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THE FAIRFIELD) 'ulis.1d IEvry W D)EIPORTII'ES & WV I LL I A MS. TIRMS--IN AD VANCE. Ono Copy one year, - - $ 3 00 t'ive " 1 - - 1 IUrE) Teo " ' . " - 2600 The Reid Obirtcter of the .Ctled Ku ilux Mill. We Cnnot . but uphold the right and ondoatoi to promote the cause of justicc aid of the public welfaro. We hw:tve-no-other alternativo. We are shut up to this conclusion. At times the task Iay som hopeloss. But yet, above all, if thoro is to ho any future, we must -havo faith in the ultitmato union of the right with the might. And for this end we must strive in faith and hope. There is probably no m urn-c w1ich has been introducod which so thoroughly destro -s the Republican charaotor of thle (overnmnt, and so saps the foundation of all the elements anl guaranteos no# nly of stiateship, but of freedom an security itsolf, as the misnamed Ku-Klux logi-lation. The title is a mero device to blind aild mislead, anul under cover of which the real naturo of the Constitution and institutios of the Gloverinnent is to be ch1aned. The (ri.stion1s thus presented for solution are not politi cal. They affoot overy State from the (ilt to tho Lakes, and from the Paciflo to tho A ti ato ic. They con cern'the libihies and the intorest of the pu(ople of ever y Seolioll of this vast country. Whitever law strikes at the constitut ionii rights of one por. lion of the inion, inuist of necessity st ris It at the hopes of the rreedom of every other pirtion "' liberties of the Soutth etinnt I o destroyed withoit tho txlbversion .f those of the wholo nati(on. This 'I th may not bo realized now, but in the light of his. tory it is none the less clear and cor. tain. And thii truth hts already been perceived by a portion of the lepublican press. Mr. William U. Bryaitt is the editor of tle Vening Post. A liepublicaIn in politicli fi th, Ito lis ent ered his protest aigninst this new attnempted wrong, inl rt nuinn- i' so frank and so con vincing as Itt oneO to arrest the attention and coiniand the juidgnit. Speak ing of t-he proposed legislation it says : 't his is tiot only unconstitional, but it iipjlitie, -tid so vague in its form thiat by the iUditions of tho law, it might be pronounced 'void for uneet tainty.' "It is unconstitutional, because it aissumtes ititiona'l1 jurisdiution over municipal police iatters, which are not dol(ga1ted by the Constitution to Congress. if two persons 'conspiro' to coninit any crime against persons or prolicity, this Bill, by the natural coistr uctitt of, is terits, takes theimi from the Stato authorities and bring's the i before the the United Stato tribunals as pollce courts. It erect new seats of jilstice, with a juris d ict ion w I h i-l con flitits at , a pouints with that (If 11lie Stato courts, and sets u) two di iutiot and widely differemit piena codes, for the same classes of ollknees, in the same terri tory. "It is impolitic, because it affords an opportunlity for indefinite annoy ance and oppression to be exercised under the foris of law towards the very men who ought to be conciliated by the Gce nrl Governmnent, and whlo miust be treated with forbiearaneo and kindness, if peace in ever to be ob tiined throughout the land. Unhder this Act, anuy t wo members of ai State Legislature who unite in prop)osing or suplportinug a Bill which can be con st rued its a bi id (ing tho 'eqfual privi leges or immiiunitied of' any person or olasn, may he' dragg~ed at one before a national coini t andl tried for a 'high trimo,. 'It is vagne in the highest dlegroo. It confounds aill d istinetions betwoon the jiirisdilet ions of the national andl \State tribdniils. Whenever an offence te'liable to puntishment by two codes, atid by two sets of administrators, the common result is that it is punish bib neither. An indliotmenlt by the -4ijeI'if be plead in 1'ar or an indiet. Meintothier. I low' far thlis A ct wouIld ex. f~nd the jurisiction of thle national (Jourth dep~ends entirely upon the in forprofat ion ,the Federal Conrts may dho oo t'Otioi t&'it ;- bu t it 'is pla in thi~v Ihoy mtust eitirer hocuopt nuno of the pou ers it grafnts,' or else muset ('veLthrow and su'ppi.t the State L'ourtS entirel-y in the prootection of civil ordxr.: