Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J>rrap!5 sail farts. ; Six George Washingtons and two Andrew < Johnsons, all colored, voted at the recent election 1 in Mobile. '; Somebody says "no wonder labor is scarce at the South when these Conventions are paying eight 1 dollars a day for field hands." J Linroln, Illinois, boasts of a man with feet 15J inches long, 5 inches in width, and 16 inches around the ankle. The man weighs 130 pounds. ' Governor Yance declines the nomination for Governor, tendered him by the late Conservative State Convention of North Carolina. "Woman's sphere of usefulness is extending. In Iowa, the State Senate has passed a bill admitting women to practice at the Bar. The President is thinking of nominating a : new Secretary of War. He has one too many now.?Memphis Ledger. \ Seven-hundred and eighty-three petitions in bankruptcy have been filed in Virginia, since the i law went into effect. Of this number not more i than ten have been by creditors. 1 In New Jersey, a strong effort is being made . to procure the passage, by the legislature, of a law ' to nave vegetables in that State Dought and sold hereafter by weight, instead of by measure. Another relic of the classic age has been ' found in St Louis, being a dog's collar, supposed ! to have belonged to Julius Caesar, from the fact of i having his name engraved pn it. Julia Dean Hayne, the actress, died sudden- i lv in New York last Friday morning, at the resi- , aence of her father-in-law. She was in the 37th year of her age. ^ ?? Conservative associations have been organi- , zed and officers elected in Greenwood, Abbeville District, in Spartanburg and Anderson ullages and in Summerviile. 1 A plan is on foot in Edgefield to arrange a , compromise for all debts due in that district One 1 meeting has been held on the subject, and another i has been called to consider the subject. It is stated, upon the authority of those who 1 have heard, that a cat, when her tail is pinched between a door, utters the vowels a2 e, i, o, u, with , great distinctness. If the injury is prolonged, she gives w and y also. The Legislature of Maryland, in joint convention, on Friday, elected Hon. George Vickers, of Kent county, United States Senator, in the place of Horn P. F. Thomas, recently refused a seat J Dy the Senate. 1 In Orangeburg, on sales-day last, three hyn- 1 dred and fifty acres of land were sold at fifteen < cents an acre. Several thousaud acres were sold, ' fU KirrViocf nrWk nhtsirtpd wm a little over , <111VI VUV uiguwv |/? ?vv three dollars per acre. A woman with a child in her arms was a ] few days since soliciting charity from door to door in Bridgeport, Conn. She wanted, if possible, to raise money enough to get her child's photograph i taken. i A bill has been introduced in the Senate to ' abolish the office of Adjutant-General of the Army. 1 This is intended to displace Gen. Thomas, lately j nominated by the President as Secretary of War , adititerim. I A lady, who some time ago carried two Sigeons from their home in Missouri to Illinois, a istance of two hundred miles, keeping them in a * close box, lately missed them, and nas received a ( letter from Missouri, saying that they had returned 1 to their old haunts. < It is now understood that Attorney-General i Stanberry, Judge Black, Hon. William S. Groes- < beck, David Dudley Field, Judge Benjamin 11. j Curtis, William M. Evarts, and George T. Curtis, will appear on behalf of the President before the High Court of Impeachment. j The Burglars' Insurance^ Company is a new concern, just started in New York. This concern does not agree (although such a thing would de- J light many timorous people) to prevent a burglar i from getting into your house; but if the villian ? steals the spoons the company pays the bill. ( The month of March, 18GS, will, it is expected, exhibit two wonderful events?the trial of , Jefferson Davis for insisting that the Southern drew Johnson for insisting that they are in the ' Union. ' 1 ?? A local editor has just seen a man whom he ( thinks was pretty well occupied. He had his wife ^ upon one arm, a baby on the other, a basket and 1 cane in his hands, a cigar in his mouth, and two little hopeful heirs clinging on to the end of his luui tan. In Indiana a railway engineer was recently killed by an accident, and the administrator of his estate brought a suit for damages against the parents of three boys who had placed obstructions upon the track and caused the accident, and a verdict was rendered in his favour in the sum of $5000. Dr. Cumming, the well known prophet, who has heretofore been engaged in predicting the end of the world at stated periods, hasrecently had the kindness to postpone the destruction of the world for a period of one million years. Those who have an interest in remaining on this globe for some little time to come, will certainly be thankful for themselves and their posterity. The New Orleans papers contain the proceedings of a railroad convention which assembled there on the 2Gth ultimo, for the purpose of arranging a continuous and fast schedule between that city and New York. It was agreed to make the schedule such that the mails between the two cities will be delivered in three and a half days. A New York letter, dated on Saturday of last week, says: "The business in the Bankrupt Court is rapidly on the increase. To-day no fewer than one hundred and fifty cases were acted upon; Jesterdav, forty. The parties include men who ave been in almost every department of business; the great majority of them, however, in a comparatively small way." The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says that the tenor of private telegrams said to be from Democratic members of Congress is squally, and leads to the belief that the President will certainly have to go. A telegram in the New York Tril/unr says the same opinion is almost unanimous in Washington. There is very little room for doubt, we imagine. It is announced that in England, whilst the poor marry, the well-to-do avoid marriage to such an extent that two women in every five of the whole number of English women are unmarried, and the total of these unmarried amounts to the great number of 1,527,000. Ip London, forty-one per cent, of the women of marriageable age are spinsters!, and in five English counties there are forty-five per cent 1 ? i Thnd Stpvgiis' ravings have become so dan- ] gerous to his own party, that it has been found | necessary to smooth over some of their asperities. , The correspondent of the Boston Journal writes that '"Mr. Stevens sometimes makes statements, ] while under the influence of stimulants, which are ' not consistent with truth." A mild way of lput- ' ting it" that Thad. is generally in a chronic state < of "sewed up"?"how came you so"?drunk. , There is a general movement in the West i for the purpose of getting the national capital re- j moved from Washington to some place_ in the . Mississippi Valley. Several Western cities have offered inducements for having the capita] located within their limits, and now it is reported that the < Iowa Legislature has passed a resolution in favor j of removing the capital to some point in the West, j and requesting the Iowa delegation in Congress to vote in accordance. On the 31st of January, at Great Salt Lake City, Brigham Young was married for the thirty- * first time; the happy bride being Miss Merivine ' Van Cott, and formerly, while a Gentile, the wife < of a Mr. Cobb, from whom she was duly divorced, I so that she resumed her maiden name. She is ] now the thirty-first of the Mormon prophet's