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l I the Legislature.
4ovcrnqr Ori,.in his message to you,
while he has given much good advice, hans
also made recommendations whiih, if carri
ed out by you, are calculated to bring your
body into disrepute.
You have all sworn to "recqnizo tie
supremacy of the Constitu(ion ani laws of
the United States over the Constitution and
laws of any State." The Constitution of
tihe United States prohibits you from pass
lug "any law impairing the obligation of
contracts," (article 1, section 10.) You,
*nd all Judges In the State, ate bound by
the declsigas of the United States Supreme
Court, wk!itt g4t has given construction to
the provisions of tihe Constitution.
t, The United States Supreme Court has
uniformly hold that all exemption laws
,(amnong which are classed homestead laws)
that are retrospective, or apply to existing
contrits, are in ' violation of tine above
provision of (te Constitution.
Governor Orr has advised you to apply
the homestead law to existing liabilitie1, aind
cited you to several Stat decisions. They
have no force here, nor in tihe States where
decided,-if they conflict with tie decisions
of theIJAited States Supreme Court. Oov
ernor ,Orr must know this. I, thereforo,
sIaall 6ot examine into tihe State decisions
givel y him. But 1hle 1as' ited a idecision
of the United States Supreine Court Itself
to 8181'tain, his position. All the decisions of
tlis ourt that I hsve ever read are exactly
.ag14st him. Now, let us examine the one
ho'quotes. le citus as follows:
".Ydgo Woodbury, in the case of tihe
Planter's Bahk v6. Sharp, 6 Howard, page
801-40, in delivering the dpinion of tie
Suprem? Vourq of the United States, enit.
rnerated laws exempting tools or household
goods erom seiza.re, among'tie examples of
legis'li,, jg the remedy which
fnightlI..Ist ttionally applied to exist
ing coptrac s.
On T,oferring to G Howard, 330, you will
flnd that Judge Woodbury says that, when -
State lws afetii'g'psst. contracts are nl,
lowed cc ptkrd, they "relate to modes cf pro
ceetlig. in courts, to the foru.;of reinedy
nnore4, to priority of some classo'of dredi
tord, 'othe kind of process, to tie length''Of
tie statutes of limitatioli, to exempting tihe
body from i,mpronmnent, or qtoots.and iousft.
hold goods IFoTh -scizure." Here is vinero
Governor Orrt6d h .Jar 'Now, "tools,"
and other artiales connectcd with the labor
of tine citizen, iare 'always been regardedZ
as matters affeeting the person so closely as
to constitute exceptions to the geneal rules
of )1w.
Butt,.lit1, d Woodbury explain him
self. Immo%ialefy after Governor Orr's
extract, the Ju'dgp cites, to explain his
mening, 1 H[owrd, 316. This is tihe case
of Bronson vs. Kinzie et al., where, on pAg
-316, Chief Justice Tnney says: "Undoubt
edly, a State may * * * ,if it thinks
poper, direct that the'n9cessary implements -
of agriculture, on the tods df the m6echn1,
or articles ofnecessity i'n hn'selich4tril-.
Cure, shall, like wearing apparel, not be lia- I
ble to execution on judgments. Regula.a
tions of this description have always been
considered Ia every civilized community, as
proA 0 o?in,g to the remedy, to be
exeF or not, b'y eyory sovereignty,
,according to 4s own views of policy 'iisd
humanity." - no
.i"Tools," an. eoeaold furniture," ihen,
belong to an exceptial class, to which
homesteads do not belong, as Governor Orr I
would have you Infer.
This one case Is all that, has been oiled
rom tine United States reports, to give
countenance to the unconstitutional recomn
mendation .miada to yot.~ I have shown,
t'hat the sdhtince 'quoeted does not npply to
homesteads. Bly'41(ling thnis case, Govenrnor
Orr has,.cokiiowleied its authority, jmnd it,
is8o authonnity, and, Wh'at Is'in9re, you 'aro
1 onund by'It. Now, all I ask ofitou i's, 'to
take that case for your guide, For fear you
will r,ot, read It, I 'will give you a few quota.
't,ons, which Governor Orr, while reading
th' se, mus',have seen. Judge Woodbu
rg en'Uag the dlecision of tihe court,
(the United Suprerhe 'Court,) on page 827,
says: "One of the tests thnat a cui,tract
has been impaired, is that .Its value has, by
legislation, been diminished." A pply t1ns
( ost: A man 'br'g' $0' noWtYa
homestead wgortln i,0,'i na owos nobody
'elso. Your debt'is, thneb fully worth $500t.
Bhut, make tine homestekd law apply to ex
isting contraets, kna'th1ereby exetmpt this
31,000 homestead? 'a ed oes this not, dimin
lsh the value of yo 'Sontract'?