their own p~eculiar and Ghia ractristie uor(ik unider the Consti 4tion. And this is passed just after the Supuremie Court, in lI case of .lij'lipto Ongil~nlst Day, has~ deidedl~ that the State Uoutmts are 'absolntely ihdependent of the .National Governn mejnt, so that it cannot interfere withI the m .ee to. the extent of levying *up'uu the, Stlaries (of .their .Judges the utniforim tax ti levics iipoiy the iow of~ )very~OthoQC pitigeni. *"i ut tlpse ar~eo awts the worst pro. visions of' the Bill. TPhe Constitution expiressly t uhborizes the Executive to )0Abuc .4ruy toisuppiort the laws and it'tthiority Qf the 3t ale whe.1 the Slate sou eollyonim ufor~ajd, and -Ai.thy; di~te imnplicationis for'bids .hin.'to dlq so in other eases. But thuis il th~ize~tvs hi rj to interfere whou hue right. Omf oitjr~ene are not proteot. ed by .irtate1sjuhljwhen the Stato autbhautlos if, i ornepleet to ask his ,eqq gaui1g o tipex'nt which buia ? ~u~fry rlcra!t~tonlahoh earried it, . nke.,l hpi thie ogjyltly ai jd li nyy even at iAny .time. pronouneQ .ypro 9tangtpon tho inosrdern in any on tes, alni when, na hi jA4 mw tLe pnibli skcty.. bhall require it - pell the abeas Corpus and stablis iI ita '3 occupation anl nartiali any are>. A "In bor word ,-everotstit t 4 i resItio upo i thne vber of t 00 witIA f t10IVnAnnst) f $he OodtItut-idi and'Its hoke, t lation iiloft to the voluttary forbeir. ino and sound judgment of the Presi. lent as tihe solo safeguard for its, lib. arties. If he should choose, at any imne, to deolare the 'City ' 6f NWw York or-of Washington in rebellion, and to take possession of it with the irmy, under martial law, that Is, un ]vr the will of himiself as Cosnomann Jer-in-chicf, the people must choose betwoon submission and arued re1is. Lance to the enforcement of an Act of Congress. ''hat is to say, it gives the uolor of law to such a coup d'itat a made Napoleon 111. master 0l France. "No Republic is justified In thuS surrendering its liberties. The suo cess of such a measuro is more to bc dreaded than its utter failure. The restoration of order by such mneatn would be a greater calamity to thc country than the promotion of disor, der by it. For it would establish a precedent under which any political party hereafter on obtaining the con. trol of Congress and the Executivc might intrench itself and itls President in absoluto power, and leave the peo plo no remedy against absolutism and centralization but revolution. It i an attack upon the foundation of oivil liberty ; an abandonment of that re liunce upon the law and upon public opinion which is the growth of history and the crown of civilization ; a re curronce to the principles and moth ois of barbarism." The real object of the Bill is ovi. dontly not so much the suppression ol the Ku-Klux as the subversion of th< Constitution and the domination o! party and of faction over this widt dotmain, regardless of whether in th wild struggle for the retention of pow er the public tranquility is disturbed and all constitutional rights are abol. ished. The Bill is before the Senate, Welli may the World say :-"Th<i lill ns it passed the House, gives des potio power to the President, an( substitutes his irresponsible will foi the safeguards of the Constitution. Il authorizes him to suspend the Ilabea Corpus and proclaim martial law it any part of the United States making the niecossity for substituting his ar bitrary will for the regular operatiot of tile laws.-Char. Courier. WINNSBORO. Wednesday Morning, April 10, 1871, The People Desire a Conven tion. Tho condition of political affairs i South Carolina is extraordifiary. This every one must admit. An soni extraordinary and peculiarl, lcal expedient, to be soarched ou and contrived by the wisest men within our State, assembled in Consti tutional Convention, and by then alone, is absolutely essential to har mnony, security and peace. Sobe citizens inuust somehow be induced give a lhearty and earnest support t thne St. to governmoeat, < lawkssnes and violence will most surely endenv or to apply their brutal remedIes boti for real, and also for imaginary ills It is, therefore, tuost cheerfully tina we respond to tine appeal of Mr. Menm mintger, made In his letter to thm editor of thnis paper, whnich