wives, j nAtintlni. tKnco have heen onlv sealed, or A4W VVMlltlUg VUVk'V II MW y ? ^ ? , formally married by him, for the sake merely of . securing their salvation, since none but married 1 women are admitted into the Mormon heaven. i Municipal elections were held in various towns of Maine on Monday of last week. In Port- ] land the vote was the heaviest cast since 1860. j 3IcClellan, republican, has 2404; Peter Putnam, i democrat, 2242; Deering, independent republican, 179. The democrats have gained 386 over the fall election, and 810, over the spring election. ' In Gorham the republican majority last year of 1 120 was cut down to 36. The democratic gain in ] Ijewistown, is ascertained to be over 450 over last < fall's election. In Saco the democratic gain is 113. , Cumberland has elected all democrats, excepting town clerk. The democratic gain in Bath is 104 , over the election last fall; and over that of 1866, 541. < The charter elections were held on Tues- ] day of last week, in a number of places in the State i Df New York. In Utica the democrats electee their mayor by 487, about 20 less majority thai they had in November. In Auburn the republi cans succeeded by 417 majority. In Elraira th< democrats gained 100 over last year. In Roches ter the democratic mayor was re-elected by 881 majority, an increase of 771 over the vote of las November. In Ithica the result was?republicai majority, 117; gain since last spring, 28. Tin democrats carried Troy by 1,450 majority, agains 245 last year. A number of other towns shov democratic gains. IJtr <?nqmm. " VORKVILLE. S. C.:~ THURSDAYMORNING, MARCH 12,1868 Cash.?It must l>e distinctly understood tha cur torms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on theexpi ration of tne time for which payment has beei made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark 01 the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under itand that the time paid for has expired. CONGRESSIONAL. Congress has done little during the past week except to discuss the impeachment question. It proceedings upon that subject will be found in the article upon impeachment. On the 4th instant, the House adopted a resolu tion requiring General-Grant to report the vote 01 the Alabama Constitution. A Bill was introduced in the House, on the 5th providing for a successor to the Chief Justice, i the seat shall be vacant. A resolution to print 3000 copies of the impeach onent articles for distribution, was adopted. In the Senate, resolutions from the South Caro lina Convention expressing the thanks of that bodj to Congress, Stanton and Grant, were read. A Bill was introduced to provide means for re building the levees on the Mississippi river. On the 6th, the House passed a bill modifying the test oath in reference to those whose politica Usabilities had been removed. PROGRESS OF IMPEACHMENT. On the 2nd instant, the House of Representa tives, adopted the Articles of Impeachment of th< President, substantially as reported in our last is me, with the exception of the seventh article ;harging the President with conspiracy with one L rhomas, to seize the War Office, &c. The vote >n the adoption of the articles, stood one hundrec md eight for, and forty-eight against?two repub icans voting with the democrats. These forty-eight members afterwards presentee i written protest against the action of the majority - i o ii rm _ j ffhich we publish elsewhere in run. ine uocu iient explains itself sufficiently, and will probablj be regarded hereafter as not the least importani part of the history of this violent transaction. Itf reading before the House was prohibited, and leave to print refused. The Republican members seem to mistrust the ?ffiacy of their bill of indictment against the Presi ieut, and during the discussions of the articles, ;hese misgivings were not concealed. It was fre juently given out, that any "shrewd lawyer or cav ling Judge" could ride over this labored attempi :o charge "high crimes and misdemeanors" upor :he President. On the 3rd instant, two additional articles were idded to the list; and the managers elected by the House authorized to send for persons and papers, The managers are Messrs. Bingham, Stevens, Boutwell, Butler, Wilson, Williams and Loganill Republicans. The President will be allowed ic select an equal number of lawyers to conduct his iefence. On the 4th instant the managers, accompanied bj ,he speaker and members of the House, repaired " tysppft' chrusher where the articles were read >y Bingham, chairman of the managers. The democratic members of the House did not attend >n the Senate. The House was notified that the senate would take action, and the members of the [louse withdrew. The Senate, in the meantime, had prepared a lode of rules to govern the impeachment proceedngs in that body, and had completed the same on he 4tb instant, when a communication was received from Chief Justice Chase, announcing his nonjoncurrerice with the action of the Senate, and molding that no rules could be established by that jody until organized as a Court of Impeachment. He adds, however, that the Senate having pro:eeded upon other views, it was not his purpose to jontest what their superior wisdom had directed. This communication was a bomb-shell to the meui>ers of the Senate, and produced great consternaion. Jexcks presented, in the House, another arti:le in the impeachment list, charging the President vith criminal intent, and urging that no conviction :ould be had without it. The article was lost. On the 5th instant, Chief Justice Chase appeared in the Senate Chamber, supported by the Committee of Managers, and took his seat as prodding officer of the Impeachment Court. The path was administered to Chase by Judge Nel >on, and then to each Senator, utyections were nade to Wade being sworn, as he had a continent interest in the impeachment scheme. The ifternoon was occupied in debate, without any inclusion being arrived at. On the 6th, Chase appeared at 1, p. m., and >rganized the Court. lie decided that the rules jreviously adopted by the body as the Senate, vere not of force, unless confirmed by it while siting as a Court. The Rules were then affirmed. Dbjcctions to Wade being sworn were withdrawn, tnd the organization of the Court completed. At the instance of the Managers, and on moion, a summons was issued to Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, to attend on Frilay, the 13th instant, to answer the charges preerred by the House. The Court then adjourned. ? ? LABOR-SAVING .MACHINES. The value of contrivances to.save labor is only jeginning to be appreciated by the Southern people. Time has been when labor was so cheap that t was scarcely worth saving. Then a machine vhich did the work of ten men, was looked upon ,vith suspicion as a very objectionable invention, aecause it threatened to take away their employment from ten persons, who, it wassupp'osed, must consequently starve.. This objection has always met every invention of the kind alluded to; yet as time has tested their respective merits, it has beer found that the laboring classes have been benefitted, ind not injured, by them. But whatever be the consequence of the intro luction of these helps to industry where labor is ibundant, there can. be no question of their use^ C..U/>oo mliaHi if is cnnrnA And fills is iintfr fVif ;asewith our people; for though laborers (so-called; ire still numerous, laborers of the kind wanted an iccidedly lew. It is true that farm hands are stil :o be had, and also blacksmiths, wheelwrights anc ither mechanics; but under the new order ol things, the work to be done