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t \ ^ General Forrest has filed a petition of bank- ^ ruptcy in Memphis. ?? There has been no decision rendered, as yet, 0 in the McArdle case, and the general impression is r that it will be dismissed. D It is said that more than a hundred men in t! New Nork make their living by catching rats for fc sporting purposes. o An independent candidate for sheriff in s Kentucky puts forward, as his chief claim, the fact e that he once slept with Andrew Jackson. a It is reported that the Senate Judiciary t Committee are not favorably disposed toward the ? Supreme Court bill. The committee on elections, in the Minneso- o ta Legislature, has reported favorably upon the a proposition to re-submit the negro suffrage question b to tne people. s Parker Pillsbury, the ancient abolitionist S and co-worker with Garrison and Phillips, is " stumping New Hampshire for the Democratic can- _ did&te this Bpring. The Chicago Times states that on Sunday, January 10, General Grant was shamefully drunk q on the streets of Washington, ouly being able to walk by the aid of his father-in-law, General Dent. T The President has pardoned Commodore o "Rornnn who commanded the Pensacola Navy v Yard at the beginning of the war, and who after- * wards joined the Confederacy. General Hancock has removed twelve alder- t men and assistant aldermen, in New Orleans, who u voted for a resolution in favor of military appoint- ; ments. Juries in England have some privileges not accorded to those in this country. In a recent a case, at Chester, a bill of five pounds for liquor and ' segars, consumed by the jurors, was allowed by the court The Secretary of the Treasury has directed 11 the Collectors of Customs, after cancelling cotton r exportation permits, to return them to the asses- 1 sore of the district where the permits originated, r thns preventing their use a second time. c The Lancaster Ledger learns that the South n Carolina Conference of the African M. E. Zion 0 Church, will convene at that place on the third j Wednesday in March, next, at 10 o'clock A. M., , T>- , -TV?v?.i. '< Disnop VHUIUU, U1 iicw 1VI1, ^ The number of the sovereigns of Europe is thirtv-eight, viz: Three emperors, the Sultan, , the Pope, ten kings, two queens, six grand-dukes, J? five dukes, and ten princes. The oldest of these C is the Pope, who is seventy-five. v Secretary Seward respondsto the Ohio Governor's demand for the return of papers ratifying the Constitutional Amendment, that there is no law permitting the withdrawal of any documents t' from the department at the request of an individ- g ual or State; therefore, the order ratifying, and the ^ one rescinding will both remain on file. Two Dutchmen lived close together, and ? they had been fast friends, but they tell out aud J" hated each other like Indians. One of them got " sick, and sent for his neighbor, and said: "Huds, c lam going to die?will you forgive mc?" "If a you die, 1 will," said Hans: "if you get well again, ^ the old debt will stand good." < Commissioner Rollins offered, some time a ago, a reward of $300 for such information as would Q lead to the detection of any illicit still and the conviction of the proprietors. A number of persons e have been putting up $30 stills, and then inform- 0 ing the authorities and obtaining the reward. This b is the latest fraud ou the revenue. g The Ways and Means Committee of Con- s gress has concluded to fix the tax upon chewing e and smoking tobacco at thirty-two cents per pound, j. a reduction of eight cents from the existing impost. The tobacco is to be made up for retail in one and two-ounce packages, and upon each package is to be placed tne necessary one or two cent stamp, and without this stamp the tobacco will be subject to C seizure and forfeiture. g The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, a who is also an officer in the White House, tele- b graphs the following: "General Grant has ordered J General Hancock to set aside the order re-orHancock respectfully takes exception to this, and ' telegraphs General Grant that unless the latter revokes his order, he (Hancock) must ask to be re- a, lieved from the command of the Fifth Military C District. p The attempt is to be made by Congress to adjourn in time for the members to be present at ? the Republican Convention in May next, and give them time and opportunities afterwards to make ; themselves useful in stumping the States during ^ the campaign. Some of tho members, however, u being still impressed with the notion that it is dan- tl gerous to trust the Government in the hands of the ti Executive, will oppose an adjournment. u The House of Representatives of Ohio, has j, adopted, by a strick party vote, resolutions in fa- t] vor of the repeal of the Congressional Reconstruction acts, which are declared to be subversive of s' the rights of the State, the liberty and prosperity u of the people, and of the constitutional powers of v the executive and judicial departments of the Federal Government. They also denounce, in unmeasured terms, the pending supplemental reconstruction and Supreme Court bills. The resolutions go to the Senate for concurrence. ft A Washington letter of the 11th inst. says: "General Longstreet has been the recipient of r( much attention during his visit here, both from * the army officers and the politicians. At General Grant's reception, on Wednesday night, he divided e with Sheridan the honor of being the greatest attrac- {.] tion. When his name was announced by the usher, General Grant immediately turned from the person with whom he was speaking, and met General P Longstreet half way, presented him to Mrs. Grant a with great cordiality, and remained in conversation e with him for several minutes." u A colored, delegate in the South Carolina o Convention, says the New York limes, has offered p a resolution declaring that Congress has not passed v any confiscation bill and probably will not, and the only way to procure land is to buy and pay for it. u That is sensible and creditable. The fact that it 0 was left for a colored delegate to propose such a n J-i- ? ?J ,1.., ... v.?I j ?:i ? declaration, anu mat uiiu was iuuiiu uuu; mm mi- m ling to do it, shows that all the dangers to the gov- s ernments of the Southern States are not likely to a come from the colored portiou of their population. Albert Cook, for some time a postmaster in , Illinois, gave up the situation, and by order of the 0 Department, sent all his stamps back to Washington. He received notice of their arrival there, j, but that the amount was eight cents short. Last * week a suit was instituted against Cook and his v sureties for the missing amount, the knowledge of p which reached Cook through the newspapers, jHe confessed judgement, paid $15 in costs and nine cents to Uncle Sam, and the matter was settled. It is doubtful if there is, in the annals of the government, a stronger proof of the vigilant , and vigorous collection of revenues. * At New Paris, Ohio, the other day, a num- ? ber of ladies determined to avail themselves of their s "leap year" privileges by getting up a "surprise t party" and calling upon a couple of gentlemen p who had recently established a whiskey shop in the town. Armed with their knitting-work, the party v marched to