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Jtoajr* and $act$.
Quilp things it rather remarkable that while
several thousand feet are required to make one rood,
a single foot, properly applied, is often sufficient to
make one civil
John Morrissey is said to support four pensioners,
three disabled soldiers ana a hunchback.
He imposes two conditions upon them?that they
shall neither drink nor gamble.
Butler has in his house at Lowell, two pictures?"Christ
on the Cross," and "Mary at the
Sepulchre," which, from their value and the name
of their possessor, are known to have been stolen.
Sam Slick tells 'is that if he were asked what
death he preferred as being most independent, he
would answer freezing, because he would then go
off with a "stiff upper lip."
Mr. T. D. Gwinn informs the Greenville
Mountaineer, that he has $550, from the Missouri
O a1 A A Jnnodnno mnnn.
tJUUtiiCI LI luswiauuuj auu uiuci uvuavivuo^ uiuvuu
ting in all to $710, for the benefit of widows and orphans
of deceased Confederate soldiers.
Prom January 1st, to December 12, 1866,
there have arrived at New York, from foreign
porjts, 235,111 immigrants, a greater number than
arrived during any previous year since 1854, when
319,223 landed at New York.
A London publisher announces "The Lover's
Dictionary?a poetical treasury of lovers'
thoughts, fancies, address and dilemmas, indexed
for reference as a dictionary of compliments, and
guide to the study of the tender science."
Photosculpture. a French invention, by which
one can get a perfect Dust of himself as easily as to
sit for a photograph, has just been introduced in
New York. The sitter is aimed at by twenty-four
cameras, placed in a circle, of which he is the centre;
and the busts are necessarily quite expensive.
We have been told that a citizen of this District,
to whom a considerable amount of money was
owing, died the other day, from sudden and great
depression of spirits consequent upon hearing that
a law had been passsed repudiating all debts. We
do not vouch for the story.?Sumter News.
The Southern Methodist papers abound in
reports of large accessions to the Church in various
parts of the country. The Nashville Advocate
reports from different circuits 770; the Richmond
Advocate 1000; the St Louis Advocate 350; the
New Orleans Advocate 175.
At a Masonic Fair in Washington, recently.
pictures of Lincoln, Grant and Lee were being voted
For at a dollar a ticket The first night the votes
for Lee were nine times as many as for the others.
At one time, the discussion over Lee's superiority
was so great that it almost amounted to a riot.
A young wife remonstrated with her husband,
a dissipitated spendthrift, on his conduct. "My
love," said he, "I'm only like the prodigal son: I
ahull reform by-and-by." "And I will be like the
prodigal son. too," she replied, "for I will arise and
go to my fathers;'' and accordingly off she went.
John Smith, a second Quintus Curtius, a
citizen of Memphis, desirous of ameliorating the
condition of the streets of his native city, is reported
to have plunged headlong into the mud, leaving
only the soles of nis boots exposed, with the touching
inscription in chalk, "Who will care for mother
now."
At the late municipal election in the city of
Boston, the blacks voted tor the Democratic candidatea
This fact produced quite a sensation among
the Radical Senators. Mr. Wade, of Ohio, remarked,
that he was "cooling off towards the nig|ers^now
that they were joining with the Copper
Petitions are circulating throughout the
North for signatures, praying Congress to refrain
from the passage of an Act to curtail the national
currency, or having in view the return to specie
payments within any limited time. This movement
is in opposition to the policy of Secretary McCulloch,
who maintains that the country wants more
labor instead of more currency.
A petition is being circulated in Western
North Carolina, to be presented to Congress, praying
that the loyal citizens of that section may be
empowered to form a new State, the votes of such
Sersons only being counted in forming the new
tate Government and electing members of Congress.
If this be impracticable, they ask that the
whole State may be re-organized on a loyal basis.
The New York papers record quite a demonstration
in that city in honor to the memoir of one
Paul Drayton, the "Most Worshipfiil Past National
Grand Master of the Colored Masonic Fraternity
of the United States." At the time of his death,
which occwred at Charleston S. C., on Saturday,
the 8th ult, he was on a mission to South Carolina,
to organize Masonic Lodges among the colored peo
pit; ui luut ouitc. jLiio a^t; nil) diAi\-u>t; \cur2>.
An Act has been passed by the Georgia Legislature,
and signed by the Governor, providing
that all property of the wife at the time of her marriage,
whether real or personal, or choses in action,
shall be and remain her separate property; and
that all property given to, inherited or acquired by
the wife during coverturej shall vest in and belong
to her, and shall not be liable for the payment of
any debt, default or contract of the husband.
Petitions are being circulated in Worcester
county, Mass., and in other parts of the State,
p- praying the Legislature not to ratify the constitutional
amendment, on the ground principally of
"the danger to the liberties of the people from con- .
ceding to any State/' as is done in the second section
of the proposed amendment, "the right or 1
possibility of denying to any class of its loyal citizens
the natural right of representation, aud the
elective franchise."
Part of the Aferrimac has been raised at
Hampton Roads, and several of her great guns have
been recovered. There is a prospect of raising the
old line-of-battle ship Pninxyhania, and also the
frigate Brandy wine, burned at Gosport Navy Yard
at the breaking out of the war. The wreckers engaged
on 'the Pennsyhunui have fished up an anchor
of peculiar construction, weighing four or five
tons, which is supposed to have been lost during
the Revolutionary war.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis says, concerning her finances,
that she can see her way clear for the next
three months ? beyond that "all is dark." Having
to maintain two households, her mother and
children in Canada, and her husband and younger
children at Fortress Monroe, her expenses are necessarily
very large. Mrs. Davis says her husband
is well taken care of, but it is the Southern people
alone who keep him from starving, as he would
inevitably, if, in his delicate health, he had only
the food provided for him by the authorities.
City of Mexico correspondence, dated the 8tli
ultimo, has been received. The return of the Emperor
to the throne had been received with public
rejoicings throughout the country. His army, independent
of the French, numbered 35,0U0 men,
ana were well fed and clothed. The Imperialists say
that if they have no United States troops to contend
against they will ultimately succeed. They
desire the withdrawl of the French troops and consider
that it would be the best thing for Maximilian.
We learn that Judge Wayne, of the Supreme
Court of the United States* will, under the recent
decision of that tribunal against the right of military
commissions to try citizens not in the uiilitury or
naval sendee, issue a writ by which Dr. Mudd. one
of the assassin conspirators, will be removed from
confinement at the Dry Tortugas and brought before
a civil tribunal for trial. Similar writs may issue
in the cases of Spangler, Arnold and McLaughlin,
the other conspirators confined there.
Washingtcni Republican.