by these "aids" musi be expressly specified in the contract Any un foreseen, but still necessary, piece of work whicl Joes not strictly come within their contracted sphere is "extra," and must be argued and paid for by i new contract. In one special place, this tight shoe pinches oui people sorely. They have, as a general rule, beer lccustomed to the service of servants?persons ivhose duty it is to obey any orders issued by then jmployere, and to do any kind of work upon the premises, that may be desired. But there are nou 30 servants in the country. The decree has beer published that all men are born free and equal, anc jur new fledged citizens deem it beneath them tc lo menial service, even when they are employed ind paid for this kind of work?and nothing else, rhcre is, it is true, nothing dishonorable in a man, 3r a woman, making an honest living by attending to the wants of a fellow-creature, even when thb is done in an humble station. Frequently it is the 1 case that this position is the one for which, of all i others, the servant is best fitted. And whdn such ~ persons are induoed to leave this?their natural "m level?and attempt to occupy a higher position, 5 instead of actually rising in the social scale, they t simply make themselves ridiculous. It is scarcely ) necessary to offer proofs of this truth, while the i South has so many Conventions in full blast at the ' work of making laws, the majority of whose members would appear more truly respectable if they . were handling the blacking-brush, the curty-comb, or the razor. Those, whose pride it once was to be our ser. vants, having become our law-makers, how is their place to be supplied ? All the new citizens cannot, of course, find employment for their talent) in the public service of the State. But the difficulty is, * that those who are necessarily shut out from the t glorious responsibilities of offioe, are unwilling to - take positions in the stable and the kitchen. The "ladies" are more averse to the seclusion of do~ mestic life, than the sterner sex. Both men and 1 women are willing to work as field-hands, provided " their constitutions are not too seriously threatened . by hard work; for then they are "farming." But cooks, washer-women, and house-servants are becoming more and more scarce. ' There is but one way to overcome this difficulty a in domestic life. The Southern people must become independent of servants, by learning to wait on themselves. If they cannot employ servants i to do their work, they will have to do i t themselves, and the advantage of a labor-saving machine will soon be valued as it ought to be. A P cooking-stove, a washing-machine, and a sewingmachine will then supply the place of three ablebodied servants, and at about one-half the expense. WHAT THE CONVENTIONS ARE DOING. SOUTH CAROLINA. 7 An early adjournment of the Convention is expected ; though no definite date has yet been fixed. It is understood that the work originally cut out is about finished, and the remainder of the time will ' be principally devoted to caucusing and election1 eering. A despatch from Charleston, dated the 5th instant, and published in several papei-s, says: "Everybody in the Convention is electioneering " ? hl? ?Ai e .1 a: Oiofa ror omce. jl nrec-muis ux me uuina m un> umw, will be filled by negroes. The Secretary of State ? will be a negro, and perhaps the Lieutenant-Gov. ernor. The larger portion of the Legisla ture will j be black, and some of the Judges." NORTH CAROLINA, j The North Carolina Convention has ajjreed to I adjourn to-day. A "Relief" Ordinance lias been adopted. Its leading feature is that it requires debtors to pay one-tenth of their debts annually. I The report on Education lias passed its second reading. The university and all public schools are ' thrown open alike to whites and blacks. All persons are compelled to send their children to public _ schools for sixteen months, between the ages of five and eighteen years of age. This compels the [ poor whites to send their children to the same school with negroes. VIRGINIA. The Judiciary Committee reported adversely to a petition for the removal of State officers at pres1 ent, and the repudiation of debts contracted prior to 1865. ' A clause of the Constitution has been adopted disfranchising all who gave aid and comfort to the rebellion, after having taken an oath to support tho Constitution of the United States. An amendment to modify the meaning of "aid and comfort" so as to except acts of kindness by parents to their sons in the so-called Confederate army, or voting [ for the secession ordinance, was defeated. Another clause was adopted disfranchising all officers in ( the rebellion above the rank of major in the army, or fir.->t lieutenant in the navy. GEORGIA. The Georgia Convention was to have adjourned , on yesterday. A provision of the Constitution has - Vi uiiin Jujj 111 J) |>?i?Ji?g f?? *!?? 4|?? ?f nil children, irrespective of color, by taxation. The proceedings for the past week present but little of general interest. LOUISIANA. The Louisiana Convention is on the eve of adjournment. The Constitution has been completed, but there is opposition to it from many of the members. New Orleans has been made the capital of the State instead of Baton Rouge. 1 BURNING OF BARNUM'S MUSEUM. At 12.30 o'clock, Broadway was startled by the cry of "Fire!" and flames were seen issuing from the South window on the third floor of No. 539 i Broadway. Instantly, the shout waa raised, "Barnum's Museum is on fire!" A horrible chorus came from the first floor, on which the lions, tii?*? 1 1_ 1? 4 ??i ??? ggrs, nyenas, leuparus, uuuicis miu aci/iao nwt known to be located. It wasa terrible sound?hundreds of beasts of every description, each in its own peculiar manner, giving vent to feelings of mortal ; agony and fear. A shudder ran through the slim , crowd in the streets as these sounds swelled and swelled, until they mingled in a roar that seemed as though each of the beasts were about to burst the bars of his cage and leap into the street. Nothing of the kind followed immediately, however, and in a few minutes the roars died away, and only , a few muttered growls and whines were audible, They had either been suffocated or dozed and frightened into stupor. All this time, the heavy plate glass windows on the first floor remained intact, thus hiding the beasts from view and adding i to the mystery of the scene. At 12.45 o'clock, one stream of water would have saved the entire building, but that one steamer was not at hand. A few minutes before the fira was discovered, an alarm had been sounded for the 1 corner of Spring and Ren wick streets, and the engines of the district were proceeding to that spot, when the bell struck for Barnura's Museum. It was some minutes before they could be turned from that to the new call, and when they were, the streets were so filled with snow that the horses could proceed but at a moderate pace, and were frequently stalled into immobility. Thus it happened that it was after 1 o'clock before an engine was brought to bear upon the burning pile. By this time, it became certain that seme of the animals and birds were still alive, and policemen and the employees of the museum, who were still on the ground, ventured to their rescue. At the Broadway entrance, a leopard, a kangaroo, two pelicans and a silver pheasant were brought out and housed in the cellar of Taylor's Restaurant At the Merecr street stage entrance, a giraffe, a zebra, two camels, several Japanese hogs, a camel-leopard, and various small birds, were saved from death. 