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Selected Poetry. [ Prom the Metropolitan Record.] OLD MEMORIES, The power of song to awaken varied me nmories is a theme that wears well. An o00 casional contribu'.or to the 1'ortfoli't--ono whose visits are not so frequent, as we should like them to be-treats it thus. SING THAT sWP.ET MtELoDY AoJAIN. Sing that sweet melody again I heard it once in happier hours ) It falls upon my weary brain Like breath of sunmer flowors. It brings before my pensive mind, 'ho hallowed scenes of other years, When life was one long day of joy, Bright., unalloyed with tears. Tho blooming hawthorn scents the air, The lark's loud song is iii the sky, And galh'ring sweets fron balhy flowers, The be htums merry by. Agin I hear my Mary's voice, l1er matchless form I see once more, Again her witching glance of love Enchants mue as of yore. Ner small, white hand is clasped in mine, 11er fragrant breath is on my check, Wrapt in a trance -f thrilling joy, Our hearts too fusi to speak. Oh I coul4 snh- cetay but last, Sack scenes of ravishing delight, Woual exchauge this earth of otirs For other worlds, though bright ? The song is htslhed, its echoes die, Like fairy nisio in the air, 1O! of hN spell, so full of joy, I 'take to grief and oases DE3TINY. There oft' seem. o destitry urging us on To the pathways in life that we tread. A fate on whose bosom our spirits have flown, A stroam whose deep waters rush on to the bourne, Where our hopes lie withered and dead. Thcro is surely a will that is greater than ours, A spirit. that we cannot restrain, A hand that oft. crushes hope's smailing young fdowers, A heart. that. will wither the swootest love o wers, Nor bring back their beauty again. And that fato is embodied, for seldom ii seoir A smilo on to sml, gloomy brow, No Ilbwrots are thero, nio leatlets o' green We sigh as we think of the joy that has been, Amti the misery that waits on us now. Some bright spots there are ',.id the gloom of the past, Yot little they bring us of choor, The present is dark. to the future at last, We look for some comfo I, it too has been cast In the same leaden hue of degair. Then sick of our bonlago we'd gladly give o'er The c1hains so unwillingly ours, And, weary of lifo, in death would exploro Eiornity 's realln-for a happie'r shore, And 1loaven for its loveliest flowers. [(Correspondence oston Advertiser.] Glimpses of the Great Trial, TIATT8 OF THE' MEN WtO CONDUCT Tll oAsu, VTA S1I1NO TON, April' 7.-Tho most proinnnt, feature in tho impeachment trial, which strikes tho habitu al attend ant upon its sessions, after the sensation of novelty has worn away, is the lead. a chip which has fallen to Gen. Biuler T . those who remember the incidents o his enttrance into Congress only a yeal ago, when his apparent. arroganico aml' disposition to piush htimtself' forward re covda decided and emiphatic snt1 fronm the majority int the Iu-pubhliemi cancus ;adto those whto remember tha much more recontly, when impeacmenetci was decided on tm February, hen had nm place on the commiittee to pre'paro arti oles, antd tluitt the aduditionali articuly' wvhicht ho reconmmiended woro pr'omnptl J'eject ed (iy thu line up~ont un ahnosi c.ontemnptuonis hint fromt Mr. Binghtam tu those who know how his atvowved num and persistent hostility to Geni Gra antd his unifort.nnatce lnancial mntif's toes hiavo caused himt to be regarde<( w~ith disfavor by theu leading meon of hi~ party here ; thIis is especially remiarkai blo and almost incomnprehensible. For in the trial of the im~peachmneni preferred by the Honse of Reptresenta. tives against Andrew Johmison, (ien, IBntler is the maitn of them hour. lie not only opened the caste ; hte has manage'1 the case since it, has been openied. Th<Im maniiagerrs chosent by thu lotnso are sov en in uobher'; they diflar from th<c oilher members of theo H-ouse mainly ir Ileing exemnplhry ma their attendance a Ito trith. IThe sergean t-at'armns givtu thtem a spiecial annonnteement as thtel enter; and the sonorons Voice of Mr Fourney, as ho reads the journal; inform: the aisemly that "Alr. hlinghnam, Mr TIhaddehus Stevens, Mr. Butler, Mr Bontwell, Mr. L~ogn.. Mr. James F~ W ilson and M r. 