the saloon, helped themselves to seats, made themselves as comfortable as possible, and staid tiU night. Next morning the same party 1 called again, remained throughout the day, were * reinforced by a strong company of recruits toward t nightfall, and did not depart till 9 o'clock. The s disgusted publicans, swearing that "not a man r came in" during the two days, quietly pulled up stakes, packed up their unsold rum, and evacuated r the town without waiting for a third visit t A certain doctor, when called to children, ? no matter what might be the symptoms, always a prescribed for one and the same malady?worms, t Being summoned one day to the bedside of a little c boy, he gravely sat down, and having felt the pa- t .. i-. ? ?i? 1 liem S {>UiSe, 1UUKCU up ?iaycijr luiuugii aiio o|7tvtacles, and said to the mother in a solemn tone, . "worms, madam ; worms." To which the mother responded, "I tell you, doctor, the boy hain't got 1 a single worm, lie stumbled over a stick of wood ' and broke his leg, and I want it set quick." The 1 doctor, not at all nonplussed, but still determined J to vindicate his theory, nut on a very solemn look t as he said, "worms, mauam, I assure you?worms c in the wood!" The day after the passage, in the House, of the four Reconstruction or Dictatorship bills, the j correspondent of the New York Times asked one of its especial champions how on earth a body, ^ hitherto accredited sane, had decided on such a step? "Well," said he, "it won't do any barm, i It won't pass the Senate. We didn't intend it 4 should. All we wanted was to show these fellows c down South what wc might do if they didn't be- r have themselves; and we wanted to warn Hancock c and Andy Johnson that they must keep straight." a "he same day Senator Wilson said to a friend thai e "guessed the oassage of the bill through the louse would do all that was wanted, and it coulc ang up in the Senate for awhile, anyhow." In New York State, the. Hudson river rail ray has always been regarded as to all appearan cs a most dangerous line. On 144 miles of thii oad there are one hundred and forty-seven flag aen and signal men, whose.sole duty is to see tha bere are no obstructions of any kind to rende: ravel dangerous, and to display signals of safet] r danger to every passing train. After the pas age of each train, by day and night, men wall very rod of the track, inspecting every rail, cbaii ,od tie, and informing the signal men if there ii ny necessity for.stopping the next train. Of mon han three millions of passengers carried during ist year, not one was killed. Here is a method o >rotccting travellers, which might be imitated 01 ther roads, and by which many of the lives tha re annually lost, on our American railways, migh e saved. IJotMle (Shtquiw. YOKKVlLLlii, S. u.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 20, 1868 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha ur terms for subscription, advertising and job fork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi ation of the time for which payment has beei nade. A Subscriber finding a (&) cross-mark oi he wrapper or margin of his paper, will under tand that tho time paid for has expired. NO BONDS FOR STATE OFFICERS. On Friday last the Convention refused to anient n article of the Constitution, now in course of e ection, requiring the legislature to provide, by law or the bonds to be given by State officers. Thi dea is an important one, and it is well that tin nembers of the Convention remembered itin time Ls a large number of offices will be created in th? lew government of South Carolina, somebody, o ourse, must be patriotic enough to fill thern. Th< nembers-of this body expect to take a large shari f this public labor upon themselves when thi ime arrives, and as many of them stand rathe iw in cash assets, they do not wish to be embar assed by the trouble of giving official bonds witl ureties, when they enter into office. That was i lappy thought, of somebody, and the action of thi Convention will save the coming office holders i ast deal of trouble. NO MORE DISTRICTS. The Convention, now sitting in Charleston, sayi hat we are no longer to have Districts, or "Dee tricts," as the reconstructed term them, in thi; itate, but must hereafter conform to the usage o ur neighbors, in applying the term county to thi adicial divisions of the State. It may be that thi ifficultics experienced by a large class of new-madi itizens, many of whom arc in the Convention, ii rriving at a correct pronunciation of the word Dis rict, has something to do with the proposed change Anybody can pronounce county correctly. It mai lso be that the Convention will so simplify thi ther hard words in the dictionary, and knowl dge generally, that hereafter we will have no rffcec f schools to teach orthography, arithmetic, &c. ut that each individual can make laws, preach th< /xnnlifirtd tmnn Bit uspuij uuu uc quanuuu jvi uuicuj ujvivy u|/vu *? > tock of original wit. Iw/e Cooghlan's resolutior xpuDging the words "nigger," "negro" and "yan ee" from the English vocabulary. IMPEACHMENT KILLED AGAIN. The efforts of members of the Reconstructior lonimittce, to present articles of impeachment a ainst the President, a second time, has met witl: n adverse fate. Ouly three out of the nine memers of that Committee favored the resolution, 'he matter will no doubt come up before the Houst be members of that body will let the matter drop gain, as it did last fall, when a majority of the lommittee having the matter under control, reorted favorably upon the question. That the President is very much in the way oi longrcss in its grasp after power, is evident. He i the great obstacle to Congressional Reconstruc on; or, in other words, the great enemy to the nconstitutional efforts of Congress, to radicalize be Southern States. Its only escape from this rouble is either to remove Mr. Johnson, or sc tuzzle the Supreme Court as to leave it harmles* 1 opposing their schemes. As the first part ol be programme has failed, we may now look foi peedy action on the Supreme Court bill, new voluies of Reconstruction Acts, and extra negro con entions ad libitum. A. WALLACE THOMSON, ESQ. The many friends and time-honored acquaintnces of the gentleman whose name heads this rticle, will be pained to learn of his death, at hit jsidcncc in Unionville, S. C., on Tuesday, th< 1th instant, after a short illness. Mr. Thomson was, perhaps, with one or twe ?/?Aw*!/xr\i3 r\rqoh'fir?n<ir fit tVio kqp ir bUb VJUVOU p uvvtviwuv* %?%. ?i?v liis State. Ho was admitted to practice in 1810. nd since that time has remained steadily at bit rofession, until death released him from his toil t this ripe old age. He possessed a sound anc mincntly practical mind, and in the prime of hi: lanhood, held a high position as one of the lega rnamcnts of the State. His fame was not of tin resent, but a past age. He was cotcmporarj rith many of those great legal minds, whose lustre i yet reflected over the history of the judicature f our State; and to him, as much as to any othei lember of the legal profession, off the bench, are rc indebted for the laws of South Carolina, as con trued by the Courts. His name is in every lav nd Equity Report, from 1820 to the present time, Some two years since, Mr. Thomson made i irolession of religion, and became a useful menibei f the M. E. Church, in his native town. For the last two or three years it was apparent to hi: riends that old age was pressing heavily upon hi.