4/s iliA ItifA nmtvtnlo a mtnnfifrt rif JLII UUUinuii lu tau live uujujuiO) u uuauukjr ui i small articles, such as pictures and stuffed birds, a stuffed horse, and a valuable electrical apparatus, . were saved. Every human being in the building, ' so far as is known, made an easy exit from the 1 premises. The flames still swelled in volume and 1 intensity, and at 1.30 o'clock they enveloped the i entire upper stories of Nos. 539 and 549, from Broadway to Mercer streets. The theatre occupying the rear portion of the building, wis so much tinder to the conflagration, and threw masses of 5 flaming cinders into the surrounding streets, like lava from a volcano. Such of these cinders as fell i on the adjoining roofs met a speedy extinction in ) the deep snow, or the destruction might, have been , more wide-spread even than it is. I Toward this time a sensation came. While the I flames were at the height, a tongue of fire leaped down into the first story. Then it was found tnat ' the boasts encaged there had been dormant only, t Lions, tigers, bears and leopards, instantly at the sight of the flames, burst at once into demoniac , roar, and beat themselves against the bars of their cages. One full-grown tiger burst his prison bars, 1 and, with one wild leap through the window, 1 reached the street. The crowd rushed away in hot haste, while the dazed beast looked around r him in stupid wonder, an instant and then started i down Broadway. A stream of water turned on j him brought him to bay, and a policeman stepped up and with three shots despatched him. Inside the buildiDg, another tiger had tumbled his cage ! over to the floor, and was rolling it over and over r in mortal agony. i At 2.10 the fire was under control. Nos. 537, | 539 and 541, were a total ruin, with all their con. tents. The precise figures it is impossible to state. New York Times, March 3. We have been informed that in some sec1 tions of this District, theft has grown so annoying, that farmers have put strychnine on pieces of ba i con and placed it at convenient places in their j smoke-houses.?Lancaster Ledger. I LOCAL ITEMS. ( FEW ADVERTISEMENTS, T. S. Jefferys and .Tames Mason, Assignees?Sec- : ond General Meeting of the Creditors of Allen Robertson, Bankrupt. T. 8. Jefferys and W. B. Metts, Assignees?In I Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Z. D. Smith. J T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of T. S. Jefferys. R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales. W. J. Stevenson?State Taxes. I Thoa. W. Clawson?Attorney at Law and Solicit- t or in Bankruptcy. j Homesley <fe McCants?Gunny Bagging. c The York Baptist Union. , v ?; * \ U8EFUL TO H0U8E-XEEPBB8. } Mr. Alfred Stillwell, of this town, is the inventor of a "machine" for kneading dough, that ^ caps the climax in the way of bread-making inven- r tions. The contrivance is simple, and the cost y small, while as a labor-saving invention, it will do j its special work in less time than half a dozen cooks, and perform it better. As the cheapest method of making good bread . - j.-j l ,, l- j c in a uesiueraium in mese uuiea, wc uuuiuicuu i*xi. ^ SmLWELL's machine, as exactly the thing wanted. Call upon him and get one before he is overtaxed with orders. Ladies who are blest with sour- j tempered husbands, will find the invention worth 1 a trial, and the results wonderfully' satisfactory. PEABODY FTJHD. Dr. B. Sears, Agent of the Pea body Fund, s was in .our town on Tuesday night. He called for ( a meeting of the offecers pf the Town, and other j leading persons who are interested in the cause of education, and submitted a proposition to aid in ^ the commoiv education of the children of Yorkville. He proposes to give tioo-fifOi* of whatever j, amount is necessary to open free schools to all the t children in the place. If it requires $1000 a year to pay for the education of all children needing assistance ; he will give $400 of this amount, annu- g ally; while $600 is to be raised by the citizens. ^ The Town Council are to have the management of t the schools and funds. The schools for the colored ' children are to be separate, and every thing controled as the Council deem best. We hope that our citizens will at once see the benefit of this measure and enter upon the work at once. OOUBT WEEK. Monday being the day for the opening of the t Spring Term of the Court of Common Pleas and ii General Sessions for York, a few jurors and par- S ties litigant were present at the call. The Court F was opened by proclamation of the crier, but no c Judge appearing, it was thereupon adjourned; and j thus passed away the Imt Terra of this honorable i Court in York District. It Is the first time we p have been brought to realize the mighty changes a that are so rapidly pressing upon us?the sweeping D away of those treasured institutions that tune has ^ doubly endeared to us?and the inauguration of c new forms and features, officers and offices, taen n and principles, untried and strange to us. The spir- n it of change is on the rampage now, in our once dear old State, and where and when it will spend itself, if ever, we cannot now discern. In all the oomplaints preferred by the people of ? Hungary to their oppressor after their desolation and subjection to the Austrian bayonets, the one t request that appeared most frequent in all their d petitions, and rung loudest in revolt and rebellion I was?"Give vs our ancient Constitution !" That ( old instrument under which they had lived in peace and prosperity, in both the infancy and pride of ti their State, was the most precious parcel in its his- r tory; and the stubborn spirit of the Hungarians was never conciliated until it was fully restored to ^ them more than a hundred years after it had been t taken away. We may, ere long, have to appreci- r ate the tenacious affection of these people for the e forms and institutions of the past. a Jurors for the October Term .of the Court, were a drawn before adjournment. The following are the p lists: , . , h CruAfllJ JTTttOBB.?uuuo, . WtlUuw IffMPT -g Minor Phillips (p. c.) W. K. Hamilton, E. M. a Garrison, J.J). F. Duncan, T. W. Whitesides Jr., a Robt. Turner, J. J. Roach, S. W. Gillespie, John a Barron, Jr., Robt. Henry, W. J. Orr, Moses White, Francis Clarke, Byrd Martin, J. W. Me- tl Keown, J. 0. Giles. J. J. Hays, T. J. Huddle- g stone, Wm. Caldwell, John Icelar, Charles Curry, ii J. W. Moore. o Petit Jurors.? Robert Doster,.J. G. Starnes, A. J. Stewart, W. H. Carson, Lawson Jenkins, p H. C. Conner, Dr. J. G. Smarr, M. T. Faris, Al- h fred Mencham, (p. c.) James Meek, Wm. Smith, 1 Jr., J. R."Huddlestone, R. M. Allison, J. S. Lucas, Wm. M. Huddlestone, D. II. Carroll, H. B. d Brown. W. S. McLean, Hugh Tate, Reuben Me- p Connell, James A. Erwin, W. M. Jones, S. J. UtH/?LinaAn .Tnft Tl Smorr 1VT T. Pun^nll P P ii XXUIUIIUIOVU) V UVk MUIU4<) A'Xl AtWIIUUil) JL?