim act PThe two female wit nesse iln thle yArd ot No. 86 Trraidd -.l'ee. (Sariual throwin iad Kato1 Kenntiedy.', and Ahrtieis alsi tod mte tat S1cipio Firaer was the one whti killed llrptitford, tand they didh not mient im anlything atboutt Jenkinst ; othIerwise I wouhf htave gone iith the pollco attd arriested hi i tthreeC daiyi af'ter' Ven'ser had been ar'restet and1 fiodge'.I in jlait]. ''From thte sitiuationt o IhetI piatzza of tic tbonte No. 8t1 'Tratdd-st reel. whtete Ahirenis says heo saw' Jenkiins sInk. lBrantrtrld, afteri a careful e'xaintatiion, ibnd it waus impossible fot' Ahtrents to hnv<te uietn .Jentkins strike Dlrauft fort ats hes saiys." John iiltass, thle uncle of Ahfrtens, ont thle -ihI of Pehurutary. 1808, mnakes thle f'ollowing stalttment on oth: li-'Thtat he sawv Branit.2 foid walking up Trad nd.st ree. low arda King, and dislttetly observed that lie tried to turn back agalin, hunt there being a farge crowdJ of' mna and boys be found it impossiblo Oe colored mian cried out "Charge," antd bricksku andi stones Irero th rownt apparetly by aft or them, so that htecott not tell whto threw the brick or stone that killed !hrant. ford; tand Ithat hie .was in the house No 8E1 TIradd-street,- looking out of- the window1 [w,hIeb i4 nearly twvtyrtive,feet. nearer to whtetdlfyantford. was killed than where A ffrers sto~od on the giaz:J ''aid 'saw the whole affair, f'rom t~he time the i'ictera (qr n ed into Trade-stre 'r'om King-street, nyd that the bricks and stbniis were thtrown so rast that be could not tell who threw the brack or a10na tltat kiedm lhit..... an, that he coiuld not reooguizo any of t)10 crowd." Neither of' the two 1ast named witi'sses Were swo'n upon the trial or have hereto. fore "ubnitted affidavits. 'T'he foregoing are the additionail facts which have been brotight to mty attention Pince tihe cas5e was reviewed by mime oi a previons oo. omasion. There was one tact, however, im portant in its bearing upon the case, which was before mte, mind which it is proj iero to repent. Jamies Kennedy, who was the jailor of Ihe Charleston jail at the time that, S9ipio Fraior died, to wit: About the 17th of April, 1817, states, under oath, "that Fra. sor died in his cell; that when tlhe said Scipio 'raser Was in rlo rtaving beent previously informned, and being him. sell coi. vimoed tht he wts in a dying slto, ie 11n:l to tdelioieti a coifessioni as fol lows: 'I'intt le Was conmcornmeid in the ufl'ir in which nmi 'iraniti'rr was killei, in .inly, 18(;lt, ami tihat one Joht Wiliamus, freedinain, sitiuck the blow which knocked BranIt ft'd iown, aind he, Soipio Fit'as.r, stiruck Brmt, tori whei lie was olown; that said Williams lived onl South Bay, in somne woodyard, th doponent thinks, amid mn1110 rVsemmbletd one John Jenkins, tiben and now under sentence ot' !eath i-on onivotion ot' liniig killedi time satid Brti't d tihat lie kniw he sail Jenkins 1,revious to tie affitir, :-wl that he w:msitocetit (if the eritme of which lIl hat beC conivictel, as ie. .enkins, witu not present al the lite Brimiloril was kilied that the depuinent the askel tle said Fra sor why hIe' had not nmiale tis confession p.-ovi s to I lie trial ot' .1 ilenkitts,and I to said Fraser antswered that he thonghtt that, he woulld havo a better chance to get clear if lie could have a trial witi Jonkimns, know ing him. Jenkins, to be innom:et of thle cbarge." After a careful review of the ecircmnsta'i o, conected witi tihis case, nmd of the new facts t iat have been bronght to light within the past few days, I hmve come to the con cltsion tiat thiere is not tTlicietm evideice to ju.stify tmle in liecitrin. tiat Jonkins was omme ot' time murde'err of -Bramt ford. Oi I lhe contrary, te evIblene ceriinly tenmls to exonerate Jeikins froim anly active Iarici - i imion ill tme tmmiler. I still, however, Ci tertain milie