A pious old negro woman was once caught
by her master stealing a goose, and the next Sun
day she partook or the Communion, after which
her master accosted her as follows: ' "Why, Hannah,
I saw you to-day at the Communion table."
"Yes, tank de Lord, massa. I was lowed to be dere
wid de rest of his family." "But. Ilannah, I was
surprised to see you there!" he said. "IIow is it
about the goose ?" She looked a little surprised,
as if she did not comprehend the cause of his wonder,
but soon catching the meaning, exclaimed:
"Why, sar. do you think I'm goin' to let an old
goose stand between me and my Master?"
A Dublin letter to the Sunday News says
the Government officials are frequently sold dv
stories that Stephens has landed at different points
on the coast, keeping troops and gun-boats constantly
on the move. Pncenix Park, in which is situated
the Government powder magazine, has been
surrounded by heavilv-manned earth-works and
palisades. Troops are continually arriving from
England, and suspected Irish regiments arc transported
to England and the colonies. Despite the
exertions of the authorities, midnight meetings for
drill are held all over Ireland, and the people evidently
are awaiting Stephens' arrival to rise, in
spite of the great odds against them.
It is stated that John Morrisey, a gambler
and ex-pugilist, who was elected to Congress from
New \ork, at the recent election, has disposed of
his interest in his famous up-town faro banking establishment
in New York, and will for the future j (
have no pecuniary interest in the gambling transactions
ox that institution. It is intimated that he
will pursue a similar course in reference to his Saratoga
resort of a similar character. He still owns
the New York house in which the "bank" is located.
which is valued at $100,000. Mr. Morrissey
declares his intention to cease all connection directly
or indirectly with gaming or gambling establishments
of any sort, holding that such an example of
morality is due from any person holding an important
public office.
From the New York Herald we learn that
the question of the status of the Southern States
lately in rebellion is about to come before the United
States Supreme Court for decision. A man
named Jordan was recently brought before the Federal
District Court, sitting in Montgomery, Alabama,
on a charge of felony, anch having been
found guilty, was sentenced by Judge Busteed, to
twenty-one years' imprisonment. His counsel have
determined to apply to the Supreme Court for a
writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that Alabama
is not tf State, but a Territory, and as such Judge
Busteed's District Court had no legal status. Tne
matter will thus be brought fairly and squarely before
the learned^ judges of our highest judicial tri
bunal, and it they win meet ine quesuuu upciu^
and render a plain decision, we may expect a solution
of what is now a very complicated political
subject
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN'Y 3, 1867.
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THE ENQUIRER FOR 186T.
The beginning of a new year is a fitting occasion
for the inaugural of enterprise in ever}' branch of labor.
The old year, and the vicissitudes it brought
with it, are a part of the past; and by a manly
struggle for better things in a new future, we can
only hope to regain the prosperity and independence
of former days.
Imbued with such idieas, the proprietor of the
Enquirer, presents its patrons, at the beginning
of the year, ^ith the first enlarged and improved
number^ and in the more pretentious and attractive
attire it has now assumed. With the determination
to leave nothing undone, that will add to its
| usefulness, or help to ensure for it a place of interest
at every fire-side, the enterprise is begun. If
a first-class family journal is a desideratum worthy
of encouragement, our hopes of success may not
prove groundless. We are, however, fully embarked
in the design, and to the numerous friends that
welcomed the Enquirer in days of yore, we announce
that we are ready to resume our pleasant
connection, and to offer them a sheet not wanting
in any of its former attractions. To them we trust
largely for the success of the enterprise ; and to all
who are disposed to offer us a kindly greeting, we
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THE PAST YEAR.
As we have just arrived at one of those seasoas
which serve as mile-stones to mark the course of time,
it may not be amiss to cast a backward look upon
the track over which we have so recently traveled,
in order to note what progress has been made towards
regaining the former prosperity enjoyed by
our people.
The last year, at its opening, was bright with
hopes to our end of the Union. Having just emerged
from the overwhelming depression, caused by
the disastrous overthrow of the Confederacy, our
people were beginning to collect their energies to
gather the scattered fragments which remained from
the wreck. Bending to the force of stern necessity, '
they were disposed to take things as they found
them, and, though under a government from which
they had hoped to escape, to make the best of their J
situation, by an unreserved acceptance of the union 1
thus forced upon them. 1
Although the Congress then in session had mani- !
fested a disposition to take advantage of our position,
by extorting concessions that would in no oth- '
er circumstances have been allowed by us; still it *
was hoped, that an unresisting compliance with
their demands, would appease the vengeance of our '
lately reconciled enemies. But in this hope, the 1
South has been disappointed. It is now clear, that (
the policy of passively acknowledging all the claims '
of unrestrained fanaticism, and meekly inscribing '
upon our statue-books every insulting condemna- 1
tion of ourselves which it may choose to dictate, is j
not the proper way to stop its encroachments.
A wolf is not to be cured of his taste for sheep, by 1
feeding him on mutton; nor can the radical party 1
reasonably be expected to become less grasping, by 1
the undisputed possession of the South as a prey. 1
A refusal on the part of Southern legislatures to (
sanction Congressional impositions might not, it is 1
true, have entirely prevented them ; but it would *
have proved to the world that we have a will of our '
own. though not allowed to exercise it, and it would
have left us no worse off than we now are. (
As it is, the radicals have gained our official con- 1
sent to almost everything they desire, while the ;
South has obtained nothing; and Is, apparently, as
far from securing a political existence as she was a
year ago. Numerous projects have been brought 1
before Congress, with the avowed purpose of recoil- 1
structing the lost fabric of a political union, includ- 1
ing the South; but, to Southern eyes, they appear '
merely as schemes for humiliating and plundering a '
fallen enemy. We have, then, from a political point !
of view, little to find in the past year, over which to ]
rejoice. 1
But in other respects, a marked advance can be 1
observed in the position of the South. On every !
side can he seen evidences of energy and enterprise, !
really wonderful, in a people hampered by such ob- '
staeles as have surrounded us. '
Our railroads, at least, have been "reconstruc- 1
ted," and the facilities of the mails have been opened
to all places of any importance; though radical
malice has devised a formidable barrier to our com- :
plete restoration to this old-time luxury, in the form ,
of a test oath, of such intensely loyal ingredients,
that no palate, tainted with the slightest suspicion (
of rebellion, can possibly swallow it.
Cur burnt and cannon-shattered cities are begin- (
ning to rise from their ruins, and the busy hum of .
commerce is once more heard in their streets.