| aw* kj Huddlestone, G. W. Milling, Jordan Meacham, (p. c.) Sam'l Feemster, Wm, Barber, R. M. Kerr, e W. A Carson, J. A. Deal, H. H. Hart, J. A. a Lockhart, J. J. Hunter, Jas. R. Grier, John A. ti McCullough, John Heart, Win. Bryce. Jno. Tirnberlake, John Carson, Cbas. Stevens, (p. c.) Wm. X Lowry, A. W. Beard, W. J. Rawlineon, James lr Adams, R. C. Moore. h Grant to be Dropped.?The New York cor- ^ respondent of the Buffalo (New York) Courier, says: < ^ Prominent Radicals say Grant will not receive a the nomination at Chicago. The only men one cj hears talking in his favor, are the mild Republi- ei cans, who have no influence. All the strong, ac- ^ tive Radicals are either indifferent or opposed to a] him. They defend him warmly enough, when he p is assailed, for the part he played in the Stanton (> business, but when it comes to the question of his J nomination for the Presidency, they either dodge the point or sav plainly they don't want him. Then S the Stewart-Vanderbilt movement, from which 8< Grant's friends expect so much, has come to a halt, s< and the engineers appear to have lost all interest in it. It is the general opinion of intelligent Conservatives that Grant will not get the nomination. A complimentary vote, they say, will be given him, and he will then be dopped for a more pro- c< nounced Republican. The Chase party is still ]y hopeful, and will work hard at Chicago. Greeley and his followers are privately as much opposed to ir Grant now as they were two months ago. Gree- ft ley's name was placed op the list of vice-presidents ti at the last Grant meeting, and the Tribune said fi next day that its use was unauthorized. Whatever the feeling elsewhere may be, it is certain that here in New York?except among the nondescripts?there is no real enthusiasm for Grant, and q unless shrewd observers are much mistaken, he f( will be put aside at Chicago, and a man with n brains and straight out convictions will go on the jy track for the White House prize. ? n n 111 AfH/illfill V/t^Anuii 1.1 lilt. I'lAinnAiai,?vui y( city readers, who have doubtless been pleased with the brief administration of General Burns as a' Mayor of Charleston, and would have been glad f, could he have retained the position as long as we tj are not allowed to choose our own rulers, will regret to learn that his appointment to that office was not ^ in the first instance intended as a permanency, t| and that in all probability his place will be occupi- al ed by another before the next meeting of Council. a) General Burns was offered the Mayoralty by Gen. ai Sickles, but persuaded that officer not to remove a] Colonel Gaillard. General Canby considered the tj removal of Colonel Gaillard as absolutely necessary, and General Burns only accepted the position un- L til the officer on whom General Canby had deter- jc mined to confer it could arrive. That officer is t? Brevet-Colonel Milton Cogswell, of the Eighth In- t( fantry, lately stationed in Raleigh, N. C., and is g now in the city, stopping at the Charleston Hotel. If his administration should be, as those who know him predict it will be, characterized by the same jg good feeling and executive ability displayed by his q immediate predecessor, Charleston will have cause o] for congratulation on her good fortune.?Charles- C] ton Mercury. ^ " 1 * * * . . ai A New Cabinet.?One of the stories afloat is b! that, if President Johnson is impeached and Mr. Wade becomes President, the Cabinet will be as r< follows: Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, Secretary of p State; Freeman Clarke, of New York, Secretary tj of the Treasury; William D. Kelley, of Pennsyl- n vania, Secretary of the Navy; Frederick Douglass, al (colored,) of New York, Secretary of the Interior; John M. Langston, of Ohio, Postmaster-General; ai M. H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, Attorney-General; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, of P; course. w ?? ? w J?* The cotton-spinners and weavers of Fall River (Mass.,) are on a strike. Haifa million of re spindles are stopped, and 5,000 hands are idle. COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL BY J A.&. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA, SOUTH OABOLCTA, 9TH MABOH, 1868. larch. The month came in with its proverbial gustiiess. {tThe bleak winds of March," among their nany discomforts, bring us some comfort in the emporary rejoicing that we are of the gender that loesn't have to wear crinoline. Those who do rear it, have a trying time on the streets these rindy days. L Man and a Brother. Let us not yet forget that the telegraphic news rom Charleston not long ago said: "The Comoittee of two colored delegates returned from Vashington with the information that the Repubicans did not wish for the election of colored Con.Tessmen." TV. u _ i j n ..J . out, lau c a coioreu vxmgressuntu a ui<ui ouu a rother? We ask for infbrmatioD. kt the University. The Lecture of last week was delivered by Prof, livers upon Epic Poetry; and his discussions of lomer, Virgil, Tasso, and Milton held a delighted uditoiy nearly an hour. The production was in hot. Rivers' happiest style. The announcement for Thursday, the 12th intant, promises us a Lecture on Solar and Stellar Themistry by Prof. Joseph LeConte. leason in the North. Besides the Democratic newspapers, that always ake our part, three times, recently, we have been leased to see Republican journals counseling modration. The New York Times dwells with causic logic upon the madness of the Radicals in Confess. The Round Table delivers editorials re lete with moderation .And sound constitutional ense. The Phrenological Journal rebukes the indictive and senseless course of the doninant pary in its course towards the South. PROCEEDINGS of the RECONSTRUCTION CONVENTION. fortieth day. Monday, March 2.?Three clauses of the Aricle on Education were passed to their third readtig. The first vests public instruction in a State Superintendent of Educatation to be elected the copie; tne secona proviaes iur aii eiecuuu, uieulialiy, in each county, of a School Commissioner, aid Commissioners to constitute a State Board of Education, of which the State Superintendent is 0 be chairman; the third provides for a system of tublic schools and division of the State into school istrictsj schools to be kept open at least six aonths in the year. Section four provides for the compulsory attcnance, at either public or private schools, of all hildren between the ages of six and sixteen years, iot disabled, for a term equivalent to twenty-four aonths. B. 0. Duncan proposed to modify the nhrase 'compulsory," by saying "it shall be a duty to nforce, as far as practicable," &c. R. C. DeLarge moved to strike out the word 'compulsory." H. E. Hayne, of Marion, moved that the secion be recommitted to the committee; and, after Icbate, the consideration of the whole section was postponed until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. The next business in order was the report of the Committee on finance and Taxation. The first six sections were passed without amendaenL They provide that tne legislature shall arange a uniform and equal rate of assessment and axation on all property except such as may be exmpted by law; that a poll tax may be imposed or school purposes, but for no other object; that he legislature may supply deficiency in the funds aised one year, and that the legislature may exmptfrom taxation public schools, colleges, Ac., 11 charitable institutions, public libraries, churches nd burying grounds. On motion of B. F. Wliittemore; the last clause ras amended by the following addition: "Provied, that this exemption shall not extend beyond m. puiniiugB mwl ... Wj-uiuwpiMi i.y uch schools, colleges and institutions of learning, sylums, libraries, churches and burial grounds, lthough connected with charitable objects." The reason assigned for the amendment was hat a large amount of property was owned in the Itate by these charitable and religious institutions, 1 the shape of stores, warehouses and real estate, n which nq taxes were paid. Section 6 provides that the legislature shall rovide for the valuation and assessment of all tnds and improvements thereon before the year 870, and thereafter every fifth year. Section 7 allows the State to contract public ebts, and, in the original text, limited the amount > $500,000, beyond that already incurred. Mr. J. D. Bell, of Beaufort, moved to strike out tie limitation. Mr. N. G. Parker opposed the motion on the round that it would leave the matter indefinite, nd if the amount should he largely increased the ixes upon the people would be unendurable. L. S. Langlcy hoped the motion would prevail, 'he legislature, in all probability, would possess as mch sense and judgement as the convention, and e was opposed to tying its hands. Further debate followed, and the amendment as finally agreed to. Section 8, on motion of Mr. E. W. M. Mnckey, as amended so as to read that the corporate uthorities of counties, townships, school districts, ties, towns and villages, may be vested with powr to assess and collect taxes for corporate purpojs ; and the General Assembly shall require tnat 11 the property within the limits of municipal cororations, except that heretofore exempted, shall e taxed for the payment of debts contracted uner authority of the law. Section 9, which provides that the credit of the tate shall not be granted to or in aid of any per)n, association or corporation, after debate, was ;ricken out The convention, at one o'clock, adjourned. evening session. The convention re-assembled at 3 P. M. Mr. J. M. Runion offered a resolution that this invention stand adjourned sine die on the 11th of larch. The question was debated, and finally decided i the negative, it being deemed best to progress irther with the business in hand before commitng the convention to any act dissolving the body nally. forty-first day. Tuesday, March 3?B. F. Randolph, from the ommittee on Miscellaneous Affairs, presented the >llowing, which was ordered to be printed and mde the special order for Thursday at 12 o'clock, Whereas, No constitutional and legal assembly of re General Assembly of this State has been conened since the commencement of the rebellion aainst the authority of the Government of the lilted States; and, whereas, the body assembled om time to time at the capital of the State, since le commencement of said rebellion, assuming to ossess and exercise the powers of the General .ssembly of the State, haa no authority to pledge ?j ?j.-i ~c ..i.? jc liuiu uuu ucuit ui iiic uiaic iui tuc uciicui vi ny corporate body or private individual, and its 2tions can be validated only by the confirmatory uthority of the legal government of this State ; nd whereas it is expedient that when the credit of le State is advanced or pledged for the benefit of ublic enterprises and works in which the people F the State are interested, that power should be idged in the General Assembly to exercise a saluiry control over such public enterprises and works > the end that the commerce and industry of the tate should be adequately fostered and promoted, herefore, be it Ordained, That all acts or pretended acts of leglation. purporting to have been passed by the ^neral Assembly of the State, since the 20th day F December, A. D., 1860, pledging the faith and redit of the State for the benefit ot any corporate ody or private individual, are hereby suspended ad declared inoperative until the General Assem[y shall assemble and ratify or modify the same. The 19th section of the Judiciary article, which ?ds as follows, was adopted : "The General Assembly shall provide by law for reservation of the records of the Courts of Equir, and also for the transfer to the Court of Comlon Pleas and Probate Courts, for final decision, of !1 causes that may remain undetermined." ' Mr. D. H. Chamberlain offered the following mendment. which was adopted: "It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Sureme and Circuit Courts to file their decisions ithin sixty days of the last term of the Court in hich the causes were heard." ? The 19th section was then passed to its third lading. -J 1 The consideration of the special order was re gumed, namely, section 4 of the renort of the ai tide on education, which reads as follows: Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the General Ai sembly to provide for the compulsory attendant* at either publio or private schools, of all childre between the ages of six and sixteen yean, m EhysicaHy or mentally disabled, for a term equiv? int to twenty-four months. This section elicited considerable debate, an was finally adopted, with the following amendment and passed to the third reading: "Provided, That no law to that effect shall b passed until a system of publio schools has bee thoroughly and completely organized, and fttciHtie afforded to all the inhabitants of the State for th free education of their children." forty-second day. Wednesday, March 4.-^-Section 5th, providin for the levying of a poll tax, was taken up. Several amendments were proposed, when B B. Elliott introduced the following: "Provided that no person shall be deprived c the right of suffrage for the non-payment of sai tax." This amendment caused a lengthy discussion a to the probabilities of enforcing the payment or col Whnn nf o rtsill tor untti cmnk a nuAtnoA in f/\r iwuvii yjk a uvn m?a niui ouvua piutwiu uio vvli stitution. Those in favor of the amendment ai gued that other measures could be devised for et forcing payment other than depriving delinquent of the right to vote, as is the custom inmost State where a poll tax is levied. On the opposite sidei was urged that the amendment was a death strok to the raising of a school fund of $150,000 as pre posed by the report, to be realised from an annus poll tax of one dollar per head on each male inhat itant Motions were made to indefinitely postpone th amendment, but were all laid upon the table by decided majority. The amendment of Elliott was finally adoptee and the section, as amended, was passed to il third reading. Failure to pay the poll-tax Is not t prevent any person from voting. J. J. Wright offered the following resolution which was agreed to. ' Resplved, That it be referred to a Special Con mittee of five to report, an ordinance appropriate the Citadel and the grounds connected therewitl in the city of Charleston, to educational purposes said buildings and grounds to be devoted to th establishment of a College, which, in connectio with primary and grammar schools, shall be mam ged by a Board of Trustees and their successor? who shalfbe chosen by the General Assembly, an shall be subject to visitation by the Superintendec of the Board of Public Instruction in this State. The Committee on Franchise and Elections sut raitted a report which received its first reading. It is as follows: Section 1. In all elections by the people th electors shall-vote by ballot Sec. 2. Every male citizen of the United State of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, no laboring under the disabilities named in this Con stitution, without distinction of race, color, or pre vious condition, who shall be a resident of thi State at the time of the adoption of this Consfatu tion, or who shall thereafter reside in this Stat one year, and in the county sixty days next precc ding any election, and every male inhabitant c foreign birth of the age aforesaid, who shall hav resided in this State one year, and in the count sixty days immediately preceding such election* and shall have declared his intentions to become citizen of the United States conformable to the law of the United States on the subject of naturaliza tion, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that ar now, or hereafter may be, elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the electors a any election; Provided, that eveiy person comini of age alter the year A.D. 1875, to vote, be able t read and write ; but this qualification shall not ap ply to any person prevented by physical disabilit; from Complying therewith. Provided furthei That no person shall be allowed to voto or hoi office who is now, or hereafter may be, disqualifie therefor by the Constitution of the United Statef provided that the General Assembly shall hav the power to remove said disability by & two-third vote. Provided further, That no person, whil kept in any alms house or asylum, or of unsoun mind, or confined in any public prison, shall be a lowed to vote or hold office. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the General Ai sembly to provide fVom, time to time, for the regu tration of all electors. Sec. 4. For the purpose of voting, no perso 1i?11 I ii hi ha 11 ImI li'u i son of absence while employed in the service o?tfc United States, nor while engaged' upon the watei of thia State ot the United States, or of the hig seas, nor while temporarily absent ftom the Stab Sec. 5. No soldier, seaman or marine in th Army or Navy of the United States shall be deen ed a resident of this State in consequence of havin been stationed therein. Sec. 6. Electors shall, in all cases, except tret son, felony or breach of the peace, be privilege from arrest and civil process during their attend ance at elections, ana in going to and returnin from the same. Sec. 7. Every person entitled to vote at an; elections, shall be eligible to any office which noi is, or hereafter shall be elective by the people ii the county where he shall have resided sixty day previous to such election, except as otherwise pro vided in this Constitution, or the Constitution an laws of the United States. Sec. 8. No person convicted of treason, mm der, robbery, or dueling, shall exercise the righ to vote at any election, until he be expressly res tored thereto by the Act of the Legislature. Sec. 9. Presidential Electors shall be elected b; the people. Sec. 10. In all elections held by the people un der this Constitution, the person or persons whi shall recieve the highest number of votes shall b declared elected. forty-third day. Thursday, March 5.?Sections, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of the Executive part of the Constitutioi were passed to their third reading, without debati or amendment Un section 11, there was a bij fight It reads as follows: "All the public schools, colleges and universitie of this State, supported fey the public funds, shal be free and open to all the children and youths o the State, without regard to race or oolor." The section was finally re-committed to the Com mittee, with instructions to report at the end of i week. On motion of Mr. N. G. Parker, the offices o Adjutant and Inspector-General were made sub ject to election by the people, the incumbentsthere of to rank as Brigadier-General, their duties ant compensation to be prescribed by law. forty-fourth day. Friday, March 6.?With reference to the day'i proceedings, the News says: "The convention neare its decease. ThePresiden yesterday announced that all the ordinances re ported from committees had been passed to theii third reading. There is, nevertheless, enough o business maturing to occupy the body for eight o ten days longer, and there will be no dearth o interest to the proceedings yet to follow. Mucho the interest will certainly result from party move ments. The whites are playing a shrewd garni upon the political chess-board, and the cOlora men, fully aware of the attempts being made t< crowd them out of the valuable and responsible of fices in the gift of the party, are likewise aeepy interested in the result of the nominations about tx be made. The impression has been industriously circulated that the greater the number of negroes in power, the fewer will be the chances of Repub lican success. In other words, that the spirit oi the North is opposed to negro supremacy, and un til age and experience shall teach that spirit better it will not be safe to elect colored men. Hence while the grab-bag is held by bands all roundl asi printer would say, the "fat takes" are appropriated only by white men. They keep theoorn for them selves, and buy votes with the cob." After the usual preliminary proceedings, the fol lowing resolutions were offered: By C. M. Wilder?That the Committee on the Legislature consider the propriety of introducing an ordinance requiring all the railroads in the State to charge the same rates for passage and freight over the entire length of their roads in the States. Agreed to. By Mr. N. G. Parker?That all chartered cities and towns shall hold their municipal elections within thirty days from the ratification of this constitution, and that all municipal offices shall be declared vacant within thirty days after the adoption of thii constitution. Referred to a special committee ol nine. That a clause in the constitution is necessary de fining the qualifications of jurors. Referred to th< Judiciary Committee. That the General Assembly, at its first session, shall provide suitable laws for the registration ? all qualified electors and for preventing frauds a elections. Referred to Committee on Franchia* and Elections. Mr. B. F. Whittemore introduced the following as one of the sections of the legislative part ofthi Constitution: * . u-.u .._ "There shall be elected by the qualified electon > of the State, a Comptroller-General.lTreasurer and Secretary of State, who shall hold their respective 9- offices for the term of four years, and whose duties 5, and compensation shall be prescribed by law." n Mr. B. 0. Duncan moved to strike out "four" >t and insert "two years," which gave rise to an ext tended debate. ? Mr. C._ P. Leslie said Ae did not believe in fbrd ring officers, for so long a timet upon a people who t, were not permitted to vote. The object of this section was clearly to fix the party in power withe out allowing those who paid their money to enjoy n the show, and it was evident, that the party was * afraid it would not be able to maintain that power e unless they adopted some such provision, which, ? whether or no, foisted officers upon the people for four years. v Messrs. Whittemore, Duncan and others furg ther discussed the question, and the question being taken it was derided in the negative. So the secl tion was passed to its third reading. if . FORTY-FIFTH DAY. J fiiminiT Mftwh 7?The Convention, to-dav. rushed matters along at rail-road speed. "Tie s Bill of Bights," or the first Article or the Coosti|. tution, was placed on its passage, adopted, and ori dered to be engrossed. r. The Ordinance to provide for the ratification of y the Constitution and Ordinances, and for the elec ? tion of certain officers, which had been made the g special order for four o'clock, was taken up, read it a second time, and on motion, the rules suspended, e the Ordinance read a third time, passed and deh clared an Ordinacce of the Constitution. It is as J follows: y an ordinance to provide for the ratification of the constitution and ordinances, e and for the election of certain officers. a We, the people of South Carolina, by our delegates in convention met, do ordain .That on the |, 14th, 15th and 16th days of April, life, the conta stitution and ordinances adopted by tn? conven0 tion shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the registered voters of this State; and also that, i, at the same time, an election shall be held for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Adjutant and Inspeci tor-General, Secretary of State, Comptroller-Geng era! Treasurer, Attorney-General, Superintendent i, of Education, and members of the General Assem; bly. And, furthermore, that at the same time an e election shall be held in each Congressional Disd trict for a member of the House of Representatives y of the United States Congress. 