opintioln that. Ie was miong time rioters: tihit lie was with thm in titir ularch 1p Kinlg-steee, and whetn they turn ed ito Tralid-street, ani, ailthough not stikig I line fita binlow himiselt' whic'h took thm lite ot' h, rai t'orl, "' w:s gilty ol' it grat oitrago utponi :e laws t' t le State, i inponi lh pimce anm1l iltety- )If Socii'y - uMi thIal, for iS part1'icipatLionj therein, hie ineri'its exenti1lary p1 untishieitmi. Believing that lie is iot guilty of having stricko'n either of tm Iblows whach produmced Ime (loat b o'the nm tit(milmitle .l-r fti' . bim Imt lie Ias 1mimioi0g time rioters, I have conii muied his ptiisinenit fimti elnlih to live years' imopmrisonmtenmt at hart bhbor in tie polennetou-y. [Signeul] .Jiu.:s O, 0nm, Govirn-ior) of Somith (mht'olina. xtc rivt' iii t rr:.rr, m ~ e I:s-rox, Feb riary 12m, ISG8. Molon Culture. Mr. Tum.tis It. Ct.:x-rt'. of this S -ate MUikes th .l owinig uggs lions inl thu muthrn CvI/irator is to lm tittne tid incide of plantinand thle enl:re of th meiloni : lei] ~e fli. In Febru'ary and \March breaI up time haind close mid ie;l,, and if atn early crop is desird, cross break and lay ;fl* t0 by 10 otr 12 feet. and dig -oil lromt a1 foot to 18 inchtes. Pill with well rot ted manttre, composed of rich mouild, stable, cow-imi or fowl lioe. Inihimt from three to five seed in -a -hiN if seed r1111V ph-.nt6utl; pirlnt as soon AS tlie m an ger of frost. is over. If time ground is ilt >good coitio 1mth sed timotv be sonitli'm w for I wo liee iye v-nlver soak wheti tie grotil is dry. W lmn 'thie pi1ils a T a we'k old, 1tbin out to two naid plow 1indm hoe well. As soon as the l nts sh ow signis of rnitmi.g thmin to~or. andi 11( he vimmes n it-r theiy cmmnermig buf wr car''fliy with handmm anad hoe. . f iscce~ssion of me'ilons is dlesired, pbmi ag:mt thle flirst at' May amid fron thme 15t h to thme '25th of June, andtc be siure yout plnit mio squiash, pmtnpk in or oit her' v'inem' i tim i amu patch if vonii wish to rmeap g->id .St'ed, etIc. I blieiv'.e for martket, thiose lplatnted itnJm ine wii pay better thin thme earily ont's,- becauise theImy arte generally large'ndi fe'wer per. sortns ha:~ve' them. kranmy persoiu5no t'fer unnoiim itnd ih" phlorphtes of tmannrie. ii I bellie've all the phmosphatles F havie tried aire very mnear a ltuhmig bit aillow otl ('rsto pturch-luse for'eign tmanm'ies n'hon we cart oinke "'gmxsd inrotngh"' at.hlonme. ImttIera not how poor the land tbe ) for num-l'ns--sady, mld Worn out clav or broken sedge, I believe the buist if. one Ipee(k tof welml rotlid amanmre be put to eamhI hi I anmd diAist ance he .given .the Iville's." T -: Otn la lw low Iihy head boy do r'ieenc to thme oild min, onice i y'oni. Thie vicisit tides of life have'm silv~t'ee his ha;ir anid ebli e utmthe it rottmmi tm'rry (he'e to the wortm visage' bmefore vonm. Omice t hatI lieart boat: withi aspitra. Simomi co-eqt to any you ha ve felt, tmwpi. rationi cruishied byv diisappoistnti~ as yVouir' i-e'rha~ps is (deslinemd to be. Otnce that form stulked proudly Ithrouigh It' gay -centes of ploasn're, thti bea rumdeal of grace;' now ihe hiand of time thait with, era tho flowers of yes terday haa -wtrt, thmat figure anid dealtroye ' that .tnoble en arriage. Once atyue, potseessed. J the Ithousandt tIrtughii thtaipass throumgh . ong~ 'brainu, -now wiisI!.ig to acc'omp~li .leads equal to a nookc in ('ant tin itmaghmmg lifim a dreami that the sooner he nwov ke from it th e htter. Bitt.-he I ha's hived itn dr'edm very near thromgh, the titne ho awakent is very near at htand ; yet his i'ye over kindtles at old' deedis of' diaring. and the - hanid takes a fimer graisp of' I le ettnfl. Bow low thme hea'd, boy, as you would itn yotur old agmo be revered. Vi:iny Titun.-.