'ULiomnas W-'illiamns en iered and took'thwseats assigned them.' flut here the part taken by sin onts o the seven, so fltr as Si'nate or the pnblih in the gallery can see, substanually ends. Bu.tler calls for the witneosses Batter explains the purpo m of-test imong Biltler answersq the objectionis of' th, counsel on the othber side, Butler sup plies the amnsing. tetorts which enliver the occasion, Ba(ther bullios the Chi.' Justice, Butler'-announnees thaut the cast is closed. T1he Presidenit's counsel wvhethier Mr. Evarts, Mr. Curtis or Mr Ssnbherry. is speaking-say "we ;" But Ier says "I-" It Buttler has not finisheci his oysters whieiatha fifteen minutes r'e, cess is ovet', tliecase'waits-fbr him ; i -ha is ready the triali proceeds,- whethoi half the Sonators are in their-plAos o1 not,., IjI short, soe- far as appears, t< the holers on -from daty to day, it is th< people of the Uited States proceeding agaimst an offending President through B3gnj. F. Butler, their spokesman ani prosecuting offldor. DULTLER'S TIRA tTs, When thtis much is understood, it ii easy for those wvho are familiar wit) Gen. Butler'tats to imagine many o the aspects of' the trial in which he hat made himsolf the central flgnro. ito i for an endurance and animation which know no tat igno, and for that quality which, for the iak of a gentler name, I mast call imipudence. Ile is not te narkable for grace, for faii'nes, or for any aOittily or courtesy of manner ma public life. Hence his reltion withl thoso he considers opp:mnents is that of unmistakablo, opon, nil relentm g war. Ile never loues an opportuity to firo a shot at the President's coutsel5 at the 're3sident himself (which lie commonly styles ". ndrew Johnson" with 11o orna mental title), at Chief Just.ice (tase, whom ho selects as an especial target, or at Mr. ti;vordy Jolnson, whomi he has singled out frotr rnung I lie Seznators for a sharp thrust whenever the occasion serves. 1 havo telgraplred y-ou some samtes of his method of treati iig Mr. Ubase. I rocall one or still moro iarked instances of his cotnrde with the counsel remarklable for posiLivenoss and aggres sive icsposition, for readiness inl an emergency and never-failing resource on the other sl le. When the direct xa i minitiont of (oI. Moore, yresiIen't JolmiiisoI's pri vai to secretary, was coml1 pletcd, Bhtller Lur-red to tie inspectiou of some papes upon his table. Col Moore patiently waited on the sat.ild. "Are you thrrough with the witiess ? ingn tired courtly Mr. Stabthorry at length. ' \V bin L umn LitrouighI with the witnes," sharply retorted the honorable matinager, "I will let you know ;" and then after ia Hilelit. pmtise oifl about tun seconds, "11 aml now thb-ria ih with lhe wiftrlss." "N''o are we," said M[r". Stan berry-b it Cto preilediIa ted tort'liiess of his dismissal lst, all effect inl the se-. sationt cause(d by the unpremedita Itd ruughmnssa of the gentlemiat from Missi chluaeus. 1)nruing .the examittinalsu o (ne of lth re'porters as1 to the c evelan d speecll, iht ler impialire(d, "Was t ien. It btudymng o1 epit.hets back it'd fIorth be. tweet i 1h f''esident and ui ctro wd' ?' "\V object to that sort, of Iqestin, said Mr.1 E"v.lrt.s, "the witniess canl :state what was said." 1ittletr rene";t.i Liii' ttiestion with emlphasis. "WeV, object that thalt IS noIt at properI <piestio~n," per si-ifeti ,l'r. Kl'itts ; "tile witnest 5 :iskeil wh'leit'ir I t' wa-: a bandlyiinug of opithet5s. Nobw uly knows wlmat a hlan dying m11ean1s, noboudv kniow.i what epi tibet mean 11s. 'ph wiumt it..1 c'al only testify ats to wthat was ::udl.'" "I wtitl. drawio th (uestitonI (o' a momint," sail uitler. "NTow sir-, (lte w'iune:), do you know what Idttihinying means ?' Tlere let somt' sign of furt her obt'jec. lion, ltler sharply contilued, "1 mnu 'simtiply asking you (o explain a word the I'resient's ounsel do not iundcer staund." Ag~ain, thi:: inorningi, the re ports of the (1.e'leveid speech of the Prtesidentt having been receaivedl an evi. dlence, in :,pite Ofl agood detal of' r~emont stiraco ''rom Nlr. I';v'arts, ItalIer intro dluced proof of a tievipa per report of the St. Louis speech. aid at its conclision said, "1 hpropose to -'fdi' this paper as evidence, if therO is no objection, and, also, if tohere is objection." There is m10ote in t hie llnner of theso illcidental Iispl iys Ihaui itn the words; bit. those of your rendin.; wiIto have seen 1 hbiter inl a cr'imlinal court canl supply ite manner from their own' iinwtationts, wvith the assuranice tlhat none1 of the sharp points art pohthed (fill ill t ho present trial on account of the iagntitude of the occas sion. Wihether such little corruscation are anything for the people of the loyal State.s to be proutd of' in lhe cotidt 01 il helr catso agatinlst the(ir Chief Matgis tratte, it is not (bi. mo to' 0uny. I but st rivye tio mlirror' the scene a- it, ex ists ml f'uithtfully as f can. I havo 1hited thiat Biutlert is lacint in grace. Fortuna tely he is lot senstts Live not' bash fui atnd does not. tmin the li deficieney very mu ich. Y ester'day a lheavy bound file of' the ('hr ,'te news paper was brought into com111t, in ti< coturse of theX exai nationt na to one o the President.'s speeches thuerein renlott ad. Buttler- set the htugo~ voltumo shmu i'ig deskwise on a chtair. S3earchi'ng fo a. passage in the speeC 1 duin g a mo mn t ary' Iill ill thle proceedIintgt hit stooped it o the ope'n rages in sneh an gilar' faishjin that, his head, armsi.' anu shou)llders5 were entirtely hiiddon froin iew~ I should need.2 to call tm theo atd of a special artist. to givo-yout tie ipre eine attitnde ; but, it was somnethinig bla a hn ge humblIe-be.e working his way intsi a giganltic flower' ; and [lie fi'e~ct was sc cotmical that, a ripple of lantghter ratn al rotund thto galleries, anid even mad< itself heard on the floor or the chamber 'VT innoec-nt olet, of' the mierrimtii popped ill presently LI) see what tht ulindtg wans all about; and not at oil disconcerted whenui the discovery wam made', remtovetd thte book t.o iblit, table, whiere tho droll posit ion w-as av oid, ad. T'ure coutNse:i you 'tins rultss mexv1. Tt is genterally acknowuledged thia Mrs Johmnson has done wisely for once, in tho-selection of'hiis representtatives i this great ordeal of htis cateor. The isi is smaller- in numtber' than 'that, of'the matnagers on the other sidt', b'ttt the i vision of labor, as apparentt in [te pre. coedings in thle courvtroomn, is more. eqrp. The wtorkmtg mnembor of thec pr'oseention, as I have wvritten you, i Mr. Buitler ; tho wvorkinig nmnmbors oi the other side ar'e thr-eo, Messr's. S'an bery, Curtis atnd Evarte-whilo Mr Nelsoni evidently has a part. to perform whtich inehides ta steady takinig a notes in long hand, dutrintg each (liy' proceedings, as if' the sneers of Mr Evarts at the accuracy-' of' reportor weore all mn good faith, and the inbors a the stenographers of the Globo close by anid of thto hard-worked youth of th< same profession at the President's owr table, wore quito u~nworthy of trust. STANue1.nY. Mr. Stanbury' htas thie phee of honoe at the head or the tabld, and is evident 13f, in fact as well as in theory, the lead er -of Mt. Jbhtnson's defdnce. H4 is tall'gerulbeman, not' actually so slendor ii figure as Ibo is matte to look by his hab it of bunttoning-- his coat tighitlj about him like an army chaphian, and by hi high .black ennle. lie is exceedhun.1 gra:eful in m-tuner, with the peciliar digni led sialvity of the gentlettati of the old school, and a cortain air of sweet Simplicity about. him which gives both point and probability to a story currant inl social circles. Tlais is to the effect that a note addressed to his son, request ing him to join a party to learn the "German," fuil by scmo mistake n the hands of the cider Mr. Stanbory, who answered very politely with an expres. sion of gratitudo for the request and of regret that his profressional engagements as Attorney (ineral would prevent his attempting justL now the acquirement of a new languaeg Yet Mr. Siannbery can be both sharp al stern When tle occasion ecal.; for i ai after a cloe: study t.f is bearing in Ltie h'nate lcam ber, ono i's Ile to give more crerlit. Limite would at lirst glance he accord'd to tie stattiteent of t ihSe nili ar with hIs luome reputration -that. hiis strong point. is not unliko Genceral Butler's own, in the fachlty ohfje paepi, retort, and thae piwer of inia king iitnesses misuara bie'. With any one el.e Ihanr Mr. hlut ler lo oppose him, I thiik it. peit.a likely that Mr. SaLbe,.y woeid shine- ia t.hese respects daring the impeaclanhent trial but ready as Mr. Stanbe'ry is, Mr. But. for is so eith more s r-ady, aned into the bargain more auda.cios and (if exactly the proper w.>iar emy Ib- excused) mtore brutal, itt aln encoti teor of wits, that lit tiu is left. fur Mr. Sibeeeerv buat to sit a. tonishe'd at the . il:e'.! ad his alatgo tinat.. Anaa iinstaic-, occureittas :.. imn whtich, t.!;ough it. des iet ;over all I lave said, wi!! :hed a little laght ill tais counuece tion. Nilr. 1Inller prine.s,"d to ontroduc AMr. Johnlson'si letterto- AMr. A\clcuch, written la.st, A olgiLst, rtaaemaeeiee1 e Mr. Statoen'a susi:n.in tm Cmephaince withli lhe Tenuttreaof eelliaee, e law , -"showing," said tie holore ll h.:ue -,r Willi emtpha is, " they ot irt Ialkeluod of ti: repon dent's claim- that heell silptilidel the so crettary under the constitution and with. out recogiienzg the v.aiditv of thme latw." 11 Ai i Satery took the h-tte t al exain inaci it. "We haae n) o!'jeclion to tihe e t vi t.nce," said he, ' we see no lle i. hooed i hee, tno ineconseine."I i~. t~h thle last word wa~es nt to tie wvia baI tea. "The fhalseloo~d," s:ilt .lr i t-r, point.. edly, "is not. in the l.