Our fanners have had an unfavorable year for
crops, and have had, in additiou. the annoyance of i
working with laborers over whom they have but. an <
? L* a x 1 . 1~1 1 . 1 * "I . y
impeneci cunirui, lauorers wno nopca to maKe a
share in the crop by working only when and how
they pleased. Besides these difficulties, many of i
them have had to struggle against the disadvan- ]
tages of heavy debt, and the loss of capital caused
by the emancipation of the negroes ? a loss which i
fell more directly upon the fanners than upon any
other class of our people. Yet. notwithstanding all
these disadvantages, most of them have made a
support lor the year, and we hope that better crops
will reward them for their exertions, at the close of
the next twelve months. At any rate, a vigorous ]
prosecuti. -n of the plow-handle will not injure them, i
and we trust they will not be too much discouraged
by their bad luck with this crop, to try agaiu.
The Freedman, too, has been tried ; and, though
by no means as effective as the old-fashioned "nig- <
ger,v it must be admitted that he has done a little :
better, as a general rule, than was expected of him. ;
The anticipations in which lie indulged, at the be- 1
ginning of the year, of a division of the "family'' i
estate, and a life of glorious freedom from labor, are (
gradually giving way to a clear conception of the 1
fact that he must work, if he expects to enjoy the 1
luxury of eating. That peculiar institution, the (
Freedman's Bureau, did considerable harm, for a- i
while, by offering him an asylum when out of em- S
ployment, and a precarious protection when in dis- *
pute with his employer. The unbounded confi- *
dence of freedmen, in the power and willingness of ?
the bureau to shield them in crime, brought many
of them before this incorruptible court, with cases so
clearly against them, that they almost always came
out of it losers. But the inconvenience of quitting
all other business to visit this institution, and the ;
uncertainty of getting justice, when there, induced :
many of our people to put up with many violations ;
of freedman's contracts. But this difficulty has ;
now been done away with, by the removal of such
cases from the bureau to the common courts, and a
stricter enforcement of contracts may hereafter be
expected.
On the whole, despite our exclusion from political
power, we have much in the history of the last year,
for which to thank that overruling Providence that
has so far guarded us from the malice of our enemies,
and so signally blessed the efforts of our impoverish- l
ed people to secure for themselves the ordinary com- ]
forts of life.
In conclusion, we wish our readers, one and all, a '
happy new year, and hope, at its close, to have a
brighter picture of the times to present them than
we now have.
THE PROSPECT. 1
To judge from the proceedings of Congress, that 1
body is as much averse to a restoration of the South- J
era States, as it was when it adjourned. The measures
most in favor appear to be such as will the 1
most effectually exclude the people of these States 1
from all hope of participating in the government !
In proof of this assertion, we need only cite the vote J
given in the House of Representatives, on the re- '
solution offered by Mr. Bromall, of Pennsylva- 1
nia. This resolution directed the Committee on !
Territories, to report on the expediency of preparing
territorial governments for the districts of 1
country, formerly occupied by the once existing
Southern States. This high-handed proposal, so
contrary to all the principles on which the theory (
of our government is founded, was adopted by a 1
vote of 107 ayes, to 37 nays. Nothing could have
more clearly shown the consciousness of power felt 1
by the Radical party, or their utter disregard of 1
the rights of the weaker party, than this vote. It
gives the lie to the oft repeated assertion that the
war of the two sections was carried on by the North
for the preservation of the Union; for by this ac- !
tion Congress boldly announces its intention to blot
out from the map of the Union, forever, ten States.
Indeed, the resolution assumes that the States therein
named have already ceased to exist, or, in other
words, that they have died out; and it proposes to
provide territorial governments to take the place of
the former governments, which have thus expired.
One reason, doubtless, for this summary extinction
of States, which have been treated as living,
when their consent was required for constitutional
amendments, and as dead, when that consent could
be dispensed with, is to be found in their anticipated
rejection of the universal-suffrage and generalconfession-of-sin
amendment. The executives of
the different Southern States have advised their
legislatures to refuse their sanction to it, and its ultimate
defeat is certain, if none but constitutional
means are used for its adoption. Hence, the easiest
way of carrying it through, is to take from these
States the power of opposing it by reducing them
to territories.
What effect this will have on the States thus
robbed of the last shadow of their rights, remains
to be seen. But as they have been virtually deprived
of the substance for a long time, the loss of (
the shadow cannot do them much injury.
The real danger threatened is to the North?not ,
to the South; for the tendency of all such legislation
is towards anarchy, and the North has all to
lose by the overthrow of constitutional government,
while the South has already lost about all it can lose.
The right to take from a Southern State its form of
government may not seem absurd to politicians of
the Sumner and Stevens school; but it involves a
similar right with regard to a Northern State. Let
the precedent once be established that a State can
be extinguished by Congress, and the whole fabric
of this "glorious Union" becomes a house of cards,
to be blown down by the breath of any party that
happens to have the ascendency there. JuBt at
present that party is hostile to us, but the time may
some when some other section may become the
abject of its enmity. Our country is now in a position
not unlike France after the revolution. ,
The republicans of that time began with a cor- t
iial hatred of all loyalists, and did everything in
:heir power to exterminate the latter.
After this laudable object was accomplished, they
found causes of offence with one another, the natu-al
result of which state of affairs was their cutting
jach other's throats, with as much relish as they
lad formerly shown against the common enemy.?
From one great party, overwhelming all others,
hey became a number of factions, each struggling
rir life, and from necessity, merciless to the others.
rhe tyrant of to-day, became the victim of to-mor ow;
and it was not till the strong hand of a mili- t
ary despotism grasped the reins of authority, that s
peace was restored to the unhappy country. And 1
peace, when it came, was purchased at the price 1
>f liberty. It is an old observation, that "history 1
-epeats itself." If so, is not the great republic of c
:he west about to renew the scenes of the reign of a
:error in France? i
Unless the lust for power and the thirst for blood \
developed by the Radical party be checked by some t
power outside of itself, we may yet see Sumner and 1
Stevens acting the part of Robespierre and Danton. f
rhey have the will, and the power, too, though as i
ret the occasion has not been afforded. But if the i
ruillotine must be erected in America, we of the i
South, being removed from the seat of power, can c
reasonably hope to escape its horrors. In the fierce r
contests for the master}'which may hereafter oc- t
:ur among the chiefs of rival fictions, we are of too
small consequence to be more than incidentally in- g
rolved. But the fanatical party which now exults [
in our overthrow last year, may find that victor}' J
the dearest bought triumph which any people ever rj
Achieved. Unless their strides towards irrespon- ^
sible power are checked, they will bring the coun- s
try to that state of anarchy, in which it can no f
longer remain a republic, and must submit to the a
despotism of some military adventurer. s
LITERARY EXCHANGES. v
Godey's Lady's Book.?This sterling fashion c
monthly for January, visits our table with its usual ^
share of attractiveness. Godey is one of the few r
publishers at the North, who lias steered liis sheet }
clear of politics, and sectional bitterness. The read- 1
ing matter is confined entirely to such subjects as v
offend neither the tastes nor opinions of any. As -S
a fashion sheet and a journal for the house-wife, it *
has no superior.