we publisl to-day, and call for a Constitutiona Convention, to consider and debate our condition, and contrive a muethmon of harmonirzing all classes of our peo pie. WVe, at tine same time, declare that we are opposed to any attempi by said Convention, when it meets, t<n take away the right of suffrage frona any oitizen of either race who hnas already exorcised it ; because, in thnc first lacse, we do niot believe a Stati cnvention will have - ny except revolutionary power to do Bo, and be cause, if it had, there are 6otto: mnoansi of producing harmony thar depriving any man of the right te vet o-suh for example, as minority re~preentatiofl i or an extr'otedhiarg lAonrd of T'ag Commissioners,-elooted exclusively by property-holders, witlh a veto power upon taxation and op. propriation, but only when it Is emees dive ;. or the plan of' 'oting 'now in uiso by corporations,as suggested by Mr. Meomminger. It will be obse' vd that wo do not lay great stresi upon tine special g~rieveneo of the tax for 1871 being called for tLwo' montise earlfer1 irnd thus mnade a .tax of 15 3-5 milla on bho dollar. We believe that the State Legislature will undoubtedly give a quietus to, all further talk about the miiatter,' by EImnly ctotd inig the time of putting on the pot fty for.non-paymnent of the tax to March mbt, l8'72 It' id- ootnparastigely a nnalt niatter, mstod a request' by' the Mayl Covetion, redpeerfully inad., ilmnet with oheerful.ooncurrence. Theln State Government, it is'.trueg.by the change of time of' colleoti~ng the tax, gains two .rnootlit' timee should, ini consideationm of'tha gle have mamd9. .tho .t er Onesixtm fes B1uR. we hgey gegolde~4 AQ4I he~ waste our ut io on insignifi. cant gam a ot against the ti tq6 t - gainet the t& itseZ edh we direot ou gunak an ti a Insulting ins ,leh f t 0 V%*,ar the burden i being C y t.old, hat they must play hypocrit _pro eas radicalism, hobnob with, and. hook arms, and "driik"' Att1ys *ith ne'ederW1*fi which the betterolass Of lets panI not conscientiously, and, as a matter 9f otfsto atd ,feeling,, cannot, for aVf Piwurafton, bg: Iiidi'ed to ) oj dr lse0 kowi itJ, t/eir utonfault that they are not represented i the Leg. islnturo ' It Is on the contrary No FAULT WiIATEVFIt O' TIlE Wil'rE Vao .E that they are not rCpresuted, and cannot, ftrq twenty -years, as things now stand, be truly represented in the State Government. It arises from extraordinary . circumatances. and is SIMP.Y NATUI.n. And so we say, too, that the course taken by the blacks has been siarIry' NATURE, and and though directed, it is true, by Carpet-baggers, was created and con trived In their . special modification of humanity by the Almighty. What is needed, is simply to LOOK AT NATURn, both in black and white, calmly and patiently t to study it as it is ; to give up fanatical or preju. diced views as to what it ought to be ; and to build our political edifice, and adjust our political machinery accor ding to nature and its requirements, If we desire to accomplish enduring and valuable results. Double Taxatlon. During the laat canvass, great economy in the future was promised by those who rule us) but how little do they remetuber their pledges now. They, ot) the contrary, propose to collect two full taxes In a year and a half, pretending that they are only changing the time of -collection, which, if they were sincere, bould be accomplished by collecting only half it tax next NoVember, and then a whole tax every November succeeding. The people, however, appear to us so unanimous every whore ng inst paying tle tax in November, that it is quite possible that the State Government may forego the attempt to collect it at that time. The \lay Convention will, doubtless, ,peak no uncertain sound on this particular branch of the tax question. But the property of the 8tato is assessed beyond its value. It is pro posed by the State Government to reinedy this grievance, before tie ol lection of the next tax. In what way the government will do this plain act of justice, whether thoroughly or partially, the future must decide. T here romaiha now to consider the rrate of taxation itself, whleh is ex ~ osive, and nothing but its reduction Swill give a sense of security to the ' tax payers of the. State. The more squarely and fairly the question is met just. here,' by all partiose -the bet ter. The government miay deny the o xistence of the'dhiease, but that will not cure it. It is Impossible, too, for the white property-holers to get a lasting voice in tho Legislature, un less majority representation be adopta ed. 