,And on p age 380 (thet same page eited,by
Governor Orr) the ~ng'6'hogs thaittig 8(at.t
laws which are uyhol~ "are adol' laws jnl
'as relate to ftusteo thets," or ar'e auch
'oneS, as already oied before, as apply to
'exeeptiomnal artisleg..
me,t.hk tigMiithereafter
t~nesd, b', ox ept from lia
inlit.y eisting at, the time of the
as!age .' lTi law. Are you not ?atonis4b
etl'at I should elte Gov. Orr's ease to
prove this?, On ykige 828, the Judge ckge :
"St.ate Insolvent laws, If made like thin~,
~o apy t6 past, contracts, and stop suits on
,hem, have .loen ,h9ld not, to be Consti.t
liopal ex'olt so.far as to discharge th}~
nersofrominIufprl4ntient; or in some other.
way a'ect only tAo remedy. Whnen sd
bescihonA; th'ef do &6t.Impair the obligation
-'of tine conjt Itself, because tine obligation
as left flu runnierce and untionar.ble, ar,d *a.
lur .p&erdy as will as present, subjected
to it jun3amdiene, 4d4 the body exonerated
b only bi a matter coin'e'eted merely with the
form of the remed', * * *4*
* * 4 Bd hre fuitare acquisi eons
are atteaipted to Ef~ted(ed io the 1t, or
contra 'Itself,.i tdd1'e.by thie States, Ja loit,
net, he, opW if1,.past contracts; or 14
is heldi to ImpaIe theit- obligation." He
then olik ten auItIiorities to sustain this
.ort expre.esd6t in the het eitl, ef
"ua3.isef and- oftine obligation ng
left "i-"'table,'"leadg me te the folo* ng
astounahng to 4mmendatious in the meesage
referred i
-"Further. theaur'es of relief frons the
pressure of indebtsdneus will be required ;
and lndmnlosh is tiiWdoutts are to be re
organized and new duties to be assigned to
the Shertifs, It would be 'wise to allow the
present crop to be gathered and markeated
before claims aro permitted to be enforced.
'"I, therefore, recommend that all Sheriffs
be prohibited from enforcing executions in
their oflices, upon debjis contracted prior to
the first day of lay, 1865; and that Judges'
be likewise restrainei, until (lie first day of
ilarch, 1809, from giving Judgments in all
such cases."
This is almost an iniult to your under
standings. 'lh measures recommended
have been declred by the United States,
Supreme Court null and void time and again.'
In. our Courts of Errors ten Judges (among
then Iloll 1. J. Moses) have, in the case of
the State vs. Ohrew, 13 Rih. laaw, 498, do
aided all such laws as Ahese recommended,
to be in violation of the Contitution of the
Uniled States. Only one Judge hold the
contrary ; and lie wuas of such nl extreme
;mqde of thinking, that tie Commanding
Gonera had to remove him fqr refusing to
allow negroes to sit upon a jury.
Pass no tnconstitutional law. You there.
by bring discredit upon. yourselves and
weaken your party. I o benefit, no one in
the end. You give creditors the trouble And
expense of causing the United States Su
prente Court. to declare your laws null ; pro
vided your Judges be so ignorant. or regard
less.of their oat.hs, as not to declare them
null and void in the first instance.
You will hardly adopt Gov. Orr's theory,
that heretofore this State has been "b6yond
the operation of the Constitution of the
United States ;" but 'if you do, you must,
certainly admit that now you are subject to
the provisions of that instrument.
LAW.
An HIsTouTcA. l[ousUJx KOxVILF.-A
Knoxville (Tennessee) correspondent of tle
Cincinnati Gazette, says the house of Col.
Armstrong, near that city, is historical.
During a part of the seige of Knoxville, it
was occupied by rebel sharp-shooters, and
only escaled being battered down, because
Burnside Iad but few cannon bulls or shells.
Neverttidess, one of the latter, a twenty
pounder, crashed through the walls, and
several smaller ones marked it. in dilTerent,
places. The side next Fort Sanders is dent
ed and tlecked and shotted with hundreds of
bullet marks. Several masked balls may. be A
seen partially cnbcdded in the window sills r,
and frames. In the parlor stands a piano, a
exactly wiere it stood during (lie fight. r
Two balls catuo through the windows and
lodged'in the wood of the instrument, where o
they are still visible. The tones of the pi.
ano are still as beautiful asthbugh the casing I
did not contain those grim evidences of the
day wheni no music was heard.save that aw.