The January number is replete with a melange 1
of useful and ornamental subjects, and we know
enough of the character of the publisher to war- 1
rant the assertion, that the sueceding ones will not r
be deficient in this line. We will send the En- t
quirer and "Godey" for one year to single subscri- 1
hers, for $6.00 in currency. 1
Tiie Land We Love.?The publishers of this *
excellent monthly, are well fulfilling their design of I
making it the organ of the once glorious ex-Con- t
federate army. To the soldier who loves around s
the winter fireside, to' 'fight his battles o'er again,'' c
it is an ever welcome messenger. This, however, <
is not the limit of its attractiveness, for all classes of
literary society can find an entertaining leaf suited e
to their tastes and employments. Terms, $3.00 per i
per year, currency, in advance, to single subscri- ji
bers. _ _ i
Tiie Old Guard.?The enterprising publishers \
)f the New York Day Book, are issuing the e
lbove magazine, "devoted to Literature, Sience, t
ind Art, and the Political Principles of 1876 and
1787." In politics, it is a Constitutional land- r
nark, sustained with an honesty and ability, well a
leserving the support of the Southern people. We I
enow of nothing published north of the Potonac,
that so fully meets our views. It also posses;s
the attractions of a first class literaiy Magazine, I
md contains Contributioas from some of the best *
Southern writers, such as W. Gilmore Simms. j
John Esten Cooke and others. It is sent to e
tingle subscribers at $3.00 per year, currency, in b
idvance. J
LOCAL ITEMS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
National Publishing Company?Agents wanted
for the Life of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens,
Rev. R. Lathan?Langham Academy.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?$50 Reward.
Rev. A. G. Stacey?Mecklenburg Female College,
The Misses Henry?Boarding ana Day School.
Rev. W. W. Carothers?White-Oak Spring Academy.
Dr. JonnMay?A Happy New Year.
J. Banks Lyle, A. B.?Limestone Springs Male
Academy.
Mrs. C. A. Neil?School Notice.
W. I. Clawson, Assignee?Assignment of Dr. J,
B. Hunter.
8PE0IMEN 00PIES.
We send this number of the Enquirer, to s
aumber of persons who are not subscribers, witli
the desire, on our part, that they may become so.
Forward the subscription price, and the paper wil
be furnished regularly.
CHRISTMAS WEEK.
Those good old days prceeding the close of the
pear, full of sweet reflection to those who treasure
them as the anniversary of the Saviour's, Nativity
md a season of joy and gayety to the young, have
iust gone. Many incidents worthy of note had then
happening during the week; and many were thej
in this community, who, adopting the customs oi
Dlden time, were gladdened into a forgetfulness oi
its vicissitudes, and became again as little children
just learning to walk. Such, however, we leave foi
that more effective sort of lecture, that has no doubt,
already been pronounced to many of this class, under
the impressive surroundings of the curtain.?
But we suffer that article to fall over this part oi
the subject
The evening of Christmas day, was celebrated a!
the Baptist house of worship, by a collation anc
Christmas tree for the children of the Sabbat!
School The earnest efforts of the Rev. T. R.
Gaines, Pastor of the Church, in behalf of the
children of the school, were heartily responded to;
ind the occasion was one of much glee to the little
folks and their visiting friends.
A similar festivity was held at the Episcopa
Church, under the cliarge of Rev. Mr. Sams, or
the same day. We learn that this affair was equal
ly attractive in its way.
On the 27th, the Symbolic Lodge of Free Mason*
installed its officers elect, for the coming year, anc
celebrated the occasion by a collation and other ceremonies
appropriate to the Order.
On the 29th, the darkies confined in the jail,
numbering some five or six, being desirous probably
jf a little Christmas frolic, overpowered the Jailer,
and made their exit to parts unknown. Oi
the number, some four or five were confined undei
charges of felony. To these last, Christmas, nc
ioubt, brought a share of rejoicing second to thai
jnjoyed by none others.
The festivities of the week were brought to i
sharp and sudden close on Saturday, by the intense
x)ld and a fall of snow, which on Monday chauged
its shape into sleet. The Thermometer fell as lew
is 12? Fahrenheit, figures rather unusual for thif
dimate. New Year's Day has been shorn of its part
af the fun thereby; and thus, in girdles of snow and
ice, this community has dropped quietly from the
shelf of 1866, into the lap of the New Year, 1867.
MASONIC ELECTIONS.
At the last regular Convocation of Mackey Chapter,
No. 15, R. A. M., the following Companions
were elected and installed as officers for the currenl
pear:
J. R. BRATTON, M. E. II. P.
W. H. McCORKLE, 1E K.
R. M. KERR, E. S.
RICHARD HARE, C. of H.
J. L. CLARK, P. S.
R. F. CLARK. R. A. C.
P. B. DARWIN, Treasurer.
J. ED. JEFFERYS, Secretary.
J. S. LEWIS, G. M. 1st Veil
W. P. HOBBS, G. M. 2nd Veil
L. M. GRIST, G. M. 3d Veil.
L. A. JOHNSTON, Chaplain.
J. A. McLEAN, ) r,/ 7
LOUIS SMITH, \ Stewards.
A. CODY, Sentinel.
At a recent Communication of Rock Hill Lodge,
No. ?, A. F. M., the following brethren were elected
as officers for the current year:
Rev. C. S. CLINE, W. M.
Dr. J. A. WALKER, S W.
D. GORDON, J. W.
W. L. ROACH, Treasurer.
H. WHITE, Secretary.
Dr. R. H. HOPE, S D.
JOHN G. STEELE, J. D.
COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, S. C., December 28, 1866.
Since your correspondent last wrote from here,
he Legislature has adjourned, and members, judges,
olicitors and other State dignitaries, have gone
lome to enjoy the Christinas. Columbia, though
labitually sad in the midst of her ruins, has now reaxed
into loneliness. Nothing here strikes the
asual visitor so forcibly as the worn out appcarmce
of this once gay and beautiful city Even those
)ortions that Sherman's torch-brigands failed to
risit, seem to imbibe much of the sadness attached
o the vacant walls and chimneys left by the flames,
rhe air of polish and prosperity is everywhere
jone. The elegant shrubbery surrounding the resdences
still standing, shows neglect, and has grown
nto awkward untrimmed bushes; the paint and
polish is dropping from the walls of the beautiful
:ottages ; enclosures are going to decay, and the
udc hand of poverty seems to have touched everyhing
that the flames spared.
