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JfrMff and .farts.
A man is about to be tried for murder in
Paris for having blown out the braios of a friend
who wanted to oommitsuicide but hadn't the courage
It is the fashion at weddings in Nevada, that
all the gentlemen present kiss the bride, all the ladies
kiss the bridegroom, after which all the ladies
and gentleman kiss each other.
A lady in New York recently sent a request
to a friend to accompany her to Graoe Church.?
The reply came back: "Sorry, but Fm dressed for
St Paul's."
At every State election, since the spring of
1867, the Radicals have lost ground. A comparison
of the returns of the elections in 1867 with
those held in 1866, shows that the Radicals have
lost in seventeen States, 235,534 votes.
Artificial babies are advertised in France, for
travellers' use, warranted to scream with such effect
as to deter any individual from entering the
compartment of the railway carriage where one 1
may be.
According to a Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald, a National Convention ,
is about to be called to meet in Baltimore to nom
inate an independent ticket for President and Vice
President
A PAnnovlviinia noTU?r aflvs til ft t at the close '
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of one of the Teoent fierce debates in Congress, i
Judge Y/oodward approached Judge Schofieldanc
said: "X expect to live to see this Government fall
to pieceu."
We will do Mr. Stanton the justice to say
that his letter of resignation is believed to be in the
hands of one of his friends, who is instructed to
present it as soon as there shall be final action of ]
acquittal of the President under the impeachment
charges.?National Intelligencer, 20th. i
A correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer
and Examiner, says: John C. Underwood and the
late United States Marshal Duncan are soon to be
prosecuted in the Supreme Court of the United (
btates, before Judge Chase, for swindling the government
out of the proceeds of confiscated lands, j
A novel engine, driven by electricity, was exhibited
before a large audience at the college of the '
city of New York on Thursday afternoou. If the
"electro-magnetic" engine can be brought to do all 1
its inventor claims for it, the days of steam, as a :
motive po wer, are numbered.
The tour of the world can be made in two i
months and a half. When the Pacific Railroad is }
finished, from New York to San Francisco will take (
seven days; from San Francisco to Hong Kong, by
way of 1 okohama, twenty days; from Hong Kong, 1
by steamer, to Suez, thirty-two days ; from Suez
to Paris, six days; from Paris to New York, ten
days; in all seventy-five days.
Fast freight cars have recently been trans- 1
ported from New Orleans to New York, a distance <
J?> tk;0 .
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the shortest time on record, but with the increased (
facilities of transportation, and the improvements
of the read, the freight will soon be moved over the (
route in a much shorter period. (
S waking of Hancock for the Presidency, the 1
New Orleans Picayune says: "If a man who was
either equivocally or plainly on the war side is to J
be chosen, we would much prefer one who fought 1
for his r rinciples, and who. if kept out of his seat 1
by .Racioal usurpation, will fight for it until he ,
gets in." 6
A curious method of killing rats is recommended.
in a Herman journal as veiy efficient. A
piece o! new or unused sponge is cut into small
pieces, -which are smeared with butter, and placed *
within uach of the rats, next to a dish of water. 1
The rats eat the sponge, and becoming thirsty, (
drink the water, which swells the sponge, and in a
short time kills the animals, which are found dead
all around. j
T.-.e cost of the impeachment trial of the
Presidesc of the United States is estimated at four
hundred thousand dollars. The probability is it
will exceed five hundred thousand. Some witnesses
cost five thousand dollars each. It is reported J
that the bill for printing the tickets of admission (
amounts to six thousand dollars. Thus much arc
the people taxed, in this case, to gratify the malice
of Thaddeus Stevens & Co.
Two singular, and not very young maiden .
ladies of New York city, are now "fattening against
each other for a wager. One takes sherry and c
eggs in the early morning, and the other trains on c
chocolate. Tripe is the pabulum selected by the r
former for dinner, while tne latter devotes her mas- s
ticatory powers to fish, and especially shad roes, 4
which are said to be very promotive of adiposity.
One hundred and fifty pounds is the weight aimed *
at c
Said Mr. Calhoun, in a speech delivered in "
the United States Senate more than twenty-five *
years ago: "Be assured that emancipation itself (
would not satisfy these fanactics; that gained, the t
next ship will be to raise the negroes to a social and 4
political equality with the whites; and that being
effected we should soon find the condition of the 1
two luces reversed. They and their Northern allies
would be the masters, and we the slaves."?
but in those days Mr. Calhoun was called a "fanatic,"
"cas3andra," and other still less compli- <
mentary names. '
In New York there is no love for anything >
that looks like miscegenation. The "eternal ne- 1
gro" is now kicked and abused on all sides, and \
what is allowed by the Reconstruction Constitution (
of Carolina is decided to be illegal by the Supreme .
Court, at Buffalo. A colored girl, it seems, entered ^
one of the white schools in that city, and was per- (
mitted by the teacher to remain. Complaint was <
mace to the .superintendent, who decided that the i
girl must leave the school. This brought the matter
befo:e the Supreme Court, which ruled against "
the right of colored children to attend any school ]
except those designed for them exclusively.
That religion is carried out in a business-like
manner in England, is proverbial. Lately a business
book has oec-n published entitled "The Lord's '
Cash Book for 1808,'' whereby religious book-keep- j
ing is greatly facilitated. Towards the end of the j
book, besides much good advice, maxims, &c., is ]
a regular ruled accouut. where the good Christian j
credits himself with all good acts, such as "Sub- ]
scription towards decently clothing the newly converted
female Hottentots," &c., and debits Frovi- '
aenoe with the equivalent, so that he can at any
time check the account and surmise what his probable
chance may be for the future.
South Carolina raises less corn and wheat to
the acre than any other State in North America.