* igorous frame, and that the days of his iuanlj rime had passed away forever. May he rest ir eace. * THE ALABAMA ELECTION. The grand election in Alabama, on the ratifica ion of the Reconstruction Constitution, which be an on the 4th and lasted for four days, has, ii ccms, ended in a defeat of the Constitution, anc he probable loss of that precious piece of politica ihilosophy, to Alabama and the world. # . The northern people, as represented in Congress rill, no doubt, grow furious over the obstinacy o hese Alabama rebels, in refusing to accept fo: heir government, that wise, beneficent, and hu nane instrument, concocted by the negroes am heir white allies, which was to guide the Ship o State into the arms of radicalism, and under thi olds of the Union. The matter will no doubt fo nade to appear incomprehensible, except upoi he ground that the State of Alabama is still wa ;ing a war against the government, and refuse ill overtures of re-instatement to her rights undo he Constitution. The act will afford anothe ount in the indictment against the Southern pco )le as obstinate and intractable rebels. Although defeated under the plain provisions o he Reconstruction Acts, Congress will no doub ind means to declare the Constitution adopted md Alabama will go into the Union in a few week >y some sort of Congressional hocus pocus that w enow not of now; and against the wishes of th najority of tire legalized voters of that State. W ihall see. To show the character of the instrument the peo ale of Alabama were called to vote upon, the fol owing specimen, in the shape of a test oath fo roters, is sufficient : "I do swear that I will accept the civil andpolit cal equality of all men, and agree not to attemp o deprive any person or persons, on account ofrac olor or previous condition; of any political or civi ight, privilege or immunity enjoved by any othe, lass of men; and fur thermore, tnat I will not ii ny way, injure, or countenance ia others, any at t tempt to injure any person or persons on account g 5 of past or present support of the Government of a I the United States, the laws of the United States, ^ or the principle of political or civil equality of all men, or tor affiliation with any political party.'1 J : CONGRESSIONAL. h 3 The Senate, on the 7th instant, passed the Sup- v t plemental Tenure of Office Bill, which is another r blow at the prerogative of the President It pro1 hibits the appointment of any special agent of any ~ Bureau or Department of the Government, unless ( i by an Act specifying the duty and pay of such 1 3 agent, with certain exceptions named in the bill. h i On the 8th, the Reconstruction Committee a- t >. greed to report a bill to remove the political disa- t 1 bilities of Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, and ext Gov. Holden, of North Carolina; and General 1, t Lonostreet. t In the Mouse, on the nth, tne con-esponaence ? - between Grant and the President, which had been r called for by a previous resolution was read, and 1 also accompanying papers from Cabinet officers. c : The House, on the 13th, was engaged in discus- > sing the bill defining the rights of American citizens abroad. The bill was finally referred to a c Committee. The claim of Brown, of Kentucky, s : (Democrat) to a seat in the House was finally dis- t t posed of negatively. On the I4th, the Senate passed a bill regulating . the manner of filling vacancies in office, (another ^ a blow at the President) It allows the President to r ^ fill vacancies by special appointment in cases of * sickness or death, for periods of ton days. 6 : The House adopted a resolution taring United 1 States bonds 2 per cent ^ 1 In the Reconstruction Committee, on the 13th, > . Thad Stevens presented resolutions impeaching < , the President for high crimes and misdemeanors. c s They were tabled, in Committee, by a vote of six to { e three. > ? e g THE NEW CONSTITUTION. r f The Convention now sitting in Charleston is the t ? sixth representative body that has assembled in t g this State, in the last two hundred years, to estabg lish a form" of government The celebrated John i r Locke, was the author of the first Constitution for t u the colony, prepared about 1664, and put into ef- a i feet about ten years later. Locke's theory of gov- c x ernment appears to have been a sort of cross be- ( 3 tween an aristocracy and republio, and only had a 3 i brief and sickly existence. Long before it was j formally abolished, it had ceased to be regarded as of binding force upon the Colony. c In 1719 this regal form of government, under the i 9 Lord's proprietors, was abolished by a bloodless [ ? i . - : J Li- .1 -c - revolution, DUt Willi a CUUSIUurauie nuuir Ui Tiu3 lcnce. Johnson, the proprietary Governor, was r f removed, and Jame$ Moore was elected by a I i Convention of the people, and regularly installed t ? in office at Charleston, December 1719. He was t 3 the first Royal Governor of the Province, holding c i a commission subject to the King of Great Britain, a - Previous Governors were appointed by the Lords t . Proprietors, who were owners of the Sbil by a d ; charter from the Crown, and who claimed the right e j to govern the people as they willed. In 1776, the Colony, by gradual and scarcely per1 ceptible steps, had been led into the revolt against f ; Great Britain; and throwing off its allegiance to ii that power, an electoral legislative counsel was con- b 3 voked, and John Rutledge elected President and t i Governor of the new State, and Henry Laurens, - Vice-President. A temporary Constitution was framed, which existed with but little alteration un- v til 1778, when a new Constitution was formed. The * ratification of the Constitution of the United States i adopted in 1787, required some changes in that of * South Carolina, and a Convention was called for 0 i this purpose in 1790, which adopted anothersuited r to the new order of things. The seac of Govern- c , incut was then removed from Charleston to Coi lurnbia. P In 1861, another Convention of the people was I ? conform to the condition of affairs existing, in con- ^ i sequence of the secession of the State. In 1865, another Convention was called, under the proclamation of B. F. Perry, Provisional r Governor, and a new Constitution adopted, inau- s i gurating a different principle of representation. v And lastly, the present Constitutional Conven- C ; tion, "so-called," is hammering away at a new in- n ; strument, and will, no doubt, eclipse the wisdom t 5 of its predecessors in framing a paper for the ship t > of State to steer by, for another brief period. ^ i Ramsay, the historian, thus classiSes the govF ernments of South Carolina, as a Colony and State, r up to 1808: ? "The Government of South Carolina has been - one proprietary, two regal, three representative. ? One by committees and congresses, or conventions s of the people; two by the constitution of 1776 ; C three by that of 1778; four by that of 1790. Be- ti sides these domestic changes, South Carolina, as 0 " one of the United States, was succe&rively subject ^ i to a congress with advisory powers from 1774 to i 1781?to the confederation from 1781 to 1789?to c . the constitution of the United States from 1789 to a the present time." . f . I ' WHAT THE CONVENTIONS ARE DOING. 