On Main Street, several pretentious business hounc
tiaro /rnne nn since the conflacrration : hut these
n the majority of cases, are built by foreigners, or
lave been reared by-the help of foreign capital.?
The temporary structures, of which a large num>cr
have been erected for business purposes, are
eattered upon the cross streets, and sometimes peer
rom the rubbish in the centre of a block. These
ire generally built of the rubbish left of former
tructures, and are rough, uncouth looking buildings,
vithout any effort at architectural beauty. In equal
entrust with the appearance of the place, is its
msiness. The railroads of which Columbia is the
lominal terminus, do not bring the share of trade
iropcrly allotted to it. This is due to the fact that
n the general destruction, the trade facilities here
vere also destroyed, and new avenues had to lie reorted
to for such of the produce of the countiy as
bnnerly found its way here. Time and the indusry
of its business inen, will perhaps repair this misbrtune.
A word or two, however, as to the finale of legisutive
proceedings. A number of measures much
leeded by the State, failed, probably from want of
ime to obtain the joint sanction of the two houses,
rhe bill to provide for the purchase of corn to supily
the deficiences of the late crops, failed in this
vay. The proper relief to be extended to the pcoile
on the debt question, also failed to obtain a uniy
of views sufficient to effect any action. The sesiion
altogether has been an important one, if we
onsider the amount of legislation, and the reforms
iffected in the laws of the State.
It is a matter of regret, that many measures necissary
to the present condition of affairs, were left
ncomplete. The tax act is a scorcher in its way,
md will, no doubt, bring a full crop of anathemas
ipon the heads of its unfortunate founders. It
ras, however, a necessity under the present crampd
shite of the finances, and the large drafts to be
nnf kir flirt
UVVVJ lug HVOdUrt>?
Wishing the Enquirer and its readers a happy
iew year?its proprietor, hosts of new subscribers
nd a pocket full of greenbacks, your correspondent
icrewith subsides into a dignified silence.
A Few Words About Physic.?It is well for
eople to know where they can purchase genuine
)rugs and Medicines. Messrs. Goodrich, Wi.neian
& Co., at their old Southern Drug House, No.
53 Meeting-street, Charleston, S, C., are old and
xperienced Druggists, and keep on hand nothing
iut reliable articles. Their stock is the most eomilete
one South of the Potomac.
" CONTRIBUTOBIAL."
BY JAJS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
[ ?
COLUMBIA, SOUTH OABOLIHA, 1ST JANUARY, 1866
One by One."
Another volume of the great library of Time ii
just completed. Upon the back it is labellet
"1866."
1 This volume of Time is filled with records, som<
of which are the Saddest that the Recording Ange
. has ever been called upon to pen. We do not pro
pose to dwell upon these dark pages, for they an
written upon all our hearts?are traced upon th<
k sensitive spirit of a great, a proud, and self-relian
, though conquered people. As one of that people
we lay our hand in silence upon our heart to re
[ press the pulse of indignation. Appomattox Cour
House and Bentonville are not suggestive of a
painful associations as are Philadelphia and Wash
ington.
' But silence becomes us welL
! Six years ago, the year 1860 was drawing to it
' close. South Carolina had just seceded. Bloo<
s in southern arteries was bounding along with a fe
' ver pulse; and our little State was ready to tab
r the field against the world, rather afraid that th<
f world would back out from the contest. She wa
f in earnest; and threw down that gauntlet ii goo<
i faith. The South was rousing herself for a gram
event; and the event did not disappoint expecta
i tions, for it came.
The last sun of 1861 set upon a defiant south ant
" a hesitating north. Blood had been shed. Th
F Mason and Slidell farce was in process, and man;
in the South expected that complications arisin,
t out of it between the United States and England
1 would soon terminate the war with our indepen
i dence.
1862 bade adieu to us with our land drenched i
- blood. Lee, victorious at Fredericksburg, wa
i looking across the Bappahanock at Burnside'
i disspirited army. The west was all wrong.
1863 rolled on in blood; and closed with an a!
I most hopeless south. Lee had been driven bac
' from Pennsylvania; and the west was going
through glorious victories, from bad to worse.
1864 closed, after the bloodiest work of' the wai
| with Lee around Richmond, Grant in his front
' and in his rear speculation and despair.
1865 left us a conquered but hoping and trustin
people; ruined, but ready to work and to take th
1 legitimate consequences of our failure.
1866 is now closing.
Those who believe in Providence have no caus
^ for despondency in contemplation of the fortune
that 1867 has in store for us: If Providence dis
1 poses of human affairs ? and who does not believ
^ that?then these fortunes of which so many com
plain are the work of His Own hands; and are a'
1 for the best
To cavil at fortune is to cavil at God.
L To say that Providence does not arrange and de
termine all things is to say that He is not God.
' This is infidelity.
^ This is atheism.
' We have too many Christian Atheists among us
1 The duties of life are before us for this cominj
year. If we go manfully to work and do our best
we have done the thing we should. If, havin,
done that, we fail, (in our sense,) that failure is sue
s cess. Let it go up to God as our record. No hu
. man agency can have a better.
1 ?.v.. rui?a
jl lie guuciai jjiuapcui'jr vi v^uiuuiuiu, is auuut tu<
same as that of other places similarly circumstan
ced. Business, at this moment is dull. Man;
stores are selling off at cost, some below cost; an*
some are closing business under assignments. These
facts reveal the true state of business amonj
us. It is flat
The legislation upon finance has embarrassed thi
money market, and the currency in general to !
damaging extent Bills Receivable and Stat
Money, together with City Issues, are not at dis
count exactly, but discussions about them are cau
tious, and holders of them are often nervous.
The holidays in the city do not look like they di<
in the days of slavery ? are not so jolly and gro
tesque. Negroes are noisier and drunker.
A large quantity of liquor has been consumed
and probably a smaller quantity of fire crackers.?
Egg-nogs prevail.
Markets have been brisk and provisions a littli
up; though meats are cheaper here than in any citi
in the United States, they who have traveled say
On Saturday, the 29th, a handsome snow com
mcnced, which continued through Sunday, vary
ing the show by a change to sleet. It wraps th<
earth like a great white mantle. Our poetica
friend, the Man about Town, suggests that it ii
the cold shroud that the Dying Year draws arounc
him that he may, like the murdered Caesar, di<
with decency; or else, it must be some nameles
garment prepared in advance for the bantling 1867
MERE-MENTION.