ful kind,w.righ accompanies upon the field
of battlethe messengers of death. In the -
tower therc is a more frightful traco 'of the
fury. . J
The tower is perhaps six feet square, with I
Among tie ett mta sharp;h.tp.ers, when p
they held the pouse. Was Q. you%g South
qarolinian, who, with sev.vm;al others, ocou- d
pied tbe tower. Peepinig fi-bm one of the
windows, a bullet, which must have com
three-qruarters of a mile, crashed through b
his brain and passed entirely thro.ugh . his '61
head. .The blood poCIu opt.in,two angui- g
nary streams, pi lis cotnradeo drngg,d him
beloi ; aid, r3mn the spot. where ho fell to
the very bottom of the atairs, he two
streams, now running parallel, now momen. a
tarily coinciding, and anon crossing each. L
other, are distinctly visible. The round
hool( in tle g s i rith . . h ihe bullet.
pepetr4ted is also seeii. Wit h great taste,
Col. Arnistrong has preservcd, as far as pos
sible, ti traces of tle conflict aboVt hi.1
house. It is trte, several vigorus cfl'orts t.
have been mado to wash aWy. the blood, ;
but it had been too thoroughly'coaked Into
the wood before Col. Armstrong's fami'y re
turned to the residence, and now it w''l .rc
main there as long as ti.e min'ionl endures 0
a fearful reminder of tie consequouces of c
war. d
116 to Make Mo-cy at Farmine.
The question of labor is beginning a
to nssume a proportion of considerable
importance. Ritherto the fairmor
hase offered thme laborer one-third
of thu' produco of the soil as e
hire, and manny filud themselves nmak
ing noting at it, while on the other
nd,.hofreedmua .js .'tgn4$aining
that "ho can't live at the third.'' Nor
can he live on the third of the pro..
duce of a poorly managed and bad
conditioned.farm.. The only help for
st in our opinion is:
1st. SNot to plant one foot of land
th%t is tnmanured.
2d. To h1re iy as mny~n laborers,
and to keep bnly an many horses 'as are
absolutely necessary.
3d. To pay the laborers, not in the r
produce of the farm, but in money.
4th. To hire labmor by the month.
5th. To fida htdek, en ceo'ver', oats,
turnips, &c., and ab'oust 20 bushels of
chopped corn, per tannum.
6. To mako use of the implefu'onts
of th present age', in exeroise a
wid judge ment in thei selection and
94t(on of crops;r.
,7th-. T4'ntallsurpilus louds it A
fair rate, t'd industrious whits t.
freedmen, requiring them to furnish
their own mu Ies, plows, &e.
8th. To iuiako use of white ~Abor, as
far as posble.
9th. To praetied dn striodt 'econo
ihy especially li thme use of liquor, to
bacco; &e..
10th. To farmi in p&sdn; ti6t by
proxy. ; .
Mr. Editor, if any one of your
readers will ,adppt the above method1
of farming,LIwll iaty'te.o th8iN.
Jat; Rurplus money at the end of
th year.hegits'c
8d. Health, pIii-e and proft.
Fqrm and ?Garde&
NHlas the ralltoad go iu t"Zasked a
gentleman of ap IrlahinAp *di din~ at
a dopot, thinking to quis Iips; . ne
id has, sir," was Pat's reply.
Though mop boat of holding the
reins, the wolnish toll them which way
they must drive.
PROCEEDIN(S
OF TLJF
SOUTH GAROLINA LEGISLATURE
PRO. TEM.
P1oCEEDINGS OF TIlM THin1TEENTI1 DAY.
SE NATE.
The Senate met at 12, M.
A fter the usual prayer, tie jo-urnial
was read and confirmed.
Thre (Jrhairannoituced Allen. Nash.
Sims, Imean and Havs, as the Standin,
Committee 0nRoads,rig and Fe
ries.
The following papers were preite.d
aid referred to appropriato commit.
tees :
The petition of J. L. Wright, of
York, asking permission to establish a
[Orrv.
The petition of C. M. Wilder, of'
3untor, praying the payment of cortain
Fee s.
A resolution, instructing tl o'Commit.
ee Oil Incorporations to acertain wheth.
!r the charters of any bodies incorpora
.ed by the General Assienbly of this
tate should * be altered or renewed
inder the new Coustitutioj.. and to re
>ort accordingly.
Also, a resolution suspending, for this
ession, the joint resolution ador.ted. by
he General Assembly in 1836, reqmrr
ng three months' notice to be given of
ntention to ask for a charter.
Ratidolph gave notice that he would
troduce a bill to enable all minor chil.
I:en, or persons known heretofore as free
Persons of color, to recover valuo in
pecie or United States curreney of all
onds, deposits or jmonics converted,
vithout their consent, into Confederato
onlds or monlies.