0 SOUTH CAROLINA. tl , The South Carolina Convention is hammering , away, with a will, at the new Constitution. It 11 I blows hot one day and cold the next,. bounding 8 5 with wonderful alacrity from Conservatism to RadI icalism That part of the Constitution designated v , as the "Bill of Rights," and embracing forty-three lj r sections, has passed to a third reading; and ten ^ } sections of the "Legislative. Department" have 0 1 reached the same stage of progress. One of the v , sections adopted recognizes "common, public and , political equality, without distinction of race or p [ color." A resolution has been passed requesting ? . General Canby to abolish the District Courts. NORTH CAROLINA. g t The Convention has adopted a report in favor of 8 f applying to Congress for the removal of the disa, bilities of all who fayor and support the Congres. sional reconstruction policy. ? ; Resolutions making negroes or persons unable r to read or write inelligible to the office of Governor T j or other Executive offices, were promptly voted 8 down. ' A proposition to organize blacks and whites into J separate militia companies, with officers of their - own color, shared the same fate. 8 The proper Committee has been instructed to ? t introduce a measure abolishing all distinctions be1 tweeu the courts of law and equity. ' 1 In Committee of the "Whole, the Convention in- * structed the committee to report in favor of elect, ing the Supreme and Superior Court Judges by j f the people. * t r A section of the Constitution has been adopted g - abolishing any property qualification for office; and t 1 an ordinance allowing any man to practice law, 11 f who can prove a good moral character and pay the * e tax fee. E rtAntTAnfJnn linttinrr Ifltri'nrl O iov in rvmr nv. ? JL 111/ tUUVUllUUII UUTlUg IV f 1VU I* WIA VV VA [i pcnscs, Gen. Canby has ordered the State Treas- 1 - urcr to honor the drafts of the President of the , s convention. The order, it is understood, will be r obeyed. j. r GEORGIA. . j '* The report of the Committee on the Executive i: Department, which fixes the Governor's term at I f. four years, and requires a residence of ten years as f t a qualification, was adopted. : , A tax of one-tenth of one per cent,, on all taxa- t s Lie property, to defray the expenses of the conven- a e tion, has been imposed. e A proposition to disfranchise, until January 1, d e 1869, all who cannot register under the Sherman t Reconstruction Act, was defeated by the adoption >- of a substitute which disfranchises only those con- ( - victed of treason, embezzlement of the publicfunds, p r malfeasance in office, crimes punishable by law by 0 imprisonment in the penitentiary, &c., of bribery, o - and idiots and the insane. Yeas, one hundred and a t fourteen ; nays, sixteen, four-fifths of the negroes a ^ voting in the affirmative. a r The adopted report on the franchiije, recognizes f< i no distinction between the races, and provides that t< all voters shall have paid their taxes, If challen- d ed, they shall make oath that their votes are not ca ffected by any reward received or expected, and g: bat they have not given.or promised any reward, tl r made any threat to prevent any one from voting. t Aaron AlpeoriJ Bradley, a negro-lawyer, who lails from Massachusetts, and misrepresents Sa- al aDnah, has been expelled from the Convention, ?' ar gross insults offered the body. VIRGINIA. tj The Convention has adopted a section of the k Constitution requiring the Secretary of State, tl >easurer and Auditor, to be elected by the Legis- 7* iture. A section was also adopted, providing for ? he creation of bureaus of agriculture and immigra- j ion. J The Judiciary Committee have reported adverse- al y to a resolution for sealing debts, contracted prior b; o April, 1865, at twenty-five cents on the dollar, ^ ,nd another declaring all debts prior to that date mil and void. The report also takes the ground hat debts contracted for the purchase of slaves d annot be set aside. The report was adopted by a rote of 72 to 6. gj fl..* toofl MTvnrl/>r1 in faimr XliC U UUlWOlJf UVUlUlIKVbV UM? w iv^wi wv.M.M, v* 7 >f exempting property to the value of $1200 from u eizure for debts, contracted after tbe ratification of a he constitution. n FLORIDA. ? The Florida Convention is still in a ferment? ^ [*he cause of tbe difficulties seem to be that the p najority refuse to recognize the acts of tbe minori- it y, or admit British subjects or non-residents to S ieats in the convention. The majority consists of our negroes and twenty-one whites, all eligible. Hie minority numbers twenty-one, of which there s one a colored British subject, three non-resi- it lents, and the balance are negroes. The Presi- q lent of the Convention, and the Chairman of the K committee of Eligibility and Elections, are inclu- P led in the minority. Tbe President rules thatforligners and non-residents are eligible to seats, and a1 cfuses an appeal from his decision without a twohirds vote, which enables the minority to govern it he convention. , ^ On the 11th, the majority convention, held a g neeting, entered a protest against the action of he miuority, deposed thePresidentfrom the chair, b .nd organized entirely anew. The next day an or- a* linance was passed to pay the expenses of the " Convention by issuing bonds to the amount of 9! 515,000, of which $13,000 was token by the supjorters of the Convention. . . ^ A resolution was passed expunging all the re- h ords of the Convention (minority) since the 8th d nstant, except the stated fact that no quorum was n iresent ; 0 A dispatch, dated the 14th, says: "The excite- a nent among the delegates of the convention has . >een intense for the past twenty-four hours, and ?. here are serious apprehensions of a collision beween the Billings faction and the majority of the n onvention. The former had a meeting to night, n< nd the civil authorities aud the military are pro- ^ ecting the capital from the possibility of a violent lemonstration. The convention had twenty-eight n aembers present to-day." MISSISSIPPI. TV,., nMMuuIiniTii r>f fLa TVTiaoiauinn? rirvnvpnt.irm I JL pi UVCVUIIJgP y* WHV fjf * V- * W??W ? iresent nothing of general iuterest. A resolution 81 itroduced last week that the per diem of the mem- 81 era should cease after forty-five days, was laid on T he table. . LOUISIANA. The Convention has adopted an ordinance proiding for election and ratification of the constitu- a! ion immediately after the adjournment, leaving J he date blank. Another ordinance provides that he election of State, judicial, municipaland parish fficcrs, State Legislature and Congressional Repesentatives, be held at. the same time as the ratifi- ^ ation of the constitution. ^ A resolution has been adopted asking for theap- ^ ointment of G en. Mower, to command the Fifth )istrict, in case Gen. Hancock was removed. The ^ > i '! ? 