Thomas Whitesides, Esq., of York District, S
C., has been appointed by the Governor, Agen
for the Catawba Indians. This tribe number
some forty males. The Legislature made an ap
propriation at the late session, of $1200, for sup
plying the wants of these Indians. B. Rusl
Campbell, Esq., of Laurens, Past Grand Mastei
of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons, ha
been appointed Grand Lecturer for the State o:
South Carolina. Dr. Benj. C. Fishburn, o:
Georgetown, S. C., has been appointed Surgeor
General of the State, in the place of Dr. Rober
W. Gibbes, deceased. Miss Mary F. Hamp
ton, Gen. Wade Hampton's youngest sister, diec
recently, in Columbia. A Masonic Lodge ha
been instituted in Charleston, composed of colorec
persons. It is under the control of a Northerr
Grand Lodge. The names of the officers elect foi
the current year, appear in the Charleston News
About two hundred and fifty freedmen lefi
Charlotte, N. C., last week, for Texas. *Th(
Washington correspondent of the New York Heroic
says that the Congressional Committee in the cast
of Union soldiers murdered in South Carolina, wil
not proceed to Anderson to investigate the charge;
alleged, on the ground that they are not foundec
in fact. Miss Pauline, daughter of Col. J. D.
Ashmore, of Greenville, was burned to death neai
Bishopville, in Sumter District, on the 22nd ult
A Washington dispatch of Saturday last,
says that the Supreme Court has decided againsi
the constitutionality of the test oath. The opinior
will not be delivered for some days.
The centre of the United States is 100 miles wesl
of Fort Riley, Kansas. While a physiciar
was working over a young lady who had suddenlj
fainted in the streets of Zanesville, Ohio, it w&
found necessary to remove eleven pairs of stocking
' legs and one pair of hose before he could restore
circulation through her pedal extremities. A
clergyman in Cincinnati has preached twenty-seven
barrels full of sermons. One of the Cottor
mills in England produces eighteen miles of cloth a
day. There is one association in New York
for the advancement of science and art, and a thousand
for the advancement of immorality and crime.
Judge Bustced, of the United States District
Court at Huntsville, Alabama, has instructed
his Grand Jurv "to find true bills for treason a
gainst persons who defame the Congress of the linked
States." A French Court has decided
that the epithet "female," applied to a woman,
constitutes an insult. A boiler exploded at
Memphis, blowing tbe engineer out of sight He
will receive $15 a day from a life insurance company
until he comes down. It was recently proved,
in an arbitrated case in Patterson, that the profits
of the New Jersey Locomotive and Manufacturing
Company, for the last three years, were over $800,000.
There are now seventy-eight manufactories oi
cotton, calico and woollen goods in Georgia.
The city of Atlanta Ls laid out in the form of a circle,
to signify that it had no beginning and is to
have no end. Some negroes in Boston have
voted for the Democratic tickets. There is a great
hub-hub at the "Hub" about it, and the papers
think that a "powerful argument against the ne
-*
groraee. 'A clergyman "down East" asked a
woman whom he had baptized, as she was coming t
out of the water, how she felt in her mind, and was c
= somewhat surprised to hear her answer, "Bully 1" a
! ""Egypt has this year produced a cotton crop
estimated at $100,000,000. A scribbler says J"
life is too short to drink poor whiskey or to make j
? love to ugly women. "The abandoned infants
in New York number seven a day. An exchange {
says the number of abandoned adults is a trifle lar- i
? ger. A Scotch Earl, Lord Fife, gave Madame <3
Vestris a thousand guineas to allow a cast to be ta- c
ken of her leg; the Earl died, and his cherished leg J
2 was sold recently for half-a-crown. "The Fen- jj
2 ians in Cambridge, Mass., are so sanguine of a
1 Fenian victory in Ireland, that they have engaged li
' the City Hall for its celebration, paying the rent in a
advance. .e
fc The old pistol with which Tecumseh was killed at "
8 the battle of Tippecanoe was sold last week by auc
tion, in Wytheville, Va. "The definition of a b
savant is a man who knows all that the world si
doesn't know, and who doesn't know what all the
8 world knows. Snails, one of the principal kf
Parisian delicacies, are said to have almost supplan- *
ted frogs in that market. New York city 0
e polled almost as many votes at the last State elec- t
B tion, as the entire State of Massachusetts?only (
8 four thousand less. Some ex-slav#s of Gen. 8
j Taylor, at Newport, Ky., have recovered, through
^ rvw\t\A?fir fhnm Kw f.TlAlT* ^
- VUU WUIWj pyjA/ IVjr IA/^{ UMIbUVU VUVU1 *?V-.
r former master's will "The Rev. A. Bronson,
who died recently, is said to have preached eight a
1 thousand five hundred sermons. a
e Gov. Patton. of Alabama, is said to be in Washy
ington for the purpose of ascertaining whether his
g State will be admitted to her rights under the con|,
stitution, upon ratifying the Constitutional Amendi
ment The Supreme Court has decided that
Congress has no power to authorize the trial of a
a citizen not in the militaiy or naval service by a mils
itary court, where and while the ordinary courts
b of law are open aiftl in operation. Butler was
called on to make a speech, the other day, at Nash[.
ville. .He said he didn'tgo there to make a speech,
k "No 1" yelled a man in the crowd, "you came here
j, to steal spoons. "The President has ordered a
pardon for C. G. Memininger, the late Secretary of
. the Confederate Treasury. Nearly all the
post-offices in Texas are in charge of females. It
works so well that the males now arrive and deg
part every hour in the day. A man the othe
er day saw a flock of pigeons fly so low that he
could shake a stick at them. "The President
has pardoned Dr. S. P. Moore, late Surgeon-Gene
eral of the Confederate States. The total res
ceipts of internal revenue for the fiscal year is $161,h
037,451. The Chairman of the Committee
e on Claims, has reported adversely to the petition
of Mrs. Amelia Feaster, for property destroyed by
q Sherman in Columbia. It will be remembered by
some of our readers that she left Columbia with
Sherman's army.
EDITORIAL INKLING8.
Congress, on the 20th ultimo, adjourned until
to-day. During the interim, quite a number
of the members have been on a visit to New OrL
leans, on a "big-drunk."
The South Carolina Legislature adopted
g the report of the Committee on Federal Relations
advising the rejection of the Constitutional amendment
In the Senate the vote was unanimous.?