The bills organizin Circuit Courts
nd to regulate appeals and writs 6f or.
ors to the Supreme Court, were read
n<I ordered to be engrossed for u third
adinrg.
Tite Senate then adjourned until 12
'clock to morrov.
OUSE 01? REPRESENTATIVES.
The I House met at 11 o'clock a. im.
'Ihe roll was called, a1nd1 tbe proceed
igs opened with prayer after which the
mtrnal of Friday was read and con.
r rmed.
I pon t.l ie an)citl
ouso for conprensation for services ren
ered. - The Committee indicated that,
icy were prepared to report favorably,
ut Ihrt the petition had not the requ'i
(e certificate appended. Whereupon
to paper was ordered to be returned to
io petiiioner to suipply tihe deficiency.
The following Ipr were presented, i
iid referred to appropriate commit.
S.S
A resolution charging tie beneral
L'serm1bly with the establishment of j
ce schools in; St. John's, Berkeley.
A resolu',ioi . was o1l- ed, to authorize
to Chair to issie a \vrit of el6cioi. .to
it tire tire vacancy created in the
Ioise by the assassmnation of S. G. W.
hrl: but the Chair decided that it was
it of order at, that tille, as the Speak
r had not been officialy informed of tire
ea1h of Dill, or that he was elected to
re House.
B oseruman gave not.ice int., on Wed
esdav, ho w 'r iltroduce a bill t3 pro
ibit discrinminations between persons
ngageM in airy business wvherein a )i
erise is reqired, froin ainy municipality,
tate or Federal authority.
A resolution wras adopt.ed, to appoint
Committee of Five to iriqrire and ro.
ort urpon the practicab.ilit.y anid -proba
le cost of fitting up suitable d'oins in
hre new Stat.o House for thoe meeting of
he Genieral Assembly, nnd Stolbranrd,
Viider, F'erriter, MobleOy anid Jones,
~ere appoirrted as t,be committee.
On mnotion ofthe Charirmian of' the
lommittee on Privileges andl Eiectiqns,
avo of abs'enco was granted the An
orson dlelegattionl until Monday next
ntii which tinie further action in tihe
latte.r of the protest ragainst therr taking
heir seats was postponed, so as to grve
aom an opportunrily of preparing their
efence.
i)eL.argo offered a bufl .to secure to
ho Stato the bonef(its of th'e Act of Cge~
~ress dloriating certain lands to tIhe dif
urent States for tire establishment et
k.gricujtural Colleges ; wijuch was read
lid ordered to .be, printed.
DeLiarge said that lie was imn yosses.
ion of a communrmicato) which 1h0 do
ired to submit to the House in private,
rnd therefore i4oved that the House go
rite secret session ';whbich nijotiorn jre
ralled.
A fter a. secret seasrsi of fifteen min
11.09 duratiorn, the doors, were opened.
Jonks introduced a bill id regrilate the
leotion of municipal oflcers ini incor
rorated toivdie arnd cities ; which wvas
cad and ordered to be printed. The
>ill provides that the muieipal elootions
hall be ordered by the Gover4or, with
u twenty days after the piassahe of the
tihe House i,heti adjoilraed uriUl 1
n. toFrowv.
FOURTEICNTIi )SAA' 1rRO tNflb .4
SATI&
'he. Senato convelied at 12 o'cle -
Corbin from the Judi'claryCotrittee,
~nade an unfatorable report on -the bill
"einablng persons having3v*orked uinder
coOhtict to recover pay for their Iabov
when said contract is not compplied with."
Ordeaid fot consideration ti.morrow:
ascertain its condition, piospects and
advantages to the State.
Montgomery offered the following
resolitiorn which was ordered for coil.
eideration to-morrow
Rcsd(rCd, Th:tt tbe referred to the
ComInittee on Riailroads, to inqire and.1
report at the eitibest possible day, Oin
the expediency and policy of at* orc.
throwmng open tlh State to itroduction
of an enlarged liberal railroad system,
by the enact,ment of a free railroad law
and that the conlmmittee have leave to
rep"rtby..bill or otlherwise.
The Comnmittee on Claims made a re
port, asking to be discharged from the
c'onisidera tiont of all claims Which pro
iosed to draw money from the TreaRiry
t present, and that .euch On-iins be
postponed until ti, regttilar session in
November. The relort. wns adopt
The bill to organize the Supremu
jourt was t;ken lp, read a second titn(.
Id pasea section by section..
The folio-ving bills were read a third
imle, passed andl([ ordered to Iihe llouse of
lepresi,tati ves:
A bil to determino and perpettiato the
lomlestead.
A bill to regiuiate appeals and writs of
rrpr to.the Stipremne Court..