'he resigvntiotr of pretont ini cumibents mand e!eetIyn ofcopomV ticket. will only prove a temporary relief. .It, therefore', 'seems to iis better to agitate for the creation of Tribunies to be' -iledted by' the tax. payers .Qxclusl'tely~, rind to have a te power upon all . axation in ecoess of six mills on thp,. dellar. ~The. State Governmetnt of Now York is now run upon reven taillar on the dollar, with nineteen miilliods or' war' deb~t as an extra charge upon it. In (iwo years, Governor Hoffman states,. that.the tatation willibe only five amid a qu&er ter mI~le ovr the dollar. - Why shoold thisSe'8mtou1~ue the'dtble tainti'oi of twelve gills i ~he .County. tai be fncluded) 9n tli odoltar I It isriot the deception, in gaining edndf~teiy a half year's' ax, ,under pretenos of ohanging the time of colleotion, or of an inequitable aassesmrent, that should most occupy attentlon i It Is the ex ccssive taxatiott itse ff th at i' the ehkf trouble. And -kt is hf resnOe en1 the tax ejuosti'on th'at badl goternment Is usa~hly oveirhron.' read English lultory, and deny' it if '.0 cab. St~td Edesentbort~' When a people' are so poor as.wo are in South Oarnhina, the beut plan of public eddteationt is thiat-whiehtwill do the most witb a nl -assount of montey,.awd deliberately leave a great ieal altogetbher n'nattempted - The wetl abouh& begirt ja the couoty * *ewnedi For thIs purpoae,evry.Qont. ',y. o6n should supfleiment lt* sehool dtot lota oz ghd sigptittrutn, and (oho)kaisbrict .tmr g sn id. di'tional town-tax ~for , qet~WIgipg Pnbl~ .ohoolv for both raees, These 9 ' lati ele s ol. The eleoitag ehools ao gUh and ould In separate buildi ' an t gotb frqiOf chpA or' t'ion. St th scongry g high bhool k id alloted to, har bout nty La eau tui a i$,a done in he Prussian system, o most efloient in the world. The Principal )( the County-town Publio ligh Behool should -direct the ourseoofl !jjytang .disqpline-in the qthey, (V ementary siohdols. iberility to such qojuy-town Schools is true economy. Make then eftie(pen Ond suecesshful And popular, and th people wI dmand iju I case ofrhl td and appropriatiolt for edoeation, atd the catousion of so benifloent a systom into every favorable locality. And as the fund thus tinreasta, with public good will and favor, ettablish the precedent, that those localitios shall be most favored and gikcn mos, %hich give most themselves, and which raise an oxtra tax or contribu. tion to be supplemelited by the Stato fund. As the fund is now being- frittered away upon poor teachers badly paid, and upon insignificant schools) very little good is being done. [COMMUNICATED.] TotineTaxPayers of Fairfneid. Thinking that some action should be taken on the part of the Tax Pay ers of Fairfield, in response to the (esolutions passed by the Charleston Poard of Trndes cohdethhatory of the burdensome systdltt of taxation fas tened apon us by our prescut corrupt laogilature, we respectfully call on the tax paying citizens of this County to meet at the Court House on the first Monday in IMay, to consult togetha er as to the bust plan of alleviating our unfortunate condition ; and to ap. point delegates to represent us in the Btate Convention to be held in Colui. bit on the decotid 'l'uosday of May. MERCHA NT'S. Letteir from lion. C. . flehna filinge r. UJIARLESTON, April 14, 1871. Arditor Winhsboro New: DEA kt Sitt t-I htivo reedived your paper which you have sent me, atid I am glad to ioe yotu engaged iti two *oik : on is, canvassing tho various remedics for the various evils urder which our 8tate is groaning, the other is, proposing yourself a teinedy. Well knowing your fairness and patriotism, I would bd glad to have your rorutiny of anything proposed by me, and therefore, I would supgest some replies to objectionis made to the remody which I hate suggested. I do not observe any i jeaction mado as to tho efficacy of th remtedy, it it could be made practicable. A