-ter; it is in the .tnswer''--mttinig tie pimt timuc motl're clear'ly tian it woubl have rested hil .Mr. Stane'ry s:id notlineg rhout it. it. reiains to be said onily Ihrt. tile 1Presi dli't. chit-hl'gel adviser' is a good speak er, Iloit-li not by aty neians tat orator, Wvili a Vlvoi at oIle clear, flexible. a.,d tender and that his final argmnteni . i: this, the greatest, c:se of his life, will be Well worth hi teIn! to, whether tihe auditor's symapatieiis ltan to his side or leo the other. ire)N. n nt Ci:,ntIrr . ,Judgo Curtis sits next at the Pres: dentt's table, :and1l by his assignmont. to open the case may ibe under stood to rank seconl in the list of co nsel. lie is so well known to our readers tiat, I may bo pardoned for abstaining. from any porsonerai lceila l rionl fh imc, b)evonid what may be impleiedr in Im remark tlat. heo is the obije of noch close inspection from the galleries by nw-coetars in \Vas!ington, lrecause lie is said to bear a sucggentiye resembellancee it genei-al alcpeatranco and huill 1.o his client, he invisile centre of lmr Win.ei at .l. ie has taken col mpaively small part n -the duetiets inciidlet to thce preodneitioni of a lhe case b~y thle manaagea ; hbat inl what lee lasn saidt laos crarrie~d great wreighta fromia a certtaina flavor of hioneestv an eal h~~erirss i his muanner of piatti eng thiint;t. 1t is crs whent Mr. Chante, aaeoft the prejicees oif' thcose whtoam lie adeaes'sed, argiiaed a case ba-foroa a jutry' of exceedht.gly praetical farm'ereis, atnd was prtonountatced by oane of themt "nto grent shakres of1 a speakcer, buit a teeighety honaei'st , st-iraigtfer~ ard nan." Thi ofr Mr a. (Curctis te' pirrseec to thee S3enatue otn Sai.ay theo rrequcest foir a delay for pheted maoder'atio tolf 't he peetittoon, seCtur ed thte suac'cess of the eaflart, wena an augnmenat f'er a weesk's Ltme, tattered wi th the piltausile sinoothine-ss of hais asi5.0'ates, woculd leave resulted itt a r'efausal to g'at, moret thcatn a -single day. pwM. M. ivAifs; lcomoi to Mr. lekats, whorse engage. meet, mustait be conasieredl the master stro(ke of the President's defence athts faar. I [is appearace tmuest eat first glanco be a suarpriso to every onte acqauinted witha is fame as a~ Ibewv'er, not "that one small head couald cairry call ho ktnow " Ibutt theat so slendtcer n rreamei could Ita ei sstainead thae toils andl studies wh lich' hais life must htavo kntown. A veary wisp of' humni ty), so frail and Sl ighet thtat it semts as thaough the next. breeze mnust blow hcim away, otno thinaks of' haim ine vitably ais thte victim of' sonme wcastinag dhsease, utd thce voicee from los thin lips, clear' and firma and belllke, assures thae hecarer that there is vigor belhintl thec sound conitradictintg the ovidencoc of the eye. A leander I I. Stepth'ens is' th'o onaly tmeat recetl y tm public life with w-homl pyicl h o-o can be c'ompared ; thhu tg et there i' m.at hting -abotut himn whih ugesa traditiones af ,iohnt Rain dolph, of Rloanok e. Mr Evearts is-th'o paefec'~ti of a cross-examtiner, htavinag a r'are felitity of statinag a quaestioan -tersely' anad -plainly, anad tat the saamec timte'na suabtle persuiasiveneoss which almaost COmt poes the wvitneoss to ansewer as lae wishes. He did not lead theo hal dozent reponeram whom hto cat.-ceized to de~claro thiat stenography was vagnoa, utrutia~stworthy ad more likely to -misinterpret a speak er thani to do him justice-but it was only because those gentlemen were un'exceptionally clear-heraded, self-pos sessed, aned thorouaglly confident of their art. Wath as mnany carpenters I am sure lao would, if ho wished, have ob taIned te admission that the h'ouses of their constrnction would be very apt to aumtibld over'rin'case of ta* high: wind.' While every inohu a" gentisman;- and never forgettmng- that he is such', Mt'. I varts is botter fitted to cope with the minor fencing of -the other side than is his chief ; he encounters General Butler withi entire cooliieds and a slight tinge of scorn, quito unlike the aniazenont with which Mr. Stanbcry meets his guerrilla warfare, and sometimes even gets the better of him a little. The editor of the Cleooland Ieader, it will be remembered; testified that ho had been aided by a subordinate reporter named Johnson in making up his report Some time after, and when most people had forgotten that point in the tensmony Mr. Jlutlor was ask. ing the witness as to the colloquy be twoen the excited President and the crowd below the balcony "State what . the crowd said and wrat. ,Johnson said"-said he with ha bituial bl 'fittin'ss. "'t'he honorable nianager shonld state whether he means President or whom else, when ho says 'Johnson, '' said Fvarts. "'T'here is no other Johnson ink thi. case, I believe," rcto'rted Mi.- P nitler. "Tho witiess has just testified that one Joh1l1son assisted hin in making up his notes," said 'l r. Ewarts. "Ah"-returned Mr. Butler, evi deutly recognized the hit-"Very well, .I mean An'rc> Julinson, last aforesaid. 