A bi1 to orgarine teto C-iem,
."Ourts.
IOUSE' OP 1111'R 1S NTA TI VES.
.fier the tuI preliminary business,
ime was, oil totion of the Chimrirma of
he. Colmmittec of WaY and Menis"
:ranted that comillittee 'whereinl to re
mort upot the bill offered by the Specia
.ommittce, which had beeql appoilited
a myestigat.e the condition of tle Treas
,ry, anid report wlint meani coildl em
loyed to facilitate the'paymenit of the
iembers.
Tile ;pecial Committle charged wit i
quring and reporting upon the practi
ility and cost of fitting up suitable
ooms in the new State House, for the,
ieeting of tho General Assetnbly, re
orted tiat they had discharged the
tity assigned them, and that a room1 oi
10 lower floor, 44 by 28 feet, i dimn
0ts, could Le obtained for the Senate,
lid one onl t Ie upper, 74; by -1. fi I .e
louse ; and that these and our commili
se rooms could bo prepared at a e.,t
f $1,800, not Imeluding paintiig al,d
'hite-washmig ; which, however, would
irther reported, that for the w illter
assionl, 0 e ceilitig of the upper room
'ould have to be repaired, and al! t,e
partments heated by stoves or other.
'ine.
After cop!.idorable discussion, the rn.
ort was recom mi.13d, with instructions
) report filly as to the expenlse of the
lan proposed a nd also of plrepa1,ting
utable rooms fov the sesions of the
upreme Court of the t'ato. ,
The bill '"to provelit discrimination
etween persons carrying oi busiless
qi ring icense, on accoit of rpce,
,lor or previous condition," was
%ad 'the first time and referred to the
idiciary ,Committee.
The simne ommolnittee made a report on
Ire.rgugion prorosing toli;o *An4t.6 I
lection for Chief Just.ice of theSp--eme
lotirt on Thrsday, (yesterday,) and to
x the jerms of the associato justices -
'lho report,states that the opinion of the
oInmittie is, that, the electioil '91ould he
ostponed tuntid diednesday, 'aid the
crma of office of the associate justices
hould be (l-terinted by the voice of
le General A ssembhly..
TIhe same committee maide a report
n ihe riesoltion , provjijgt , that, all
eeds, mortgages, bc., shotld he record
d in the clerk's oflice withbin thirty days
fter their execution. TIhio report'stated
hat this matter wvonid ho covered by
be generail legislation of tihe bodly, and
ny action in thte premises. at .h,s time,
rohab prematre, and thtei'foi e it
'as recommended to indefinitely lpost.
one the resoluition. Agreed to.
st1o, Cotmmitteeoof Wa,ys.ttand Means
report atseearly as 'practicable wvhtt
art of the State taxes was paid by col1.
red people, what it costs the State to
ollect it, and what amount of the costs
eerting-in oy,getip'is .Usued for. t.nn
~y.nient 4rsuch taxes remnai iod inpa.id.
LRhe resoltion we,s adoptos and the
Ilouse tben adjourned'
Cald well i 1hraqh the rebels, to
reep thaen in wvholesoNie dis 'pline, Geni.
veIl rubbed in, as a romfin er of the
So will a hog, in a horn, over thle left.
- Flak1' what will vou do ? You
&d Eft'nAn .t1nd ser~ iv ell done, we
mtppose. Talk about a man who~ sells
*isjonupy. into slatvery for ollice aiid
lisgraces the mothet who bore him
braakting a rebel. Why lhe ain't .go
hioraI,coura ge enough to suck a dove or
cill'a fien'. Show ps, a Radical .who
,vont stea-l and Ito and is io ; covmjrd
tntd. h.qil shioy you a man swith hair
tn thegpalm of his hand..
(. Ultra Ka Kluz.
Thurlow Weed's payer says: "Gov.
Bey moun.is po6 9o be. beatop by being
~alled A.copperIeadt, or Frank B)atr to
sorne Reptiblican journals naf ho ig the
agost popolar man an the Deori
part . Eit.t.al vigilance is necessary
to 0 oct Grant "'~
Trhe joint resolution, repeali:,g the
resolution adopted by the Genera! As.
sembly, in 1836, whereby three months'
notice of intention to apply fur acts of
incorporation, was read a second time.
and ordered to be sent to the House for
concurrence.
The bill to validafe ali ordinances
adopted by the late Constititioial Con
vention, was read a second time,
and referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
The same disp:sitionl ws made of the
Acts of Congre of Jiy 2, Is2, do
nating pliblic lainds to the severn! Sta'.e,
which may provide agricultural colleges,
was read the third time, atd ordered to
be eg'lrmosed.