con stituency of tax-payers who oould also read, would certa-inly remove the present Lecgislutarite and would soon setid another, which would correct all the existing evils of tho state and city governalats. The question terns entirely . upo~n the supposed diffieulties of amending the Constitution. My first proposi. tion to that end is the call of a Cons ventioni, It is objected that .this re quire. too much time, The provisions of the existing Constitution require three steps to be taken fo.' the call of a Convention : A 'tote of two-thirds of the Legislature recommeiiding to th. electors at the next gegmeral elec Lion to vote for or against the call of a Convention, Second, a majority of the elecjtorg snust ,vote for the call, and third, the' General Assembly sbhl then gall th~e Convention. 'The sext general 'election Will take place in .Oojober, 1819, and the Legislature hon to be eleooted ineitu in Novem: der fo~llowing. Suppbeiag thendhabt >nt present rdlers won~ favor the mali of ,a Conveop9, the votqjof the people 'cou'ld be ' en& Is Ucooer, 872 0 the Callceu.' by ,Aad6 in -No. rember, add ~h ContcntioO could meet in Jan iary, *1878.- 1'i Lody toeld havefull ontrolover the sub. Net, and! thqir.enaotanents conld take ffetsas poon, as they should see fit. 3ne.yeat and nine nmonths would, herefore, be~ the peiod for exerois ng, h patierroo oo people,- assu og shak the fdsmit wo'odb.ftra .Bgt th grea t Ifl6ufty renfeins, eill the preaM votets consent to bitt witli any of theirpilogcst ertiqinly soE, if d'~ r* A Q:pere jueetion of parting ,i b ghei." dut * li reaI y a difeten t'ues.fion, and i i sol w ne of vas y indreased >ropuftions. 1'io ole' will bato to )tudo,4 btweeI atarcby on ti~e onle uanmdauid soforuictiijf the overn acrfit on d~e Qt.6% Th#'ehctitinoe's ,ifl be revived %wi9146 )&AN heretofore >ntpdued d all Qnee io. go er. 9 et, -b esoObil., re or bills In' f te' igench .9998' eun a 63j6bl nd of t epa rta antt I'thegfreat didi aideghateu~ eno6 been dopted and are no esain p p)ably Enda~~; shyacuM' It not bpractiaI le to affaat ham f ta umvt A; C(onvention would not-t.' 49d down to any special plan. Every Oter who isin fevr of by tkin'd U reform WQuld i~te for" ConvlU S bd if 4ise andgood ion coul4fi11d their y in such b do so lan id b ij do d id fbtld uipro the o-o itiol g 1 fliioi, 0 flg5sb Many schemes would -doubtlesr 'be prosentod, and if nothing moroe-ould be effected than the Illinois plan of alld~Ing I reprnntative tihbrifi Irq9l9 would be gained. . Bl t ,1 1,m1 mnuoh' more hopeful than thti. I be lieve that if we would all unite in a vigorous and go9d $emporqd effort, we could 4pocure, ft? thc Idatlt, ; takx pn.iIlg luaitcatitiolt for the voter.. E ven auch a quallie*t ion cuuld to ar. ranged, so as not tu disfranclise prem cnt voters. By adopting a schemo siimilar to that which prevails in cor poratlins, and fixing a grlade to cauh vuto troportioned to the tax paid by the votr-that Is to say, allowing anl additionai vote for every ton or twon4 ly dollir tax paid in support of the governmetit, a very ellicient uheek could be introdluced, This plan would have thi grett recommendation of restoring, in sotunL degree, the excel, lent provision In our lato State Con stitution which established a rate of representation, compounded of pro perty and population. It seens to me that if all partos would simply unite at present in pro moting the dall of a Coilventiun, a great advance could be inade towards a peaceful solution of our difficulties - and I would suggest to you as an edil tor with much iifluence on both sides, whether it would not be your best course to set aside all differences attd urge that the first step be takehi at the next session of the LegislatUre, and that the question be referred to the voters at tho iiuxt gelleral e.lo tion, whether or no a Convention shall be called. Very truly ySur friend, C. G. MEMMING1it. EUROPEAN NEWS& WASHINOTON, April Ili-The fol lowing is the very latest : The Versailles are colupletely mas ters of the situation at Neuilly, but spare the inhabitants as far as possible. Fort Valerien's fire is consequently very slow, but a .harp fire in the Bois de Bologne is kept up. The League, for defence of the citi zons of Paris, demands