In the House, there was one vote in favor of the
amendment, which was given by P. J. Cooghan,
of Charleston.
y We are informed by the Charleston Courier, f
j fViaf nrouinna nslirmmmont r?f ih? Trf?onnla>.iir#> (1
_ a large majority of the members of the Senate con- |
^ stilted together as to the propriety of sending a mem- *
ber of that body to Washington, to confer with the ^
e President on the probability of the State being re- (
a stored to her place in the Union should she adopt r
e the constitutional amendment After consultation c
. it was decided that some good might arise from the jj
. pursuance of such a course, and one of their number k
was selected for the mission,
j The gentleman selected was Colonel T. C. Weath- ^
. erly, Senator from Marlboro' District, who immedi- \
ately proceeded to Washington, and sought an in- t
. terview with the President Upon his arrival he 9
found that the President was occupied in a Cabinet
meeting, and being disengaged he determined to g
2 make good use of his leisure moments, by obtaining t
^ interviews with the leading Radical members of 0
both Houses of Congress, and conversing with them I
freely upon the subject of the constitutional amend- ?
iuent, and the prospects of the admission of South
Carolina to her rights upon its adoption. Colonel 0
Weatherly succeeded in making the acquaintance n
of several of the leading Radical Senators and Rep- r
resentatives, with whom he conversed freely, and ^
was assured by them that the constitutional amend- .
ment was the ultimatum" of Congress to the South- *
' era States; that its adoption by them would remove
all obstacles to their being admitted to repre- I
sentation in Congress. J
Colonel Weatherly, however, had a subsequent
t interview with President Johnson, t .whom he had ^
s been informally deputized. The ir orview was free
. and candid, during which he expressed the hope 0
. that the Southern States would remain firm in their ci
i positions as regards the constitutional amendment, at
r and steadfastly reject it, believing it to be an ad- ^
3 vance step to the inauguration of a despotism. In ^
f doing which he said he hoped they would be guard- jj
f ed in their reasons assigned for its rejection, and 0
i avoid any language that might, by any possible ?
t means, be tortured to give offence to the opposing k
- party. # J
1 The President feels confident from a recent deci- u
3 sion given by the Supreme Court, that #e will be
1 enlaW-oKi/linff h/vlir fViof in o T1
I OUOUlXll^U YJJ tuav lan-ai/iuxug mvu^ j nuu vuuv tu ? j
i short time a returning sense of reason will point out ti
r some middle ground between the constitutional a- n
mendment, and the projected Territorial scheme, ^
t upon which our country may become united, when P
> peace will again smile upon us with all its blessings. |
I "Hermes," the Washington correspondent ii
i of the Charleston Mercury, in reference to territo- tl
1 rializing the South, says : P
3 ('The South will not be territorialized j and why ? ?
1 Not because the Constitution or the President stand
in the way; for neither of them do, but because ter
ritorialization involves the assumption by the con- ft
queror of the debts due by the South to the North g
and to foreign powers." ^
i Under the orders or Gen. Sickles, CoL Bom1
ford, commanding the U. S. Forces in North Car- g}
1 olina, recently interfered with and prevented the n
Sheriff at Raleigh, from inflicting corporeal pun- C
t ishment, on a negro who had been sentenced by
i Judge Fowle, in accordance with the laws of N. q
' Carolina. The Legislature being in session, ap- jr
J pointed a Committee to proceed to Washington and S
remonstrate against military interference in the
i enforcement of the laws of the State, in respect to tc
. corporeal punishment and the apprenticeship of k
negro children. The Committee appointed by the *
i Legislature, oonsisted of Governor Worth, ex-Gov. ^
i Swain, Chief Justice Ruflin, and Hon. Nat Boy- ^
: den. An exchange says: p
"On reaching Washington, the Commissioners tt
, had a lengthy interview with the President, who cc
. communicated to them his decision, both in regard
i to the order of General Sickles and to the intencr- te
ence of the officer of the Freedmen's Bureau in b<
' annulling articles of indenture in numerous cases h<
where colored children had been bound out cl
I On both points the President decided that the g<
officers were in error in interfering. Secretary ss
' Stanton issued instructions to General Sickles, di- bi
[ recting him to rescind his orders prohibiting the rt
: execution of judicial orders inflicting corporealpun- as
' ishment These instructions were delivered to Gov. al
Worth, to be handed to General Sickles. tc
i General Howard also issued and delivered to ti
- Governor Worth orders to his subordinate officers si
' to cease any interference with the laws of North if
Carolina, when they bear equally upon the whites tl
and blacks. # a
Judge Ruffin explained fully to General Howard tl
' the character of the law for binding out children, ol
If orphans are without any property for their sup- el
f port they are bound out by order ot the court; but ai
, children having parents Uving cannot be appren- n
' ticed except by the parents themselves. With this ai
' explanation Gen. Howard did not hesitate to issue si
1 the orders desired by the North Carolina Commis- el
sioners." K
The Richmond Times, in a recent article on
he subject of "stay-laws" and "repudiation, " gets
iff the following paragraplis. We give them as a
pecimen of vigorous language:
"The Legislature can neither nullify, repudiate
lor impair any contract of debt, private or public,
rhe stay law which they are alternately enacting
.nd repealing, is stretching almost to breaking their
K>wer over the whole subject of contracts. If the
jegislature and the State Courts were to plunge
nto the lowest depts of infamy and sanction repuliation,
an easy appeal lies under the 25th section
f the Judiciary Act from the highest Court of Ap>eals
in the State to the Supreme of the United
States, and there repudiation would be squelched
ike a rotten pumpkin.
Let, therefore, all dishonest and rascally people
jam once for all, that repudiation is not possible, g
nd that the onlv gate through which a debtor can 1
scape is yet to be provided By a general bankrupt
iw."
The following are the' 'Appropriations'' made
y the South Carolina Legislature at its recent sesion:
|
For the salary of the Governor, $3,500; Private
lecretaiy of the Governor, $1,200: Messenger of
he Governor, $1000; Contingent bund of the Excutive
Department, $25,000, subject to the draft
n?? ?j i.- 1?i?_ ii
i tuc vjrvvciuur, <tuu uu uc accuumea ior annually
o the Legislature; for rent of Governor's house in
Columbia, $300; for printing and preparing bonds,
tocks and record books, under Act of 21st Septemier,
1866, to provide for funding the interest and
irincipal of certain stocks and bonds of the State
>ast due, $1,100, to be drawn on check of the
rovernor: for printing and preparing bonds, stocks
nd record boots for funding the fire loan stock
nd bonds, authorized the present session, $800, to ,
>e drawn on checks of tne Governor: for two
watchmen for the new State House and grounds,
>900, to be drawn on draft of the State House
deeper.