-A day o.' Iwo since, im i le Semnle, Mr . Damvis of Kenmtnetky. srmd : ioyalty', in lis opinionu, cons~isedm ii if wilig obedlieni o- to *thme Obhdtit1. ion, anid ho belheved the chtastened anid sullemng people of thme South to bothe miost loyal portion -of then people. of t'ho' United fStates~. Withatu iritendingto wounjd the ftelhin 4'ty mwzdkie said the most dislyaf 4pti %bQ 1i6 $tates were the radijoas-and their- leadi; TheVigii and Tennpsoo rail road htas commened the- uhe o oaJg in part, as fuel for theoir passenger oin .ginos, I of the Jiodou Diaily News writes from The Marriage of Adeilnn Patti has been) aInnoniced agaiii, tid coitrdict ed; the la4t, - rtimored bridegroom was the Marqtiis de Unux, aid-de camp to the Inmperor, a noblenii of wealth and high linage, who had possibly given a kai1)dle to th sippositioni by his assidni. ty at the Diva's Sunday evening parties. Charmitig "at homes" these, where all the distinguished artists and literary men of the calit.al meet together to hear niltl1ic such as prohably no other draw img-room mi Paris affords. Rossini, Prinice Poniintowski and Gounod are aloi) -At the habhiffi,'s, anid when at. elev. en, or i hereaboius, thn roomi are clear ed for dancing, well nigh all the fmliious 3 jourilists of tho town may bo obsorved joiling in the coullionl. Thiese contin nIl rumors ofimarriage must. however. be very anmoying not only to Mademoi sele l'attu herself, but to the Yarioits gmleineii who turn by turu have been desigiat.ed in the papers as I lie fortunato siitorn; if linot hing else, they must ereate SoImeo enuba rrassment a monmst IIhI(Im when ihey meet ench other at the Siu. laY pairit ies, .1'l I hai0 nto dobt1 most of them woid ie delighted if the Corps beigislatif wobil-I pass that amendment of M. Mmile Ollivier's to the new press la w hy which all illusions, libellons or no, to the privale life nid doiige nf in: dividuia'ls are in terdicted uder heavy f.cs. SkivATVE ONEN~hN-ldnl T1iM. ONT olFl PuiESInENT Jon oNzS \ An NiSin. T110N. - N Atuit , TENN.., Fo;Jritary I 5.-The O( servative Conventionl met hern to-night, and adopted resolutions looking to a thliorouigh organization broighoiit I lie State, warnrly endnrsing Presidenut Johsoni's adiiiiiiitrationi, ind decla ring that the Governmit, was es Inhlisled to give procection to the po bilentI righ -t l ai matiiial int erests of im white race, air hat it should be 44o -ud mniii i-red. Iteoltitions Were also :ilrptjl('il proposing a iuion with tl. De mocra tic Party of the Union in Opposi. Mlon to h l xist ing congressional despot. ism. In relat.ion to 'he next, Presid(eit Cy, lii hollowing resolutiot was udopl. ed *ICso~leTa, hat drew Johnson is Ih choice of lthe Democratic and Conser VIlive people of TentOiiiessec for the I'resideniey of tObe U it' ed States int Noveiber next; that if seh-cted he will receive tihi-v ordisil anld un animosslip port.; hut they will, however, if sotn other good niia, trite to the Con.tiintiion and nl the riglhts aid liberties of the people, be ninminated by thie National De-mocranic Conveition, cheerfNlly ac rinliesce, and vi-Id to tim a hieary at1 unuthutsiastec support."' Tim E-c,-ix 7N Nrv Un-Amsutus. Te Spriigfield (Mass.) Republiican ap precimtes the importance of the elections to lake place ini New Iitainmpshire sad ConuetiI, ini .Atmh adi A pril, and says it is "lar greater than usual, and will have decid(ed inftuene on 1he po gress iitid result of Ihe Pre-sident ial si rim gle" t his year. It waruis its Ri-pube.. (121in frietuds to beware of "iiinaction ii ad Mista.ke,'' atndt notes the signinieAnt fact. t hMa4. a 4uhnqe -s4'ierm huindr:1 voes, i a total of 6.00, w ill give the State of' New flbunshiireto th-e Denmocrats. Whe~n the tide hand inst 'begitn to turn, when Ihre walc 1o pirestige of vWsor-y inispired by Democratic victonaes ii oth er States, and w-hen thonasanids of RIe. pubhlicaun had not. gt'own simk oif'radical ism, the Democracy in 1 8t knocked down the radica'l nijoril.v from 4.65G to 3,4,a gti-n of 1.,5*10 vtes. It 1s per 'f eily reasonable to oiippose, says the St Louis J/ejuiflicans, that they will gain much more in 1868, wvhen already 1867 co-operated withi the radi-cals, have lpeilv reimiiteed th-e radica'l party and jyined the coniservatives. Several Re. pnhl'ican4 h'nators and Re-presenitat ives, nad -.rstansdbig and appreciatinig the im pm-tanice of. the matter, are new stuamp ing t aese St ates. Tux: Anxission OF A L.AnAMA.