Communal liberty, and that the National Guard alone shall guard Paris. Twelve thousand Insurgents sort ied from Chatilliorl3 and were repulsed. it is stated that the Insurgents de mand a million of francs from the Ohurbsh and will kill the Archbishop of Paris if refused. Tbe Insurgents have takeit away the plato frotu the forign offile in Paris. Titters proclaims the status of Paris unchanged. The conduct of the Ver sailles troops was admirable. The insurrection at Touluna is sup pressed. . The disarmament of the Nationals at Marsailles proceeds. Th6 Nationals were attacked at Atnietas and claim a vidtory. The strength of the army omf Pari Tiorpedoes were placed in the five nue of Grand Army. T'wehty-6lve thotlttad regulars are expaoted from Germany alt W6dnes. day. .. Auls, Apr'il il.-Tihe breachbio Porte Maillot is praeticable, and the assault upon it is expected to-mottowv. The (Jominune are barricading every street. They have more tha 100f,O00 desperate men under their commwand, atcd the work of carrying (he uarrleades will be far fuly cloud y ??PAnfo, A pril li---A loud and unini terrupted cannonade has been hept up since last evening, between .Ohatilon and the southern foroes. The infan try is also engaage'd? The noise of the fuitrailleuses and tnushetry has been incessentainjee give o'clock this mlolning. " Cannonading around Nieuillv Porte Maillot and Porte Deeternes hes beeni resumed, and is as violent as thlat on 6ie south. Fighting is now golrig on in the Bois de Boulogno and at Aspiere. Thb Commune isforwardiug rein foveemients to the troops engaged . The wounded- are comirtg in i large numbers, The lesses are heavy. Official rerts of tihe commune olaim thtat the-versailles troops were iepulsod on Tuesday evening in.- the attack on the6 southern forts, and that thieir' loss was heavy, while that of the conymnunists was very light. isLNero1y April lS.-Bombrowskl ivery popular with his troops. H~e declares he will-bura Neuilly1 Villos and Putnacix if it is necessary for de fens. -MeMaho6 has gone to Villolatange, and a decisive battle upon the insur gent positions is expected. 'Waswro'rot~r April 1S--Cable dispatebes report a tremendous firirig in the direction of the forte. but as yet, 1no decisive or important action. Pants A pril. ),3,'-ombre wski re ports t~o tipe Con~munal. (Commi t)ee. theaih.U oto s ar6 doiig. Ooellent suffed a red hoidin'g three'fdijrths of the te tn of Neodilly, and -he'hoo to'possesus the bridge across theo Seino to-nighf,. 'Th6e Cr1 DIr Peuple, says: The 1Ver salles toop have' been drived from uiladare' flying towardi 'Cent's bevote. 'The Orleh'ns railway Is out by t'e Versailles troops. F'rt Valetfen ikflring heaiiy this Members , o'f the Comnmune a're per. sohally Mihe -nel to 4b.-..a'g th The British Cons at fJ'a Wai of Englishmen to leave 0 city 0i PAnIS, ri l, 'enin fie G is a ive tl are aux I? to ta . 01 u t in: of sists upon d n ui rptio ' gun-boat; $ Il v gr . er Cloud tow ay. emb lie IIt National Guard wvasashot to.day for oi killing his captaini Ile confessed u< to killing five oflicers. Petroleum all 'siiell - h6VO b6rsi Pyr I-gd p into Valurian. The Chureh of )t. i Roehe has been seletd. Tlie 'W'Ond66 so falsely denounoed a -citizii dress.ed of it) plain clothes as a priesh The R wOrden were teri ibly beaten by the crowd. This is the re-action in favor P of priests. LoNDrW4 April 15.-The voneentra- a tion of Iy al troops atersaill.s esei.l tin ue. .Thier.4, In a OIt iuir, ays the lighting of the last two dayb ws it Comparatively unimportant. 'Thie Governmtint troops are Well establish- 11 ed in their positions, Tho insurgent Jul sorties were ineffootual- I to PAnis, April 15.