11 0 substitute General"Sheridan for Mower. The Convention has been in session seventy-days. ^ arkansas. The Arkansas Convention has adopted a Con- 0 titution by a vote of 45 to 21. Nine Radicals who u rcre not satisfied with the bantling, bolted. The f Constitution enfranchises females and negroes, and c uakes them competent as jurors. It disfranchises ai hose disfranchised by the Reconstruction acts, and hose voting against the constitution. , ? ? ^ rHE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL GRANT, cl Last week, we briefly adverted to the quarrel betveen the President and General Grant, caused 8' y the action of the latter, in giving up the control ei f the War Office to Stanton, in violation, it is ^ aid, of an understanding had between them, that a Irant was to refuse possession of the office after he Senate resolution, and offers the President an 1E pportunity to test the legality of such measures 01 efore the Supreme Court Shortly after this oc- w orrence, the President gave General Grant verb- 81 1 instructions not to obey any order emanating " rom Stanton, as Secretary of War, as he, the P1 'resident, did not recognize him as such. Grant, a n the 28th ultimo, writes to the President asking 81 hat his orders he made in writing, and says: "I am compelled to ask the instructions in wri- p< ing, in consequence of the many gross misrepre- & eutations affecting my personal honor, circulated tl hrough the press for the last fortnight, purport- 0f ig to come from the President, of conversations rnich occurred either with the President private7 in his office, or in?cabinet meeting. What is rritten admits of no misunderstanding. In view ?' f the misrepresentations referred to, it will be rell to state the facts in the case." is He then goes on to state what the "gross mis- Pi Bpresentations" consisted in, and denies that he ^ ver gave any promise to hold on to the office of p, lecretary of War against Stanton's claims, or to ivc the President due notice in case he decided to tb ct otherwise, in order that his place might be lied by some one who would act conformably to pi he wishes of the President. His letter also con- ^ ains a statement of what conversation occurred tl, etween them on the Saturday previous to Stan- p< on's re-instatement on Tuesday following, and ar Iso, as to what transpired in cabinet meeting on ^ Vednesday afterwards. The newspapers had retorted that at this cabinet meeting, the President ad put some direct questions to Grant, on the ? ubject of the understanding had between them, ty nd that Grant had evaded the issue, and con- d< jssed in part, and-denied in part, the substance of It he allegations. In this letter, Grant gives a dif- lo Brent version of the substance of the Cabinet conerence. He concludes, however, by saying: "I in no wise admitted the correctness of the }j( Resident's statement of our conversations, though jD o soften the evident contradiction my statement g, ;ave, I said (alluding to our first conversation on 8t he subject) the President might have understood w r>a TTTAt. nftmfllt*. that. T bnd rirnmiond o UV, VI1W nuj ng caiuj , ??- - ?? ^?w4h*wvM 01 o resign if I did not resist the re-instatement I w nade no such promise." CI Next follows a memorandum from the President, tx a writing, instructing Grant not to recognize any tl irder from Stanton. Grant replies, Jatiuaiy te 10th, saying: w "I am informed by the Secretary of War that he ^ tas not received from the Executive any order or nstructions limiting or impairing his authority to ssue orders to the army, as has heretofore been his a practice under the law and the customs of the De- w >artment While this authority to the War De- u, >artment is not countermanded, it will be satisfac- w ory evidence to me that any orders issued from 01 he War Department, by direction of the President, st re authorized by the Executive." Thus evincing a determination to disobey the or- tr lers of the President as Commander-in-chief of w he army. di On the 31st January, the President replies to J rant's letter at some length, going fully into the ^ particulars of the understanding had concerning ^ Grant's retaining possession of the war office in w pposition to Stanton's claims, or to give reason- si ble notice of any intention to the contrary; and lso that during the Saturday's conversation before cc lluded to, Grant agreed to call again on Monday allowing, and give the President a final answer as ) what course he would adopt, so as to allow suffi- ] ient time for other arrangements to be made, in to ise Grant did not wish to become a party to led proceedings in testing the constitutionality of 10 measures of Congress. In writing of this matir, the President says: * "Other conversations upon the subject ensued, jp 1 of them having, on my part, the same object, id leading to the same conclusion as the first It not necessary, however, to refer to any of them B rccpting that of Saturday, the 11th instant menoned in your communication. As it was then nown that the Senate had proceeded to consider le case of Mr. Stanton, I was anxious to learn q 3ur determination. After a protracted interview, uring which the provisions of theTenure-of-office t ill were fully discussed, you said that as had been ip-eed upon in our first conference, you would eith: return the office to my possession in time to enble mo to appoint a successor before final action y the Senate upon Mr. Stanton's suspension, or ould remain as its head, awaiting a decision of I le question by judicial proceedings. ^ In reference to the Cabinet meeting of Wednes- t, ay following, the letter says: h In the presence of the Cabinet I asked you u First If, in a conversation which took place lortly after your appointment as Secretary of Par, ad interim, you did not agree either to relain at the head of the War Department, and bide any judicial proceedings that might follow on-concurrence by the Senate in Mr. Stanton's aspension ? Or, should you wish not to becomo jvolved in such a controversy, to put me in the b ime position with respect to the office as I occu- j, ied previous to your appointment, by returning to me in time to anticipate such action by the enate? y This you admitted. c Second. I then asked yon if, at the conference c a the preceeding Saturday I had not, to avoid lisunderstanding, requested you to state what you itended to do; and further, if in reply to that inuiry, you had not referred to our former conver- v itions saying that from them I understood your osition, and that your action would be consistent ? ith the understanding which had been reached. 