For pay of the members of the Legislature, Atoraey-Gcneral
and Solicitors, during the present
ession, $27,000; for salaries of the Clerks of the
Senate and House of Representatives, $1,200 each,
ind for the services of two assistant clerks, $250
;ach; for salaries of two Messengers and two Doorkeepers,
$250 each; for Messengers of the House A
ind Senate, for extra services as mail carriers at '
ast extra session, $25; for salary of the Keeper of
,he State House and Librarian, $300; for salaries
)f the Reading Clerks of the Senate and House,
1250 each; for the services of four Engrossing
Dlerks, same pay and mileage, and $125 for services
if extra Engrossing Clerks at the present session!;
or printers of the Senate and House of Representaives
for the present session, $12,000, ana that the
lumber of copies specified m the proposals of the
printer, as accepted by the Legislature shall be j
printed and deposited in the office of the Treasurer
of the State, at Columbia, before the first day
if March next, and the amount to be paid aocordng
to the proposals, which shall be ascertained by
he Treasurer; for stationery, fuel, distributing
icts, and expenses of the election returns; to in:lude
the sums due Messengers for bringing and . i
lelivering to the Secretary of State the returns of
(lections for members of Congress, $100; for coningent
expenses of the Legislative Library, $2,000;
ItfOO for the pay and mileage of the special oomnittee
on the Bank, sitting during the recess; for
he necessary expenses incurred by the special
ailroad commission appointed at the extra session,
&353: toTheo. Stark. Keener nf the Stofe TJ?waz?
ind Librarian, $528, appropriated at the last seslion,
for arrearages of salary ; for defraying the
sxpenses of special joint committee appointed at i
ast regular session of the General Assembly to en[uire
and report as to the disposition of certain
mblic property, $300. m
For salary of Chief Justice, $3,500; for salaries 1
if ten Judges, $3,000 each; for salary of Attorneyreneral,
$1,100; for salaries of five Solicitors, $900
ach; for Clerk of Court of Appeals, who shall be
jibrarian, $800?the same to include expenses of
uel; for salary of Messenger of said Court, $200;
or purchase of books for Xibrury of Court of Apleals,
$1,000, to be drawn and expended by order
if the presiding Justice; for fire-wood and fuel for
yourt of Appeals, $50; for salary of State Reporter,
11,500; for pay,of constables and jurors, $50,000.
For salary ofTreasurer of State, $3,200, incluling
the salaries of one or more clerks; for salary of
Comptroller-General, $2,500, including clerk's salay;
to Comptroller-General, $200. for making out
opies of tax returns in 1867, ana a like sum for
ike service in 1866; for Assessor of St. Philip's and
it Michael's, for making out and affixing assessaents
of each return, $800. '
For salaries of eleven Professors in the Universiy
of South Carolina, $11,000; for Librarian of Uniereity,
who shall be Secretary of the board of Trusees,
$600, to be paid by the Treasurer of the State,
[uarterly, in advance; for repairs of University
tuildings, $2,000.
For payment of contingent accounts of the State,
137,000; for payment such claims as may be admitted
by the Legislature at it^present session, $20.00;
for education of the deaf and dumb and blina,
4000; for repairs of the buildings at Cedar Springs,
2000; forjsupport offree schools $25,000, to bedis- i
ributed on the basis of representation in the pop- I
lar branch of the General Assembly; for payment
f such other claims or demands on the State, as m
lay be allowed by the General Assembly upon the
eports of other committees, $20,000; for Lunatic
Lsylum, $8,000.
For salary and services of Secretary of State,
500; in lier of all charges against tne State for
igning commissions.
Tor maintaining and keeping open the Roper
lospital, in Charleston, $3,000, to be paid to the
leaical Society in trust for the Roper Fund.
For the support of the Catawba Indians, $1200,
) be paid to the order of the Indian Agent, and to
e expended under the direction of the Governor.
For the rent and fixtures of a house for the use
f the Court of Appeals, $300. For expenses inurred
bv Committee on Emigration, appointed
ession of 1865, $500; to be paid on draft of John A.
7agener. Chairman. For clerks of fVimmiffon
Education and Accounts, $90. For the purchase
f artificial legs for citizens of this State who have
)st theirs in the service of the country in the reent
war, $20;000. For testing in the Courts the
Dnstitutionality of the Act of Congress by which
inds have been sold in St Helena and St Luke's
'arishes, $500, to be drawn subject to the order of
ae Governor.
That the sum of $23,000 be appropriated for the
jllowing purposes: $1(1000 for permanent jail for
Lichland; $4000 do for Darlington; $ 1500, in addion
to $1000 already appropriated to build tempouy
jail for Sumter; $2500 temporary do. for ChesJ M
;rfield; $1500, in addition to $1000 already ap
ropriatedfor Barnwell; do. for Beaufort; $1000
> complete jail and court house in Lexington;
1600 for completing jail in Lancaster. For coverlg
new State House with a tin roof, $12,000. For
ie construction of a Penitentiary, $45,000, to be
aid on draft of Governor from time to time as
ime may be needed, not to be drawn until estilates
furnished and work contracted for.
Just previous to the adjournment of Congress
>r the Christmas holidays, the irrepressible Thad.
tevens presented the following plan of re-construcon.
Surely, his venom is nearly expended:
"Whereas the Confederate States have forfeited
11 their rights under the Constitution, and can be
'instated m the same only through tne action of
ongress; therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repjsentatives
of the United States of America, m
ongress assembled, That the eleven States lately
i rebellion, except Tennessee, may form valid
tate governments in the following manner: iThat
the State governments now existing defac- j]
?, though illegally formed in the midst of martial
,w, ana in many instances the constitutions were j
looted under duress, and not submitted to the
itincation of the people, and therefore not to be
eated as free republics, yet they are hereby acnowledged
as valid governments for municipal jk
uiposes until the same shall be duly altered, and 9
leir legislative and executive officers shall be re- \
jgnizea as suchSection
3. And be it fiirthpr onaMJ on?* a.
?*? JLliat tllC
in States which were lately in rebellion, and have
jen admitted to representation in Congress, shall '
old elections on the first Tuesday of May, 1867, to
loose delegates to a convention to form a State
ivernment. The convention shall consist of the
une number of members as the most numerous
ranch of the Legislature of said State before the
ibellion. It shall meet at the former capital of
lid State on the first Monday of June of said year,
112 o'clock noon, with power to adjourn from time .
i time, and shall proceed to form a State constituon,
which shall be submitted to the people at
ich time as the convention shall direct and if ratied
by a minority of legal votes, shall be declared
le constitution of the State. Congress shall elect
commission for each of said States, to consist of
iree persons, who shall select or direct the mode
f selecting the election of officers for the several
lection districts, which districts shall be the same
3 before the rebellion, unless allotted by said comlission.
The officers shall consist of one judge
ad two inspectors of elections and two clerks. The
lid officers, together with all the expenses of the
lection, shall be paid by the Unitea States, and i
lid expenses shall be repaid by said State or Ter- J
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