Notices of the following bill to be
introduced were given:
A bill to amend an Act to incorpo.
rate tle Air Lin Ramhoad of S-mth
Carolina.
A bill to provide for the election of'
a Board of Directors of the State P-enid
tentiAr .
A bill to enforce tho 39th section of' I
article I of tlle Constitution, which pro. I
lilits distinctions inl any case, on ac
count of race, e(lor or.condition. . I
' A hill to rcguliate and detei-mine the[
power and duties of County Comimis-i
sioners.
A bill to defrne the jurisdiction and (
practice of tle Probate Court.
A bil! to define the powers and du.
ties of Justices of tie Ppace.
A bill to establish a Board of Land
CommlIiissi)rerq.,
A bill to -declare the. maier by' f
which the lands, or tlo right of sway I
over the lands of persons or corporations,
may be taken for the constriictioi and
other uses of railroads, and other works
of intornal improvement.
Corbin introduced a bill to organize
the Supreme Court,-which was read and
ordered to be printed.
The Senate then adjourned. L
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HOUSE OF 1EPR1ESINTATIVES.
After tle isual prelimmaries were 1
concluded, Nengle, in behalf of th Spe- d
ciul Committee appointed to mquire and t
report what arrangiment cow'd lie elf,ct
ed to facilitate tie payment of the pay
of the members reported by hill. The
bill proposes t> levy a tax ct one cent
per pound on upland, htid two cents o
per'pound onl sea islind cottoi, and sev.
the rough -the proceeds 4' ^wich shall T
go towards the redemptioin of$500,000
in bills receivalile, wiich are to he s
issued as authorized by Act of 1865
these taxes to be a lien on all lands on a
which cotton is growing, at the-following
rate : $4 per acre on cotton, and $5.50
per acre on rico. Ont, of the fund crea- P
ted by the issue of these bills, the mem-t
ber. are to be paid. ,
After an amimated diiissin, the bill s
was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means.
Sasportas gave notice that lie would b
introduce a bill to morrow, in relation to r
te State University. It is understood C
that it contemplates vacating all the
professorshiips on the first of October
next, and placing the appointment6 in.
the hands of the Governor.
J. F Hayno offered a joint resolul- e
tion, providing for the election of Justi
ces of the Supreme Court on Thuirsday
next, whi1h was referred to the Judicia
rv Committee.
Elliott, gave notice of a bill to form I
a new judicial and election County
ont of parts of Orangeborg, Lexing- ~
ten, B3arnwe.ll and Edgefield Couni
ties.
T1he bill excepting t.he benenits of the ~
Act. of Congress of July 2, 18(1, doina- ~
tmng public lanids for the purposes of ag-.
ricultural colleges, was read a second
time and passed.
The bill providing for the election of ~
inuinicipal oflicers in incorporated cities
and towns, was read the first time antd'
apprppriately referred.
T1heo Chair annonneeflCd. thit', in comi
pliance wit.h the anthority conferred on.
him, he had appointid Mr. 110. G. De
Fontaine, of the Charleston D)aily
News, phonographier of the House.
Snmalls off'ered a resolu.tion to provide ~
for the re,moval of the Court iHouse of
Mecaufort County from Gillisonvillo to
Beaufo,rt. Referred to the Judiciary
Coinmmittee.
Hyde from Oreqdville, offe,red a hilt
to irjvalidat o all asecs of property mad
by the Confederate Goverhnient fo'r
non-payment of taxes ,on ponfipeated
propoty, which was read and ref~err'ed
to the Conimittee on Claims.
The lionise thied adjottrned.
8IXTEENT1[ DAY'S PRfoOKEEDIN .G.
.After the usual preliminary businesb,
the Presidmiit Wited lion. Jaunies U
G)rr; who was present, to a seat on the<
stand.
Raiy olTered a resoldtAon requestnhy 1
ex-Poiptroller4eneral to make a re- 1
port of his gperation dutrjpg the period
ombtsced between. October ,1 156f aidd
July 1, 1867, which was ordered, for
consideration too'.
Alen oifered the followilil ition
wliIh was ordered foi-'eidtaiatJon to.
-ResolJed; '+hat .tshe Commnittee 'on
~ldr.ads be ihtrnicted to confer ,with
thePreidetfthe Greenvall)'and Co
lubbe iload,to indjuire into; p
detita, prospeots and woln ofth
road;i and that they be authiorised to
proceed along~ the line of said road, to
Letter from a Colored Man.