11e recovered hiniself quickly, of course, but I think he appr@ciated the wit if' not the' force of the- rebuke as it was administered ; and I notic ed that lie adhered to "Mr." or som' other title in referring to the Presi d(nt during the rest of the day. GOFisnEIcK AND NELSON. The other two members of the President's council have attended regularly the trial, but have said not a word thus far, and cannot be con sidered as entitled to special descrip tion, Mir. Groesbeck is a tall itman, who would bo called slender but that he sits beside M'r. Evarts, and ap pours stout in contrast. He is domi unato as to his personal preseneC by a prod igions nose of the acquiline type, and there is a slight excess in the ur banity of his . manner, which hints at Mr. Turveydrop.- Mr. Nel son com pletes the catalogue, and is appardiit ly the oldest on the list. His hair is nearly gray, he is lame and strops as he writes and as he walks. lle fills an unimportant place at the counsel board, which he occupis as anl old friend of the President's early lioliti cal life in Tennessee, and is not likely to be heard from in the trial. TiE -:vrmo\'N.- We have very lit. tIe news from the various precincts. In all probability the I)isi'ict has gone largely Radical, and fur the Constitution -thie negro Voling alin )st en mnsse for Const ittilion and the LtRadidal t:'.det, On Tuesday at the Court, House precinct, the League at an early hour took charge of the box, and it was with great dillicilty a white man polled his ballot. A few venturons spirits pushed through le dense packt'd mob that kept oil and out all Conservatives. Negroes who had l) moarat ic tickets were threatened with hanging and Ra lical tickets placed in their hands,- Which they were comn pelled by terrible liressure to vote. One negro who h.d "back-bone to vote the Democratic lick:et was violently de nunceil, driven to tho oltsktrts'of the crowd, and narrowly escaped beiig miobbed. Tlhe eflct of thme bayonet that parades our small village every minutt im the day, would necessarily pro~venit any demnonstrat ion on thme part of the whie men to sustain a negro wi~h n Demuocratie lieket iin his hiaiid. It ia that negroes withI Demiocra tic tickets, when packed in by a dense crowd neau the winidow of the omneo where th< votes were desposited, woero thero de. prived of tham, and hanided Radical tickets ; and thmis in two feet of t~he man. agers. T1hey did not, see all this.-. T1uxbury, of Maine, recently of the Bn meau abomination, is ono of the inana gers. Complete terror appeared to per. vado the negroes who came. pre~pared to vote with- thea Conservative party. Late in the afternoon of Tluesday, a courier from Clin'.on arrived in hol haste for the military to repair to that precinct to keep order. A squad ol mountedl ifnTiry,-unrde.r command of ni Lieuteinant, proimptly took the field. An hour later the train reported all quiet at Clinton I It is proper' to say the aforesa id -ourier rode- th'e' horse of one of ihio J.adical candidAtes, who 'was ini atteiidance at, that, voting preemeint. At the present writing we have nc dlata Upon which to approximate the result in figures. [( Lurcnsvillc I~lcld. A NOTiH1tn OnDEn -A s the election approaces, Gein. Meade shows a extta. ordinary fecundity in thie way of orders. Byv refc'ico~ to our telegraphic columns it, will be seen that according to the latest, inspiration at'Ilead'qua rte rs, mem biers elect to the Legislature may havec to take the Test-Oa th. This is an une x. plicted rulinmgand 'we Idok for additi 'nal evdience. The proposed constiutmion, under wvhlch mem-bers of the Liegislatiire enan hokl any' autitority,- thus specifie the oath -of offieo - "Every Senator, or' Representative, be'fore t aking his sont,.- shall tnko an omitb, or alffrmation, to suplport the Coii. stitution of the Unaited States, and of this Sfato; thuat ho han not practiced any unlawfnl means, directly or indi rectly, to procure his eletion, aiid that lie has not given,' or offered, or promis. ed, or cause to be given, or offered,' or promised to anay person, any monev, treat, or thing of value, with 'intent to affect any veto, or to proent anly per. son vbting at the election at which lie was elected." [Auguset Coustitumtionabl. "BJaboonery" gis the latest petty name applied to one of the Southern Conventions.'- We would suggest that the word "hippo'potamusory" would be a very 'good argument against the Convention.