--The WVashigton correspondenit of the lBos ton .A1 dt'ertiser, speaking of the ad mis. sin .of A la bima, says:: "Mr. Binghiam load a prop~ositimon that lie shbowed to se'verad repre-sentativesg hir' did not brin~g ~e'fore thie i onise, al thomgh ho announced his purpose of' doing so as soon as it was oefini', known that the Alabama Constitution hums been lost.; it was to admit represemn taltives from that State as sooa as the~ Iiegislatre istchoseni shonld Ineet anid carry out certain condttions--viv:Rai f'y the pening foturtenith amendment to the Federal Conistmiution ; str'ike the odiogta test oath otit of their. new Con. stitutioni, aiild aduit ald alen over t-wetn 't-oneo yenta if ag, of soutid mind, and I anot guilty of crime, .tosthe riglit of sua.. frage, anid leaving the oflce hiohling qiulifications as now prescribed by r.ho reconistrulction acts. The preposition seemed t~o find 'coiteiderable fever among members of the linse, arnd it is bnijoved1 that. a majon-ity of the membhers of the Reconstruct ion .O lmmittee would report upon-it, favorably.. "'lTix COLORED TRiOOPg IFoUG5HT WG n".'-"--This has paased into a prolverb) byi. after all thure is sorud4 evidence ex tant thaut casts~a shadow of. d-mubt over the assert ion.. .TIh~e reonds of the War Depart met; sht nv tha t fourteen . eohored iroops" deAerted \eheod'ono. whis k1inhe,'l that ab~~t th l if ed ~f dIehkso fkero one .iyaa Icile . Linearly twean were .mutre4,oukof service wvhere duudaa iH i in battle. Look at-. the Mastetred ou~t for disabit, y ' 20,24w Diad, .u.,.. 487 Mfssihg lildkhf aad t:r~," 4 5 Killed ~t~t~, ' 'My Godt how the negroes did Aght. 'They~are making -broadelohin Fred. rikkabtirg, -Va., clkied to be -otnpal to the Tench bly an invouttye age. Fron a tooti pick tq a broadsword,; from a ,pop-pit to a twenty-inch 'otiher; from a penny whistle to the Calispean pipes; from the mo4 insignifkat rl tQ the applarentily most impossible-the entire field has beci explored and dug over utitil it seems as if no stone was unturned be neath which is concealed a novelty. One inventive genmus, however, 'has gone off at a tangent; and 'deserves a niche in the tallest porch of Porkopolis for his enterprise.., l1e has absolutely invented a ham. a bona fde hhm ; nitdt ye, stratnge as it may seem, a him without at bone. 'Thie first spevimen ever seen in CharlestonI was brought 14) fle city by Captain Iockwood on tie last Irip of the James Adger, and I ' wonder of the connoisetirs thereat hn been immense. The tling looks like an exnggerated specimetn 1of lolognlia sausage, and isl in a bag, i f von want haiim cold, you "n14" it bag and body, and slice it to suit the faticy. If vast want. a fry you untie tIle ends of 'the; canvass, and cut to suit yotur connitv. Youi get lie jiice, the essice, tie hod. SI sou at every bite, and here is f. a 1nan1 who has made a right. angle of is knees under Captain Lockwood's 0: >gon 'inWho does -not confoss that 'l'ed hanm is an innov.at lon on the time. lolored rights of pork that is worthy of the spirit of tine age. We learn that the irventin was ninN by tihe firm .of Tihton & Co., No. 36 Harrison-streer, New York, in 1866, but this is certam ly the first time that a Charleston stom ac has been astoiuied by boned ham. . J.