1 Sec. 2. That the election for the ratification or d rejection of the constitution and ordinances and it for the aforementioned officers, shall be held at such places and under such regulations as may be h prescribed by the Commanding-General of this _ military district, ahd the returns made to him as directed by law. e Sec. 3. That in voting for or against the adoption of the constitution and ordinances, the words ~ "Pnp rv>n?fifntinn uvi nrdimuiflM." or "Acrainst ,t constitution and ordinances," shall be written or h printed on the ballot of each voter; but' no voter (. shall vote for or against the constitution and or* B dinanoes on a separate ballot from that cast by him [. for officers. e Sec. 4 That a Board of Commissioners is hereK by appointed, to consist of Messrs. E. W. M. |f Mackey, F. L, Cardoso, A. J. Ransier. and C. C. e Bowen. who shall keep an office for the transacY tionof business in the City of Charleston, and who ,t may employ such clerical forces as may be necessaa ry, and who are empowered to cause to be appoints ted suitable pe sons for managers of elections in each county in the State to hold the election proe vided fbr by this ordinance. Said commissioners s, shall nave power to use all the necessary means to X secure a fun and fair vote npon the constitution and g ordinances and the election of officers, o Sec. 5. In case of death, resignation, or inabilih ty to serve of any member or members of said Y Board of Commissioners, the President of this Convention shall have power to fill such vacancy, d Sec. 6. That should the said Board of Commisd sioneredeem it necessary or expedient, ^they arc ,t hereby authorized to extend in any oounty or conne ties, election precinct or precincts, the. number of [a dap during which the election aforesaid isto.be ? held from three to five. d Sec. 7. That within thirty days after the ratifi|. cation of this constitution, an election shall be held in and for each county, at such time and places, j. and under araoh regulatoonsas may be prescribed hp j. said Board of Commissioners for the election of afl county officers required by this constitution to be n elected by die people. And the said Board shall b* also have authority to rdl ekyrinns for all nrnniciie pal, officers, at present weoted by the people, at rs the same time,'and subject to such regulations as h the said Board may preswibe, not inconsistent with ?. this constitntion or the charters of such municipal ^ bodies. And at such elections every qualified ei. lector under the provisions of this constitution may g vote for all officers to be elected. Sec. 8. That the commissioners herein appoint- * i- ed shall receive for their service five dollars per d day in United States currency, or its equivalent in [. bills receivable of this State. g Sec. 9. Krat the President of this convention, ? . ppon the requisition of said Board of Commissiony era, shall have power to draw from the Treasury r of tbe State all money necessary to pay tbe expenD see incurred under this ordinance, and which the 8 General Commanding this military district is not 1 . authorised to assume. j Sec. 10. That the said Board of Commissioners, as soon as they have carried ont the provis.. ions of this ordinance, shall make to the General t Assembly a report of their proceedings, and a statement of the monevs expended bv them. 7 GOSSIP ABOUT IMPEACHMENT. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore - Gazette writes: 3 The party lash is being freely used by the im peach era to secure a safe passage of their measure through the "High Court of Impeachment," alias the Radical Senate of the United States. The leading spirits in this assault upon the executive ) department of the government laugh at the sugi gestions that senators when sworn as judges wOl i not be senators still, so far as their votes in sus5 taining impeachment may be concerned. They talk or the impossibility of a leopard changing his 3 spots, or an Ethiopian his skin, and say it is equal1 ly unreasonable to expect that a Radical senator f will change his views as to the moral obligations of < an oath, simply because he votes as a member of a - court instead of a member of the Senate. There is s i mnch truth in this declaration, and many conservative men are relying too confidently on the fact f that senators are to be "sworn" to try the issue ac oojding to the law and the facts. Have they not - been under the constant obligation of an oath to >A 1 obey, protect and defend the Constitution of the ^ Umtca States; and yet, have they ever hesitated to act ontside of and in direct violation of that constitution if party interests required it? Neverthe- J s less, it is generally believed in well-informed circles here that there are eight leading Republican t senators who will prove too much the Roman to be . thus used for base party purposes. These eight r senators are Fessenden, Anthony, Willey, Van f Winkle, Trumbull, Frelinghuysen, Grimes and r Pomeroy?which, together with the eleven Demof crats, constitute a sufficient vote to defeat the imf peachment of the President. Should these stand . firm as a barrier against the successful progress of 3 the impeachment movement, there may be several \ others who will prefer making a similar record for ) the future historian. Hence we have a prevailing L impression among the conservative men that the j whole project of the impeachment of the President ) will end pretty much as it did the prosecution a?: . /ll 1 T , Tk/tma. Tlu? : j gtuucu \Jcuciui juvicuav J>uvmoo. xuc luip^wu" 3 ment prosecution will be on a larger theatre, only . what Thomas' was on a smaller one, and Thad. p Stevens, with his associate prosecutors, may be dis. missed from the High Court of Impeachment with as little ceremony as General Thomas was put out ' of court by Judge Cartter. The testimony of Gen. [ Thomas is being relied on by the Radical managers I to sustain the charges of conspiracy to seize by force the War Department; but when this testi- I mony comes to be published, as given before the - " . Impeachment Committee, the honest masses of the* people will surely be disguked with the whole 3 thing. In the meantime the party leaders have been profuse in the abuse of the man they found | they could not exactly use to suit their purposes, b But do the Radical leaders care, or expect, to , prove the President guilty of the charges contained in the articles of impeachment? This question j was frankly answered by General N. P. Banks, one of the impeachers, wno assured your oorrespon dent that, so far as the particular charges were I concerned, the President could not be found guilty; i adding, at the same time, that t^e Senate, apprel" dating the importance of removing Mr. Johnson for the general good of tho country, would convict him to prevent his doing any harm, and that' in > doing tins, Senators were not resixmsible to anv one for the rotes they gave. Such is the Radical expectation in Congress. It is anticipated by Stef vens, Bingham ana others^ that they have only to t offer the pretext, and their friends in the Senate ; will take care of the rest. No reliance is placed by them in the puerile verbosity put forth in the I shape of "articles of impeachment" They are 3 merely the flimsy pretext under which it is anticipated that the Senate will seek protection, and the i sentiments expressed by General Banks, are those ^