--Ooston Advoreier. A Now Advortiser, We copy the following from the Mo: bile Tribunc We return our tianks to Gon. Cf. L. Shepherd for a copy of his orders on the Q Clucks, and ono of Gen. Meado's or der on the Loyal League. The two are running in opposition to each other -we are speaking in general terms. Friend Shepherd is a young man whom we take pleasure in recommending to tle patronago of our readers. He went through West point with a bulldog after him, and is eminently adapted to the new husiness upon which ho has cm. barked-that of breaking up Q Cluck's iest, strangling ghosts and p)ituting de parted spirits in irons. As we .have already given frioiid She'pierd's advortisement ono insertion, il have not, )een a ble to collect a cent in payment for tho salime, we refrai, out. of motives of delicacy- --id busi ness-from reinserting the whole of But the second section of the order is such a gemn in its way-not that we wish to speak dispa ragiiily of the first. section-ichat we cannot deli) ourselves the plexs're" of reproducing that. I[. All' p~ieards and newspaper cards of the "Ku Klix Klan" are prohibited, and ignorauce of their existence Will not, be held as an adequate excuse,- it being the"ousiness of the civil and miilitarv ollicers to' know what appertai'ls to their dut:es. Citizens, not holding ofilee, likewiso will not be hel guiltless. Further outrages will be viewed as evidence of neglect of duty. By order of Col. and 13v't. Brig. Gen 0. L. Sheopherd. W. T. IIAuvz, 13v't. Maj. U. S. A., A. A. A. G. That's enough to break the hearts of all of us loyal citizens I To think that, ignorance of the existence ofall placards (May cards ?)'nid newspiaper cards of the "Ki Klux Klan' is prohibited add will not lie ield as an adtaeuate exduso ' W by not ? Whoi' asis such a ghiostion ? \Vhi, heeause it is the business of the civil ani' military omcers to know what a ppertains to their dutics. Alas, how few attend t o their business I So all o1' us who are ignorant of pla cards, other cards, &c., -aro prohibited and haven't any excuse, adequate or other sort. 'That include s ail babibs mu Mobile and elowhere. Ilug 'em to your breasts, good mothers, for the shop herd is after them with his black crook H[ug 'em for "further outrages will be viewed as evidence of neglect, of diiy,' but wht'ther <m .he liart' df innocent babes, mihifary and civil officers, Sacred Serpents, tCyclopst's, I or "citizens, not holding ollice, Ii-kewise," neither the devil nor a Philadelphia lawyer can make out from the horrid jargon of Gen. 0. L. Shepherd. What a pity, for the credit of the army that a dog got after him while he was going through West. Point. BrAUTISuI.--"iVhen tho summer day of youth is slowly wasting away into the night fall of age, amid the shadows of'the past years grow deep. or and deer as life wears to a elose,-it is pleasant to look back through the visits of time of time upon the joys and sorrovia of early years. If we haive a home to shelter or hearts to re joice with us, and friends who have Lieni gathering around our fireside, the rough places of our wautyfaring will be wvorn and .smoothedA away in~ the twib'gh't of life, whilst the bright sun ny spots wye have passed through will gr-ow birighter andl more beautiful. Happy, indeed, are those whose inter course with the wvorld has not chang ed tihe course or thueir holier feeling, or broken those musical chords of the heart whose vibrations aro so melodi onis, so tender and so touching in the even ing of age.' SynInGix oPI" Wumti: VoTnas -- Yesterday mnorning~ wve w-ei-e astounld ont beiing told by a Iriend, one o~f the largest aiid best fa'rmers in iltDert who had never taken an oath of orlice in hit life, that when he wvent to vote lie found his~ name stricken off the list, be cause lhe had once acted as Commission er of the Poor lI T-I'e also inforimed us that another whlito mian of excellett char'actor, a resident in this town had I~is niame stricken off, becaue he had made salt in time oif 1thme war- ! It~ is astonish ing. W ho did it or adviaed it ? Can any good ext-nsc be ftirnishiedfor- strik ing off a moan who never- took an oaith of ofice, and for strikingr off from the privileges of a fr(eeman ainothenr man be canse lie made salt in timot of the war Why not strike off every wvhite man m, once ? -Surely, there is some mistake, bill the military may have so ord'ered; if so no body is to blamte. [CGreenvi!!c .Enterpriso. 1Em:L JtknoisM.-It is related" of Mrs. Disraeli that onl a certainl occassiou, when her husband 'was' to deliver an importanit speech in Parliament, shb car ried him to the Hous1e mf her carrimge. As hig stepped out and wvalked away, ilhtrdoor'of the vehle was by soimb ac cident, closed suddnly and violently, eatchling the lady's finger and crushing fleshiandi bone. Knowing that the oc currence woul- trally distu'rb Dis raeli's egnuanimity, and possibly affe~ct h s effort, the boroic woman suppressed a cry or sign of pain uhtil lio warount of sight and hearing, then drove to a sur geoin's oflico and submitted to the necessmiry operation.. (Alon .Dcmocrat. A fond father theO-other clay, wish ing to form an aliinbo betweon- his 'stupid, lubberhy soft and a fine youilg lady of his acquaintance, sent hlini to her mother with the following note : Dear madam-allow nie to present my Bill for your acceptance." The lady sont thi'spiooney back to his father, I vith the following reply : "Dear air ..