-There was bi-isk cannonading, yesterday evening. Cluseret claims to have rephlsed the t Assetnblsts. The cannonading re- vi commenced at the Muillut gates, this it morning. ii From Washinglon hr WA58HrNGTO0N, April 14 -The ga House has adopted an amendemtiuit to dt the deficieney appropriatiotn bill 1-t- of poaling that portion of that provison ki of the legislativu appropriatzio bill of last year which deprived the hold ers of Presidentlgl pardbns of all stabding ih the courts, The ation C now taken by the House, \vithout a b dissontient voice, proVides for fulfil ling the ptomise of the dibinety pro; fir olamhation of Dcembel-, 1803, anti bt applies only to pardons gratited under said proclamation of President Lin. (X colo, with a view to induce persons to abandon the rebollion, and where the) did actually abatidon it and Al breafter kept their obligations in good faith. The Democratic Senators and iop- th resentatives held a caucus to-night, sa when Senators Bayard, chairman of a committee to prepare an address to the people stated that la view of the S' pending legislation on the Xu Klux "t bill, the coitinittee was not rdady to af report on Monday night at an adjourti- do ed uceting of the caucus. The caucus earnestly adviSCs all Lb Democratic members now absont to t return to Washington to vote upon "o ainendments. ISE WASIIINbTON, April 15.-A throe i" days' ieligious riot at Od tsa Sc stopped by the bayonet The Parlia- he ment of the Dominion of Canada has ha been prorogucd. The Clovernor Gen. no eral's i.pleh Is hopeful of gootl results P from the lligh-Commimssion. George Wonddikir, ali3s Dutch George, a famous counterfeiter, vas arrcs:ed in New York, and commit.- f' ted in default of 25,000 bail. s WVorlc on the Southern Pacific all Railroad is being ptished vigorous- i ly from Gileroy,. California, South- ell wafd. Comparatively heavy fighting has rN been going on in Cuba. The Cubans " sedad to hI thoroughly organied fo a guer illa war-. Oi The severe fight ing around I'arisa up " to last night did hot materially ha change the situation. All are waiting at for a grand attack Melathon Is at Ruib. Ciusheret in reporting to the Comnne tfO boasts thait the A~sembllists I hat*V betti seriouglf t-opulsed, and D<t that he lias great confidence in ulti- in matCe iknicess. The Communists are i pfuierim.g public offices aind chul-ch- mi es. They coin all treasures, found. -dii The supply of milk has ceansd, and so' prdvisions ato risimg. no Thirt~y coal mines, supplying St. " Louis, have stopped, in conseriunee hi of a strike. TLhe Miissouri itiver has "a rallen ix feet. thi Thfe Senate postponed proeodlngsq preblianary to conside iing the House amnesty bill. This action s consid ered unfavotable to the bill. 0( The. Iouse, te'mpoIrar ily poscponiug wi the Kn Ki bill as a rhanded b 'the Di sonate, pro~eedd~J with the defieieeyp bill. .toP WAsiarsaio, April, 1i6.--Major. D! Bolgor has been fully festored to his I position in the ai-my, a : Sehlorer, Minister of dtie tGerrhan si Thmpire, has arrived. oh TIhe IRepublican Brnators hold a aucus on Monday, on amtesty. .In the Hlouse, the genate Amen6 " ment to die defiinoy 1iil1, as antenid-8 ed by .tid Ilouse, authod~iing the re- " pealing of. natignal billg and assessing 4 bankh for the pdnso, was fNe~ed 47' tot lA. 'inglIj,a ooni~tytee'or cenforonc was asked. Trlie Kut llux bill was taken uip. Tio 'Schat's~ thn amendment., extending the right of tn the Prisident to suspend tho habcad corpats to tric end of the next, regnlar an session of Congress, was. tejected-86 an to $. An amendment ret ring the rul iron-clad oath fronm Federa 'urois wvas sti rejected without'diviaon. be abrend- abi ment know~n as "Shiernian's arnend- hol mean," telegraphed in full last night,: wag ,rejected-yoas .45 ; naygs 101. an Thus is fthe amendnmant' a'ssessing (amaiges on loca'iti. Other amend-. *' fl14t-4.the most of the-m imieoteriul 091 were concurred in, ahid a comm tittee Ma of conference was ordered. Shella. hot Barger, 8'ohloffetd'and Kerr WOreoap. by; pointed on the liart of the House. uni Adjourned. -bet Piili.ADSVffirlA P., April 15.- tiel Three rufians, wh'lo outraged a lady last Tuesday -were convioted and. son tened fb- pay 4 flud of $1,000, aridth to borte fifte6rj years in the peniten10 ip[Qiek work.] . N. 'ar.A NY,' N. V., 15.-A special bletin for 'the' Nevw York vaae flially pas~ed-5 to 55. - - in. New Yonjt, April 15.-a'h.ecorpo. .]. ratiotn 6f the Texas Paoifle Railroad Tht Co~rmay held a uaaeI s ..daa th fez. loo of Marshall 0. Roberto. Amndiig e prominent persons present well 3noral Fremont, J. W. Forney, of o Philadelphia Press; Senator Nye, Nevada; Thomas A Scott, of the musylvania Railroad ; J. P. South. n, of Columbia, S. C. ; General senorans, and a number of other pitalists and railroad men. Sam Sloan was appointed Treasurer, J gave bouds for $400,000-Judge erpbfot and Marshal- 0.