The following letter is addressed to
thie >residmng officer of one of thle
Lea Xes, in Horry District, S. C., and
contains some sensible views
ii.. % 2T T ii Iv I A . 9
MY Dr.AR ANI HON-O1C Sa..-.i
7rcnnsed to write yu a few iines, to
give you my Views of things In tis
city, the seIt ve of this glo
rious State. I pray Ihat these lines may
find you in the enjoytilent of the best
health, is they leave me at present. The
delegation arrived here in full health.
We had our place in the car with the
white people-iae white people is grunm
on the ears , except, the whito inen ot the
[,egislature; and .especiallY candidates
fur Senate, for Jiidge of the Counts, and
line. The candidates and the white
members treat us like brothers. They
sit on the same sents in tho e-ars ; they
call us mister--noi of your uncle or
bV, or .-ich things which belong to the
time whN ve lad t.he hoe in our hand.
The candidat es and or whito brother
m1embeis, have treated us well; they is
so friendly, that I feel some how as i
this Iliung wont last. I see wh1ite1 ponio
here wio was onIce right roa10h. who
treat us real kind. They invite its to
Alic drinki--this is the greatest. place
for. drinhing I ever was in--to tell Von
t.ie truth, honored uir, I have not laid
down to sleep a smiqgle nighlt Sinco I ar
rived, without feeling just, as if I had as
much'to drink as I wanit--plainl or with
snga r- cost idli the ranto. Ti.,; worth
while coming to the i liegislature. ji.t for
thl( fre drinking. Th,1ev have at drink
here, they call co.A:t:ii,-t ldr half.
Null of whf.:iskey, ice, rail,r anldt a bitatl
satutf'-1 filn[ this is a good drink-n
ditnk it will .eep*oI'fevetr and agm! ; the
sigar ma,1kes the liqiior t,o sweet, so
they plit in tile bit ter stuff'-tha hitter
stuf l'akes the whiskey too bitter, so
they put ian tih suga,.r.
. 'le election for one Senator has come
of'-the IHon. Tom lRobert.on is elect.
ed. Mr. MKiTnly notinat'd Mr.
Robertson. lie spoke of him as one
who had inpetliled hais lilf for1. tho Conl
:itittion. I voted for Mr. Rebertson
buenim! tie party retpred tme ta do so;
yet, I miast say, I don't reo:leet Mr.
RO-beItso rilig lifi fOr o* agai;st, (le
Con7itution; becat lie was' a wood
contractor on the South Carolina 'R itl.
e e - nivetl 1 .-.m h> on' Ov,,, ir.io.. hi
sTve iegitment, in the Confederate
service--anAd not being caled intso action
his life was ta ito danger. Mr. R. keeps ]
a nace carriage, otte grey and one bay
hQ1r42, and pl-tily of good whiaskey. On
the vhole, Mr. R. is a good naian; lh0
has tmon(ey, and] don't"go on bonds of the
pu(blic onieer4.
The great election for Hontor has
C011C of1. - Hon, Mr. Macley, Mr. Saw.
yea and Parsont tFrench were Caldidates.
I voted for Mr. Mackoy, first; then I
voted for Parson French, and to-daty for
ar. Sawyer. .1French k-pt. quiet
Mackoy and Sawyer quaanrreled power
fill; I c'ey-'s people got tap a nowspa
per called Ih' tRcor, in which heous
ed 8awyer dread(tilly. These white
people qiuarrel so, that I commence to.
thinlk tLher Miust be something wrong.
The colored.peo.le,arp Ehe best in the
Legislaiture by long ods, .,Mr. Whip
per is a giant.; so ;s Mr. Deliarge. Thoy
are both far ahattd of any --ite people
in the laegislatnre. Thiese genitlemen
won.ld be respectable anywhere; but
especial~y In this [Legislature, there are
mocre mneat whtites here thanu lever saw
before. Hlonore'd sir, I feel the b)lush
of shamo whten I look at thle white Ne.
putbbcansa ina this hod y. 'lThe D)emocrat
ic members are only a few, bitt in can.
dor, I must say, I can find no fauilt with
them ; they may be misgijded..mon, but'
they arQ. strpight-.forward. Sir, tears
cante to my rayon When I saw them vote
for Sawyer, to-day; not that they loved
Sawyer more, but because they loved
Mackecy lesat.
Honored sir, I must close. Three
white mean have asked me to ride out
with thtem in one of Hion. Mr. F"razeo'a
carriages, anid I go. I thtink they wat
t.o talk to me abouat votintg for .T udrges.
VTis meeting in New.York don't look
right. They have naoainaated men pam
ed Horace Seymour anid Firankliaa tlair;
and, to tell .ygh tlge t.rutht, our party
don't feel right. There is somethiung tup
jn the counitry', ud I don't tink Grant
can carry the Ciay. . In that case, what
is to be dcne ? These moani white moat
aro goitng,to leave, suare, if the party
goes down. The Deinocrats say they
will be just to us; and to tell you theo
God's truth, from what I can 'ace, we
had better accept of their promisos.