(7(w Stotn Acws, 15th. SECUniNG IEn iRANI's TO Tilt SOtTH. The effort to secure emigrants form Murope for Southern settlement are pretty general. The Haltimore Sun states that several of tihe Southern rail road and steaniship lines, in order to facilitate emigration. have made ar. ratigmenits to IsAue a reu1lar emigrants' ticket from New York to till points in the South. A special agent is to be stationed at ('nstle Garden, New York, to nccost. emigrnits oni their rrival ihero from lurope and prevaiil tipon them to proceed Sonth inmmedintely. The rail. rmnds are, of conrse, interested in secu ng these pasetngers; hut. the Southert Sint.s insist take steps beyond ite Atlantic. I tine starting pociut of the emigrant, to fix his destnAtion within iheir ho drrs, if they wonld certaitnly l-ctnre a lite share of poplat.ion from abrond.- ixnix. AN ExAnrrE ron RAIcArTs.--The negroes in lIiyti had the best oppor tunity to prove to the world their ca. pabilities in tihe way of government. They got possCss!on of t well-governed country, weall iupplied with tine neces saries of life, and with a well-estab. listied and thrifty industy and com merce. They got all the lands and the houses, and took tle places of pro prietors as well as governors of the land. After fifty years, we see that retrogratiou of gorenment, order, in dustry and trade, ins been amazing; aid every day brings us news of tho revolut ions which have been ever re eurring there, imarked by tihe most savnge and bloody events. They are still cutting throats in the old Afri ceanstyle- Yet Radicalism is now placing ten of these States uinder ne g~ro domain at ion-- Richmond .1D.ipatec. AnEOi.s15 Naj 'rux Su'rns~:E COUnT. The Auny,, Jour'nal (nmtensae Jacoin) -"reads with astonishment and apprehent. sion that a majority of the House Judi eiary Comimiitee have udecided to report a~ bill providing that the Supreme Court 4 of the United States shall have yo juiris. diction in eases arisitng undier the milita ry reconmst4rnction acts of Congress, 'and that no eases of tis 'character shall be referred to it.." The Journal, mitch alarmed, savy-: "1Do the Rtepublicant leaders in Con. gress, wish to justify the charge of tine Democracy that they are bent upon iuatrpation and revolution ? Have thev become so indiffetrent to populhar Opittot, that they are prep)aredl to remove anv obstacle which may be presented t'o their policy, regardless of every consti tuttionnl provision ? WVe are not ready to betie've this ; yet we shall be comp~eh. ed to do so, if' the purpose ihow atnnoun cod is really carried inlto efl'ect." ..l.F THERE nE NONr.Y TE.N."--Tme &cew York .'h'ibu~ne is for settling the R9outh summar'ily and thoroughly upon die following plain: "If there are teni loyal men in South Carolina--..to mnen wy!ing to nocept every dug,1 of citizenship, THKSE MENAnE TifE TA TE, AND THEnREnT ARE CIPH ERs.~ Greeley, is crazy. The phriod for the decemvirate, State or Federal is passed byogago. Thne multitude of usurpers at Waeshington onlt sanpply the places of winat artvkno ait ang as partitiontbetween two widely.. contrasted aeeneos. Tihey are like tihe witoches is Macbeth. only feeding and boiling t6e cauldrong watch ?igures forth tihe eoming~ line of r'uleta. The magisterial period is about played otut. If Greoley miarchnes hits decom vison tihe stage withn their togas, and anadals, and Sts o fichn11 they will be booted ogf 1'-Rtichmomt "'Tuts vs A WVits' MAN a Gorp:tus. MMTr. -WVe Jearnu that tihrouighout the* North metaUiode, hearing a like nlss of Washtimgto, amn-J Nho ibeve sil scription, are being very geer~ worn. This is okao e~ tla heindientione 'showvin the deep enrn ffpl exandria der5flU~rpo1rtO. bbthosoiis is SO thIani that akaiting is at an enI. It is tsei ikat the e .e ' coeangesteed to break utp ahoyethe cebaiu bhrldge, and tIeht- thabt-strethwe 4tas eenn so wenken- I ed that Itn'deaftructio.' will- bi- II it hias uot already beeoA lfeaed.