- Roberts ing stcurities.- .Jiy u gnimou. on. lt.; 11,000 out'of the 2(id6lf Abares stock wor. allotted to Marbshall 0. .berts- thus virtually securig. the tire euniltrol of $he, r9sd *id,. gt! 'tisilelhy, in case ho desires it. fleral "Frbinbht received- &.000 ares, indl the remaining 4,000 are were distributod amongi the lance of the oorpoeationki hud were m11ediately subsoribed fir. The Commercial Advertisor pub. hes a rumor that the itopublibanl bilmber who aniounced his intentiou vote with Ienocrats) cost themi 15,000. JAcKSON, Miss,, April I. A rritio hail-storm passdd over thid 3inty, last nigbt., lasting for fifteol *nuitoz. Many stones measuring sik Lhies in circum cronce word found. veral thousaind window lights Were uken sheet iron roofing perfo rated; rdens, fields, crops and fitit seti sly daiaged, forest trees strippet their folinge, and hundreds of birds led. Market Reports. Nvt YonK, April 1.-Evening. >tton steadyj with gales of 3,811 les, at 14J. Gold I0j. CIIARIEsTON) April 1. -Cotton m-middlings 13 ; receipts 414 les ; sales (000. Livvaroonj, Apr:1 15.-Evening itton, quiet-uplauds 71 ; Orleans ;alcs 10,000 baleo. Illustration Used Against Its Auth or, In his speech on Wednosday last in o United States Senato Mr. Schurz id : 'he Senator from Wisconsin in a fine -ain of classia eloqueneo likened the niator fromp Massachusetts to Brutus riking his dagger into C(sar's breast er Cason tind Cassius had already no their work. It *as a beautiful urd, and the likeness is totter in the Senator from Wisconsin ought. To be sure the dagger was t leveled at the breast of republican ii, but the weapon went straight :o the heart of Cmarisni ; and the natdr from Wisconsin, scholar as is, will remember that the world s since agreed to call Brutus "the ble t llomitn of thtm all. [Apo Luse in the galleries.) imperial usignia. The German imperial crown is a it high, of 41 carats gold, and leav. soc with pears, The sceptre is of vor gilti and two feet long. The )bo carried in the hand is of the est gold, three and saven-eight in. en in dianmeter, and enriched by two igs, one perpendicular and half cov, )d with Jewels, and the other horl ital and entirely crusted with gems. i top is a cross whleh fairly bses th predious stones. The insignia fe long been kept in the Hofbourg Vienna. The lleasoll Whiy, t is said that the reason why Fred, uglass declined Oeneral Grant, ritation to dine at the Whitb' >use wtith the San lIhmingo C06m' Paionlers wats to lie found in a very tindt uindetstanding in Washington tiety, that Mrs. Grant will tolerate negro eqiuality at her table or aniy. e else in hler hotbehioldl. Grants nself, is not particular' in suelt tters. lHe will hub-nob with anyf iig that has a vote. A Mhin Wilh .Six Wives. T'he Troy T1'imes gives the outined the career of a traveling ddctor, pis shown up at longth b& the Erie spatah; The~c fornmer paper says kid mupous manlier and volubility of iue liave given~ him the name of Whistlwnd,-bt his fecaI 'name TLaylor aiid his original bocupation hoemnaker. Ile is the liusbAnd of' wives And the father of' no end of lldren. That beats flowen. The Scientifie Anseien sanys it is w "impossible td eenitruot' a'btfi Lr-pro'of -safe, fot' the thief;'withi his tinders of comptrosaed hydrogen i oxyge'n,' Ba in a' few secondsg irt holes of any dieoib the hardest tal- his fire.:driHl enaiblin~g hiin 1W O w minatds to' wo rk bhis trsy into 4trongest safe that was ever'con oted."' We have very liule confidence~in scheme which relies upon a vol ~ary abandonment of power by the ing party either in or out of tle te. If we breakc their power oad we ean easily control them~ at no. [But not till then.-.-Abevile Prwi i-.Banr. . d4ison cougty, tas tyken fri.bis iso, on the night of" the *21 a gigpgsof rullians, who beat hing ausq, ho .voted t i9 ,reuoorr4 b cot. otno of tile papers are seeing what y can do in thie wjt of turkey sto' .One tolls4 of a trmnot'ity Sof pid V., whQ has'a tuirkey 'that laid l00 a r 00 consolutive daya, nev'ri sing a da~ on account of ? tfrdd oWn. * . , Leoonstructiono has proved~ &aadist. true questionnowla he~ remedy this. (aihura:,..ajrco.v Co.r..