-onr lulli veed. More Jacobin Jugglory. What is known as the Alabam Prolisional Government bill, passe the House on the afternoon pf th 28th by a vote of 7Q to 64. Ily thi bill the rojootod negro supremac constitution of Alabama is sanetion6 as a provisional arrangeient. It i to take the plae of the old. Ntat Government, and is to be adininisteo ed under thie survoilanco and subjo< to the superior authority of a militar commander. The Union will be n more restored than it was before. Th people are to suffer the triple aboiA nation of negro rule, martial laiw; ai\ exclusion fron the Union. 'T'Iho ofl eers elected under the negro constitt tion are to qualify and onter upo their duties on the first of May, an the military authority is* required t sustain then. The object of the bi is apparent. By utterly abolishin the' foraiier State iofernmont, even a a provisional arrangement, tlie rum] Congress intends to provent the run ning of an election ticket under it authority, and c'xtinuishi the powo of the people to vote in the Presiden tial election. .if they are to have an voice at all in such .clection, it niY only be under and through the negr govenment, when it snall have be conic the settled government of th< State. The injustice of such an ar rangemeut in apparent to Oeory candi< man. Th'e Constitution of this pro visional government was rejected, it the recent elcotiofi by a :najority o neu@ one hundred ?lUousand of the legally registered voters of the Stat It is now td be roncran upon them a the point of tho bayonet. How do th people of Connecticut.. relish sue legislation as this? Have a care gentlemnen ; your own Constitution ma be the next to go down under thi Congressional despotism located a \f asliington.-pul'can farmer. Sr iuiors TxNl.N U~l'unDATIONS. A dispatch from Omaha, received n St bonis. ';:ys that deprelationis of a se rious character are being commiitlte daily by the Indians unnchecked, an l hat I mldiain ageits and dontractors ar strivin t suippress reports ol' the trnm state of atll urs. Tl.e dispaich mention three ritnchts that have recently bei. phndired ani burntiOd' by prirt ies of ru dians varying in nmnbers from fifty ti one humndred. The white owners of th ranches banded together for defence whe three o their uminber wero kille after a severe fight, during which fiv Indians were killed. Tihe remainin whites were taken prisoners. But. re leased on surrendering their goods. The settlers are represented as fleinm to ti(o forts and garrisoned posts for pro tection. The following letter is a perfeot model in its way. We certainly hopt it is a unique specimen : "Deal Brother-I've got one oI the hand, soinest farms in the State, and have it nearly paid for. Crops are good prmices never were better. We hav< had a glorious revival of religion in our ci;u ach, Wid both our childrer (the Lord bo prais'd)- aro con erted Father got to be rather ami. iicuin branee, and last' week I took him t< the poorhouse. Your aIfectioitat< brother."' SIONIFICANT'ScENE IN TIfFE SENATDM While Butler was tryinigto eibarras: General Thomas110 by questions, a dis puto arose as to the certain testimnony Mr. Stevens remarked, in a lov tone, "Oh, it is not worth while ; it i not worth while to ap~peal any inore t< the Senate after that decisiofi." Mr. Evart's, having overheard th< remark said :Do we unudestand th Manager to say~ that it is not worti while, be sause the last decision cover ed the p)Oint?3 Mr. Butler : Whatover~ was saim over here was said between ourselves. Tholn Chief Justice :The counse must address tihe Chief. OrN. RnnT~ E. LEE.-A lotto: from Lexington, Va., in thme Nashyllh Banner, says: "General Lee was recently confinei to his room for seine days, but hoi now performing his usual duties.] think there is a perceptible change ii hinm since he came to Lexington Tis life of confinement doesnot agrot with him. lie lacks that lightneis o step) amnd brilliancy of eye that wver< peculiar to himt whon lhe commnandem his fiery legions at Chancollorsville,o even on that mournful day whoin h< surrendered lis wvar-worn but voterai soldiers of tihe lost cansa.'0 No' NEoROxs IN THE. CicAGO CON' vENTION.