8 To these questions you also replied in the affirm- o tive. I Third. I next asked if at the conclusion of our iterview on Saturday, it was not understood that / e were to have another conference on Monday be- V >re final action by the Senate in the case of Mr. = tanton. You replied that such was the understanding, r ut that you did not suppose that the Senate would C 3t so soon ; that on Monday you had been engaged i i a conference with General Sherman, and were J icupied with "many little matters," and asked if fen. Sherman had not called on that day ? What devancy General Sherman's visit to me on Man- ll ay had with the purpose for which you were to 8 ave called, I am at loss to perceive, as he certainly id not inform me whether you had determined to a stain possession of the office or to afford me an j pportunity to appoiut a successor in advance of j ny attempted reinstatement of Mr. Stanton." Grant, replies under date of February 3d, and baracterizes the Presidents letter as a "reitera- c on (but more in detail) of the many aud gross 8 lisrepresentations" of the facts, &c., denies his a Emissions of certain statements at the Cabinet 0 leetings, and is surprised that members of the * labinet should understand the occurrences of that v leeting in the way that the President relates the 1 latter; and appeals to the law in vindication of is course. ' o The President, in his reply, on the 10th instant, 1< ims up the statements in Grant's several letters, v nd in a scorching criticism of his motives, con- ii icts him, upon his own written* statements, of I uplicity, deception and insubordination. The p itter is a dignified, plain, and pointed document e one in the President's best style, and in substance, I 3 well as in fact, closes the coutrovcrsv, for it saves nothing else to be said on either side, f; Lccompanying it, are the letters of the five Cabi- 0 et officers who were present at the last interview, 0 iz: Seward, Wells, Browning, Randall jj nd McCcllougii, all confirming, more or less 0 istinctly, the assertions of the President as to t Grant's admission of the propositions stated in t' abinet meeting, and as given in the President's c ublished communication. & Grant, not satisfied, but evidently alarmed at fl ie tai&rgg ui iinuuuruiuauuu, anu me wnuro 1 lace him in that attitude, responds immediately, nd disavows any intention to disobey the orders j f the President, as intimated in his note of Janary 30th. ' This correspondence is too voluminous to lay be- ^ >re our readers in full; but its high importance, nd the intense excitement it has produced through- ( ut the countrj', warrants us in presenting this ex- ' mded synopsis of its contents. Its results have een to commit (iRANT unequivocally to the radilis; to raise anew the old threat of impeachment, ^ vhich will probably end in a little vaporing); to low to the country that Mr. Johnson, when the nergency requires, is capable of taking care of ^ imsolf, aud to show up the logic and morality of ^ high military official in no very enviable attitude. A further and still more deplorable result of this abroglio, is the pitiable attitude to which the , ice proud American Government has descendedn hen the President of the nation is accused, by a . ibordinate officer, of false statements; and when 15 lese accusations are at the instance of a rabid irty faction, bandied over the country in written P immunications, and made a subject for Congres- " onal investigation. The high office of President * is, hitherto, been sufficient of itself to protect the " irson holding it, from such insults, whether cause ei r them existed or not, and so would it be now, if y< le party in power had any respect for the interests ^ the country, and the honor of the American ' ;ople.\ " As the finale of this matter, the correspondent * the Baltimore Gazette says: ^ "An ex-member of Congress from Illinois, who now here, and who has been a friend and com- P inion of Grant's from boyhood, had a long-inter- si ew with the General a few evenings since, and ? arned from him that he blames his pretended n( ilitical friends for all his embarrassments. , He said thut he had endeavored to keep out of leir meshes, but that they had entrapped him P; ;fore he knew it, and had involved him in his p resent difficulties. If, said the General, I can 0 lly manage to get out of this scrape, I promise ^ icy don't catch me again. During the recital of * ie manner in which he had been over-reached by iliticians, the General exhibited a deep feeling, w id left the impression on the mind of nis friend ri int he would wipe his hands of Radicalism." ol Poor Grant! "Bottled up" at last! ol ? la Arkansas.?This State has outstripped all the w Rebel" States in the promptness of its action on jt ie Constitution. Such dispatch in action upon a , icumcnt of such a nature is without example. ; went through at lightning speed. It was swai- Id wed whole without even printing it. G This Arkansas Constitution must be radical e- a jugh for anybody in this nation. It beats Sum- ft ;r. since it enfranchises women, towards whom t a has not been, and especially is not now, at all dined. It is a remarkable fact that although the " outh has ever set its face against all the mon- L rous innovations?social, moral, and political? lo hich have been born at the North, a Southern k, tate is tie first to confer the right of voting upon K omen. The fact is a glaring illustration of the ying outrage by which the governing power has jen wrested from the hands of the only class worly to govern. Of course Arkansas will be admitid. It is a matter of no concern at Washington ^ hat sort of abomination any constitution may st mtain so it enables negroes to vote the Radical ai cket. w How to get Sleep.?This is, to many persons, jl matter of high importance. Nervous persons, A ho arc troubled with wakefulness and excitability, P sually have strong tendency of blood on the brain, ith cold extremities. The pressure of the blooa j8 1 the brain keeps it in a stimulated or wakeful t( ate, and the pulsations in the head are often , linful. Let such rise and chafe the body and ex- r! cmities with a brush or towel, or rub smartly b ith the hands, to promote circulation, and with- a raw the excessive amount of blood from the h rain,' and they will fall asleep in a few moments. a, . cold bath, or a sponge bath and rubbing, or a i Dod run, or a rapid walk in the open air; of going p! p or down stairs a few times just before retiring, a ill aid in equalizing circulation and promoting d< eep. These rules are simple and easjr of applicaon in castle or cabin, and may minister to the tc imfoit of thousands who would freely expend j oney for an anodyne to promote "nature's sweet storer, balmy sleep.'' ai > ? > m tgL "Bills Receivable" are selling in Charlesn, at 45 cents for a dollar. tL LOCAL ITEMS; HEW ADVERTI8EHEHT8. . C. Harris, O. Y, D.?Citation?Mary Rhea, Applicant?Alexander Rhea, deceased. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?In the Court of Ordinary?Notice to the absent heirs of Margaret l5owdle, deceased. C. Hurris, O. Y. D.?In the Court of Ordinary?Notice to the absent heirs of Benjamin Dowdle, deceased. '. S. Jefferys and W. B. Metts, Assignees?In Bankruptcy?In tho matter of W. J. Bowen. '. 8. Jefferys and W. B. Metts, Assignees?In Bankruptcy?In the matter of W. 8. Dunlop. '. S. Jefferys and James Mason, Assignees?In Bankruptcy?In the matter of W. L. Hopson. HAH FAILURES. Owing to an aocident on the King's Mountain tail Road, last Friday, by which the locomotive ras badly damaged, we have not had the regular rain to Chester since that time, and consequently ave failed to get our mails promptly. We are nable, therefore, to present the current news of s late dates as in our usual issues. * RETURH DAtT Saturday next will be tbe Return day for the ipring Term of the Circuit Court. The Term of the Court will not, it is understood, e held on the 2d Monday of March as usual, owag to the fact that there is no Judge for this ciruit Judge Aldrich being suspended, leaves a acancy on the bench, and consequently, one cir ait mast remain unattended until a special Term an be held. WHO OA5 BEAT IT? Mr. Wsr. Y. Jones has handed us a vegetable ronder in the shape of a turnip, grown upon his ilace, near Bethesda in this District The sample landed us weighs ten pounds, and is only One out f a patch full of the same sort Can any other )istrict beat York on the turnip question? COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTOBIAL BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. PLUMB IA. SOUTH OAROLUTA, 17TH FEBBPAET.1868. Lt the University. We presume Dr. LaBorde's lecture on Sir Waler Scott, will come off on Thursday, the 20th intant; and Dr. Darby's on the 27th. The examination dosed on Monday, the 17th; nd the new semi-annual session begins the same iay. . . English. . < A daily paper of Charleston sayB: "Three young olored scamps, aged about fifteen, on yesterday, tole some shoes,'' etc. The on before yesterday is n affectation, and should be omitted. Without n the sentence is English; with it, it is, to say he least, questionable. The syntax is good both rays; but it is a question of ic[iom. 