We all know.,theo people, and they
always have spoken truth. I amt put
out with the white men in the Legisla
ture; they quarrel so, and accutse one
anaot.ber of had things, and prove -it err
oane another. I am not satisfied. If:
we cannot find honest men like Whipper
atn4 Qardoga, arid such like, we had
botter go back to the old whate people.
I cannot trust theap. new wijites. They
look mean. Tbe carritage has cohV).
am to sit on the hack seat.. will write
you again, soon. Love to ajnquiring
friends. Keep the L4eagde, ogether,
Tell the people ot to btay any lanc4, be
panse this Legislatutre ts gon to t&x
land all te piecnu Telhl the pepl never
to vote for mpin~ whit..' any more.
Vote for'r'espectable colored men.- 'If
they can't do better, vote: for* 4tie' old
white peopledo the country. They wilt
scribe myseif, from these halls of the
Legislaturo, yours until dtth,
GEORGE WAs.HINGToN M1LLER.
TraISutcd fro.g El Ferro Carrit of Santiago,
Chilli, March 27.
A Mouster of the Air-A Very Strauge
Story,
Yesterday, about five o'clock
p. Im., when eVery one had. fin
ished his work at the mine
(Garin rine) and the workmen
im a group were waiting their
evemngil mecal, we saw coMing
througT the air a gi-autic bird
which, at fir-t sight,. we sup.
posed to be a cloud surrounded
.y the atmosphere, and divided
rom its companions by a chance
current of air.
As the Obdject ii question
came nearer, filling uQ with a
very natural feeling of surprise,
we were able to note that it was
an unknown creature of the air
-tire roc of the "Thousands and
One Nights" perhaps, or possi
bly a Leviathan of the deserts.
Fiomii wience did it come?. To
wiere was it- goi, ? Its direc
tion was from , nortIeast to south
N (!St; its flight rapid and in a
direct hule.
On passing a short distance,
anid over ouri heads, we were
fble to note the rare stru'ture
Wf its body. Its great wings
i-er, clothed with a brown plu
ia. The head of the moh.
iter was in sha ?e similar to
lat of a girass5iopper, with
Mnorm1ous eyes, wio.e open and
Ibilhianit as statrs, and .covered
with Pomnethiing like hair or
bIristles ; the body, lengthening
tself like that of a serpent was
Ioe with br-illiant scaled
xhich emitted metallic sounds
s the strange animal .moved
:car .a,nIUg the workmen in the
>resuncc of such a phlci6iienon.
'he %whole, stock of ornithologi
Ml sienic po.*sesed by the gooa
nmiers Was il vain exhausted
Io find the name and qualities
f the strange bird which had
11st pa-,ssed withlont leavingi I
ign. SoIC assert that in1 th ose
moments they perceived a' dq
testable smel , like that* given
o)nt by arsenic on being burned.
Others that their sense was not
>rbAded by any' unusual odor.
rho super.titious believe that
it is a devil in person they. have
ist seen pass, while others re
er>llect having been a witness,
somne years ago, in' the same
>lace, to the passage of' a simi
ar' lO m 'otos b)ird.
As the whole affir,iS in 'tSe
extreme cnrious, we ,lev.e deem
ed it our duty to co.mmunicat.4
it to you, withhiolding all use
ClesscomenIt,,i for the truth is,
weicnn on1t explain saisacor
,to ourrselves wvhat we haye seen
fQr the first and pr.obably , the
last time in our lives.. .Can it
he possible that in the desert of
thre Cordilleras natdire pleases
to give life to those monstrosi
ties, and rearing them in soli
tyhde for mianry years,.wheni they
have attained snfficient stren gth
they commence :their flight
through space with 'no 6ther
objeet than that of trMnspo'rting
themselves , to other' egions
wher deahrasf,erd tikeri and
the earth g' ards their skseletons
to the conifusion of sages, who,
on meeting theni; behieve .they
have found antedilubrian re
mains?t
The eliqn rei4drds ini Mi#
sissippi show coneltisively' that
the constitutio'n hes' been der
feated ljf a large "'htnadlty
Forty-seveni out of sixty-one
counties iTeturry,. a. ari ,qf
18,966 agaidet th4e ation I~'i.
The election was conducged with
the utmost order andq iet, gnd
nd ea s of ji'oldt yet
beeii regoorted fra
the State. ,. " "~
'f Westea pa%,r ditAR
iuabber omnIbusib ety' b~e U4
which, wh et eam full, will od.
couple more.