-Thurlow Weed, a Gran, mani andl a Republiban, says: "H-owenver blatently members o: Congress may affect s~outhrern negri suffrage in theit speeches, they knov onloughi'to keep negro derogatesonou of the Chicago (Convention. If negr< doelegates appear in that Convention not even General Grant's popularitj wIll enable us to cari5'Indiana. Wrhat says Dr. Bayne ? Whlatayl Liewis 'Lindsey ? Isn't that "goj) back"' on the negr ? .VIdI.-We had the pleasure ofa visit yesterday fro.mi Col. W. D. Mann, proprietor of the Mobile Registcr; Col. Mann is on his why to Washitgs ton. We htopo that lie nay able tod the- Conservative cause of' Al abamt much good by1 his visit.-~fon)t/M Aail Amton to that.- And the greates good ho cap do. the Conserv'ativt causo is to h'avorthrin oieivo4 As6gos of Internal Revenuc'-abolish'oed, and al: money refunded trom' the Southeft people'sinc6 the adirronder, [Mobile Nij~uil: A war of' races is tlAreated on NOgr< -H1111 in Boston. An" Irishuman havmn disappeared, it is chiarg'ed that no groes. murdered him, .and iItes there fore becomo neessary to double th<n policeo force in tbn not habbanoa KETOHIN, MIASTE1 & t , .. DRICE, y .Iito eho Attention of the' TO THE LARGE STOCK OF it which they are And which comprises nearly 'Or rthizig s Needed by the people in' And in Their object is to do strictly a CASH BUSINESS And to' SELL GOODS AT PR101Ed That twill induce all persons to' BUY FROM THEM. sept.28 t Char1iOft4 aid S. C. Railroad. CoiUMiIA, April 6, 1868. ON and after thin dat, the Trains over this Road will run a's follows I'AS$SNOEit TiAIN NORTH. Leavo Colhumbia d.00 p in - \Vmnsboro, ,.6.10 p lm " Chester, 8.00 p in Arrive at Charlot to, 11.00 p in OING SOUT. Lreavd Chr~lotte, 11.35 p mi " Chester, 2.16 a m ". Winnsboro, 4.00 a m' Ai*;"ve.Uuiz ~4.00 a in' Arrive at. Columbia S .00 a mn AN A& 07.iobIATioN TRAIN WILL RUN AS Fol.= LOWS: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 3 Leave Columbia, 7.00 am " Win usbbro, 10.46' t't[ . "Chester, 1.48 pto Arrive at Charlotte, 6.85 p i ''uesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Leave Charlotte, 0.00 a m' -" Chester, 10.40 a I' '" Winnsboro, 1.40 p in Arrive at Columbia, 5.04 p m C. BOUKNICI IT, Superintendent. SOUTh CAIOINA RAILROAD. OENERnAL SuRINTxNDiNT's OFFIoR, Charleston, S. C., March 20, 1808. ON and after Sunday, March 29th, the' tJPassenger Trains on the South Caroli. na Railroad will run as foll7s,''yk: Olt AUOUSTAl LJdave (liarlefaon, 6.30 a i' Arrive at Auzgusta,.80 pi Leave Charliest on, 78 Arrive af Aughala,.6 i FOR' COLAYMIA. Leave Charleston, .0in - Arrive at Coluimbia,8.0pi .Leave Charleston, 64 n Arrie a Coliniia,0.20 a m' Leav Auust;,,6.80 a Arrie atCharestoi,8.10 p mn LeaveAuguta,5.10 p mn Arrive at Chalumbia, 4.20 a mW LeaveAuusta, . . ,00ai'" Arrive at C!harleston," 8.10 p in Leave oAuguista, d.80 p mn Atrive at Charleston, 6.80 a in' 8UMMERIVILLE TRAIN. Leave Charleston, 8.40 p mn Arrive at Summncrville, 6.10 p m iea'vesummoinrville, 7.20 a in eArrive at Chiarlestorn; 8.85 a m~ CAMDN~N BRANCII. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays,. Leave Kingsvllo,. g..y p n Arrive at Camden, 5 00 p mn Leave Camden, 5.10 a mn Arrive at Kinrgsvillo, '. 7.40 a mn Y H. T. P'EAKE, Glen'1 Sup't. . ar 81 U.TT F OT AROLINA, F rfedDIsticIt. I iN THIE COURT OF ORDINARY. BLy Jfames Johnston, Esquire, of Fairfield Die t rict. H[EREA8, HT. A Oaillard has applIed' . to me for Letter, of Admnistration, on aiand singular tho goods and ohattele;' rights and orodits of Wm., 0. Smnith late of the Distric t af'oresaid : ' IJhieeg are therefore to cIte and adiiaonish all anid bhxi ular, the kIndred and credItors Iof tho saidecocalod, to be and appear before me, at, our nexI Ordintiry's outfor the said District, to be holden at, Yar1~ild'~t Htouso, ont the 17th day of .Aprl 38, o show cause, if nny, why tho~ id 1 -- tratlen agquld nct- be granted. (liven un'Ier may. ha1id'antl Seal, tIIUy 4 dlay of Marchl In thio'yohr of our Lord, one thousand eight h'uidrad and Sixy eight, and in the ninety-socondf ykk~o Amieriean Independence. JESJOHNS4TONI, mohk 11-.xlawf4 0 k RULE TO PLEAD. The State of South Carolina. IPATRFUIELDl DISTRI0T. 1N TUB ooMMON'PLEAS, Nanoy-Wilks, vs. D. 0. Boyle, Attachment. H~JEREjAS thq nPr~tiff didon 1th6 20th ' V1dn y of 0o0bf. A. IY. 1807 fleo her doolaration agahnstlh D'ifondant 'who, (as It- .is said) is iiso~f'otj ' add 'wi'thout.' theo limIt'of h tis State and ha'~fither.wifo nor at tornbiy know rg within the eaine- p bo serv'cd.- elrtoe~~ It is therefco ot'tered thAt the saida Db. fe'niarlt, do appear and piond''Jo tho said4 declaration on or bef'ore the27th day of Oc.. tober, A.' . 1868, otheorwise iid and ab. solutejugment will then 1ie~ givet' and' w.,ardo for th6 P'laintiff .'tt lKm. 8. B. OLO WEY, , 0. P. Clot-k'a0flle, Fairnold Ulistriot 20th Oolobei1807 - ot~ '29 le3migy)