'irewood. This article still holds a fine price on the streets f Columbia. A few days ago we priced a small jad, and found the price to be $3. By measuring, ja fnnn^ <lin l/wd Knnfniniv) 3D fddf. nf vnnd ThJfl i ten cents a foot; and ten cents a foot makes >12.80 a cord. The owner told us that he got that >rice regularly. The weather was not at all bad, ither. look for Children. The last book out, for the delight of the young alks, is Folia and Faries, by Mrs. Comfort. It ontains twenty-seven cheerful stories with morals, f about ten pages each, illustrated; all about ugly ittle dwarfs, and lily-white ladies, who did all sorts f impossible things, fairy charms, rings, monkeys, liking baby-dolls, butterflies, and lots of other bings that children like better than they do catehism and sums. The book is of the size called quare quarto; is published by Harper & Bro.; nd ^old here by Duffic & Chapman for onedollar. "We see that J. T. Headley (he used to be the lev., but now he appears as the Hon.) who wrote, ears ago, Washington and His Generals, Napoleon tnd His Marshals, has just gotten out two new ooka in the same style. They are Farragut and ur Naval Commanders, and Grant and Sherman, heir Campaigns and Generals. Of course these lew books are like the old, only more so?florid, hetorical, and laudatory ; flowery, frothy, and hiilutin; grandiose, magniloquent, and Johnsonian; ombastic, blatherskitish, and Bombastes-furiosoianl Headley is a species of whale; and has ever been in his right mind since Poe reviewed is Sacred Mountains. Writing for the Press. We desire to answer several inquiries about wring for the press, and will throw together the vaious points before us: 1?Write on only one side of the paper. This i important. 2?Put in all the punctuation that you want the rinter to put in. mliters can punctuate ior you; at if your writing is worth printing at all, it is orth your attention to its proper form. Besides, le printer (of a newspaper especially) is not well nough paid to do both his work and also a part .of ours. It is mentioned that great men often write adly and do not punctuate at all To this we say: if hen you become a great man, maybe the world ill pardon you the impertinence of illegible manurript; but until then it would be safer not to trust >o much to that one solitary symptom of greatness. 3.?Foolscap is not the most convenient form of aper for the'printer. It is too broad, and it lould fold at the top. We, for many years, in vain, lught what we conceived to be exactly the thing ceded both by the writer and typographer. We ' arned definitely that there was no such form of aper in the market; and we have adopted'the lan of having it mode to order for our own use. ur paper?which we call Copy Paper, because litable for copy, or manuscript to be printed om,?is twelve and a half inches long and five ide, folding over the top like legal cap, white, , lied on one side of each leaf with an unruled space f two inches at the top. Some of the advantages < f this paper are?it is wide enough for a ten-sylbled verse of poetry and no more, and does not 1 >ver too much of the compositors case; by foldig over the top the leaf that is tubbed is out of le way; any number of leaves or sheets can be istened together with a paper fastener (Moill's patent is a good one); the leaf will go into 1 government letter envelope without folding long- j udinally, the envelope being just seven inches j ng; by turning the paper over, you have un- , iled paper if you prefer that At our suggestion, i 'uffie and Chapman, of Columbia, have ordered a 1 t of Copy Paper to be manufactured for this marBt The price is the same as for ordinary foolsip of the same quality. THE BAPTIST CHURCH. Editor Enquirer .?The other day, A. S. Walee, Esq., of this District, called me across the ;reet and handedme $5, to help build our church, nd said if I would behave myself right well, he ould give me more at the end of the year. I will y to behave myself, and remember the promise, o-day, Col. Stowe handed me $5, for the same urpose. Now, these are my kind of men. When a minter, or any one else, undertakes what he believes > be a work for the public good, he is forced to dcome a leggar, doubly odious to many persons, [e has first to run around and get everybody he into subscribe, to aid him in his good work. Then e must go to many of the subscribers time and gain, before he gets the money. This is an unleasant business afi round ; yet the works for the immon good must be done, and somebody must a the unpleasant work of begging and dunning. If I have appeared to be a beggar and a dunner > the good citizens of Yorkville and the country, offer as an apology? the good cause in which I n engaged, and will allow my works tg testify in y favor or against me. For the last six months, I have been contribute my mite towards the enterprise, industry and* improvement of Yorkvilk. From this weak effort of mine, a number of our honest laboring citizens have found employment, and bread for their families. Within six mouths, nearly a thousand dollars from abroad, have passed through my hands., to the tradesmen and. others, of our town. In this" way I have triedtdoQntrfbute to" the up-VwHing of* our languishing business. ' 1 In addition to this, six months ago, our infant church, few in numbers and poor in worldly goods, had neither house to worship in, nor money, nor credit Now we have a house nearly completed, for which we are thankful to God and grateful to our helping friends. 1 I take this method of saying to the public, and especially to our Christian brethren, that $150 or $200, would now put us entirely out of debt for the past, and we have arranged to finish the church building at once. I am truly anxious to pay up promptly the honest laborers who have so frith- " fully done the work. Are there not mruyr others who will call me across the street and hand me free-will offerings to carry on the good work; and will not many a friend send us his, from the country ? Address me at Yorkville, S. C. HLMAN R. GAINES, Pastor'BaptistThuich. FlBEUAHr 11,1868. .. . : t m: - i" PROCEEDINGS or THE nrAAUATnuaTMU AAUimiVIMl ncouno i nub i tun minvcniiurii the lbqbla3ot depabxmfefft. <*?* The Committee on the- Legislative Department of the Constitution, submitted the following report: l ., :y?. ARTICLE n. Sec. 1. The Legislative power of this 8thte shall be vested iu two distinct branches, the one to be styled the "Senate," and the other the "House of Representatives." and both together the "General Assembly of the State of South Carolina." Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall be oomposed of members chosen by ballot evew second year, by the citizens of this Statei qualified as in this constitution is provided. A Sec. 3. The Jodicml Districts shall hereafter be designated as counties, and the boundaries of the several oounties shall remain as they are now established, except the County of Charleston, which shall be divided into two oonaties; one consisting of the late Parishes of St Philhp ?id'flfs Michael to be designate^ as the Counfrttf Charleston ; the bther consiiting of ajl thalpsrt of the late Judicial District of Charleston which is without the limits of the said parishes, to be known as lature shail have the power, at any time, tr^avoto of two-thirds. of both Houses, to. orgtmze new counties by changing the boundaries of any of the old ones; but no new county shall1 be hereafter formed of leas extent than 625 square miles, nor shall any existing counties be reduced to-a loss extent than 625 square mile* fiaoh county shall constitute <me ejectign^distri^t. sist of one hundred .and twenty-four members, to! be apportioned among the several counties according to the number of inhabitants contained in each. An emu aeration of the inhabitants, for this purpose, shall be made in 1869, and again in 1875, and shall be made in the oourae of every tenth year thereafter, in such manner asshallbe by law directed; and representatives shall be assigned to) the different counties in the above mentioned 'proportion, by act of the General Assembly at the session immediately sncccedingeverj enumeration; Provided, That until the apportionment, #ueh shall be made upon the next enumeration, shall take effect, the representation of the several counties, as herein constituted, shall be the same as the number of delegates allowed to each county in this convention* 1 : " *> Sec. 5. If the enumeration herein directed shall' ? not be made in the course of the year appointed for the purpose, it shall be the duty of the Goyw-; nor to have if effected'as soon thereafter as shall bejiracticable. , # Sec.1 6* In assigning representatives to the several counties, the General Assembly shall allow one representative to every one hundred and twenty-: fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants in . tin if i tfMviJidi That ifontmlhaappointment of representatives any county fttll appear not to be entitledLfrom its population, to a representative,' such county shall nevertheless send one representative ; and if there be still a deficiency of the namber of representatives required by Section 4, such deficiency shall be supplied by assigning represent tatives to those counties having the largest surplus fractions. ' ' Sec. 7. No apportionment of representativesshall be construed to take effect, in any manner, until the general election which shall suoospd suoh apportionment Sec. 8. The Senate shall be composed of ope member from each county, to be elected, for the term of four years, by the qualified voters of the State, in the same manner by which members of t the House of Representatives are chosen. j Sec. 9. Upon the meeting of the 'first General Assembly which shall be chosen under the mnk ions of this constitution, the Senators shall be divided, by lot into two classes, as nearly eanal as may be; the seats of the Senators of the first class to be vacated at the expiration of two years after the Monday following the general election, and of those of the second class at the expiradon'df four years; or that, except as above provided, one-half of the Senators may be chosen every second year.'. Sec. 10. Noperson shall be eligible to & seat in the Senate or House of Representatives who at ihe time of his election is not a citizen of the United States; nor any one who has not been for one year next proceeding his election sresidentof this State, and for three months next proceeding his election a resident of the coanty whence he may be chosen, nor any one who has been convicted of an infamous * crime. Senators shaft be at least twenty-five, <and representatives at least twenty-one years of age. Sec. 11. The first election for Senators and Representatives under the provisions of this constitution shall be held on the Wednesday of March of the present year; and the second election shall be held on the third Wednesday in October, 1869 and forever thereafter on the same day id every second year in such manner and at sack places as the legislature may hereafter provide. Sec. 12. The first session of the General Assam- M bly,' after the ratification of this constitution, shall ^ be convened on the Monday in April of the present year, in'the city of Colombia (which shall remain the seat of government until otherwise de- , termined by the concurrence of two-thirds of both branches of the whole representation), and thereafter on the fourth Monday in November annually. Should the casualties of war or contagious diseases render it unsafe to meet pt the seat of government, then the Governor may, by proclamation, appoint a more secure and convenient place of meeting. Sec. 13. The tenn?-of office of the senators and representatives, chosen at a general election, shall begin on the Monday following such election. Sec. 14. Each House shall indole of the o1?wio?? returns and qualifications of its own members; and ei majority ot each House shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as may be, provided hy aw. Sec. 15. Each House shall choose its own offl;ers, determine its rules of proceeding, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with tho incurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but # aot a second time for the same cause. Sec. 16. Each House may punish, by imprisonment, during its sitting, any person not a member, ^ who shall be guilty of disrespect to the House by ^ my disorderly or contemptuous behavior, ill its presence; or whoA daring the rime of its sitting, shall threaten harm to body or estate ofany member for anything said or done in either House, or who shall assault any of them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person srdered to attend the house, in his going thereto 3r returning therefrom, or who shaB rescue any person arrested by order of the House. Sec. 17. The members of both Houses shall be protected in their persons and estates during their attendance on, going to, and returning from the General Assembly, and ten dayB previous to the sitting, and ten days after the adjournment thereof. tint these privileges shall not be extended so " as to protect any member who shall be charged with treason, felony, or breach of the peace. Sec. 18. Bills for raising a revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but may be altered, amended or rejected by the Senate; and all other bills may originate in either House, and may be amended, altered or rqjeged by the other. Sec. 19. The style of all laws shall be: "Be it macted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and' fitting in General Assembly, and by the authority. )f the same." Sso. 20. Every act or resolution having the -J -i.it,- ' - fL |--^r?,i