In 1867 New York had an average of thirty bush- <
els of corn atd fourteen bushels or wheat, Pennsyl- ]
vania thirty-two bushels of corn and twelve bush- (
els of wheat, New Jersey thirty-three bushels of
corn aud fourteen bushels of wheat, and South .
Carolina nine bushels of wheat and six bushels of \
com. There is no good reason for this. Our i
State has lands as rich and fertile as any in the 1
1 1 o?11 c .1 _i L:__ aI 1. ,
woriu. ciuiiii mruis, uuup piuugmug, uiuiuugu ]
draining, and a free use of manure, will raise Carolina
to a level with the New England States. An
average of twenty bushels of corn and ten bushels
of wheat can readily be made, and this can be improved
Will not our fanners at least make the
attempt?
The Congressional Globe of the Thirty-seventh
Congress contains two speeches, one made in
March, the ther in April, by different gentlemen,
which are duplicates, the Bohemian who undertook
to supp y them having sold the same speech
to both purchasers. This is but a repetition, however,
of wha. happened in 1798, when a ready writer
furnished one of the "letters to constituents,"
in which Congressmen then aired their eloquence,
to Hon. John Clopton, of Henrico county, Va.,
and then sold a verbatim copy of the same epistle
to Hon. Thomas Claiborne, of the Brunswick district
Somehow, the two letters were compared,
and although each gentleman endeavored to show
that the other one stole the letter from him, their
constitutcnts refused to re-elect either.?Cincinnati
Commercial
Mr. Washbume, of Illinois, introduced jn
the House of Representatives, on Monday, a bill
for the construction of a government telegraph,
under the direction of the rostoffice Department,
between New York and Washington, under which
no message shall be sent over the line unless stamped
with a three cent postage stamp, and establishing
a uniform rate for messages, without regard to
distance, of one cent for each word, exclusive of
address and signature, but no message shall be
sent for less than ten cents, and two cents shall be
charged for the delivery. Government dispatches
shall go foe and be entitled to priority. Newspaper
telegrams shall be transmitted at a reduction
not exceeding iifty per centum on these rates. The
bill appropriates seventy-five thousand dollars for
establishing the line.
The Petersburg Express has the following:
A few davs ago a married man (we suppress tne
name), rtrident of Dinwiddie County, went off and
joined tht. loil league, without getting the consent
of his better half (or no doubt that he thinks his
uxmer half). The news of his joining reached his
wife's ears before he got home, and she, being an
out and out rebel, determined to break off his connection
with the league; so she went out and cut
a good stick, and as he returned home she met
ana administered to him a severe chastisement.?
She informed him if he attended any more of their
meetings she would treat him to another dose of
the same kind. Notwithstanding this admonition,
he attended the next meeting, and on his return
home was met as before by his wife, stick in band,
and, as our informant states, was knocked down
and beaten very badly. We have not heard whether
he attended the third meeting or not, but we
should think he would let the party drop, and we
would advise all other married men who are inclined
to join the party, to first get the consent of
their wives.
forfeviUr
YORKVILLE. S. C.S
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1868.
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INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES.
By reference to advertisement in another column,
it will .be seen that the lists of annual and special
Internal Revenue taxes for the year 18C8, are in
the hands of the Deputy Collector for adjustment
Persons interested will do well to read the advertisement
and profit by the information it contains.
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
On Monday next, the first of June, the fifty per
cent clause of the Bankrupt Act takes effect
After that date no person can voluntarily take the
benefit of the Act whose estate will not pay fifty
per cent of his debts. A bill recently passed the
Bouse of Representatives extending the time for
voluntary applicants, until the first of January,
1869. It was sent to the Senate, but had not been
icted upon by that body at the latest advices, and
t is altogether probable that no action will be taken
it an early day. Those who contemplate availing
-hemselves of the provisions of the law, should
ittend to the matter without further delay.
""t nv tup ctrnvn 4BTICI.E.
TV/1 JU Uil 1JUU
Through the courtesy of Messrs. Breneke and
McDonald, the gentlemanly and accommodating teljgraph
operators at Chester, we learn that a vote
vas taken on the second article of the impeachment
:harges on Tuesday last, which resulted in the acjuittal
of the President by the same vote as on the
ileventh article?-35 to 19. The following is the
irticle referred to, divested of all verbiage:
"Article II. charges that the President, there
jeing then no vacancy in the War Office, authorzed
Gen. Thomas, in writing, to act as Secretary
id interim, the Senate then being in session, and
rith intent to violate the Tenure Act and the Conititution."
ANOTHER CLUB.
Since our last issue we have been informed of
;he organization of a Conservative Club at Clay
Hill, in this District The following gentlemen
jompose the officers:
President?Peter McCallum.
Vice-Presidents?E. A. Faris, and D. T. Partow.
\
Seceratries?W. B. Allison, and M. B. Garrison.
Treasurer?Wm. Choat.
Executive Committee?Joseph. Douglas, J. A. L.
Stewart, York Hall, W. B. Allison, and A. D.
3hoat.
THE LOCUSTS?AGAIN.
A friend of ours?not a Daniel, but a' 'Samivel'
akes issue with us as to the signification and shape
if the figure represented on the wings of the lousts,
which are at present so numerous in this
egion. He dissents from the "old woman's"
tory of a "to" and war, and contends that it is
V and prognosticates "nigger" government, a
p-eater calamity than was ever dreamed of by any
>!d lady of the most vivid imagination. Recent
:vents indicate that "he has got the right sow by
he ear," and we are ready to confess that on a
luestion of such magnitude, we are "incompetent
o the include," and accept our friend's solution of
his ">ccult matter as satisfactory, until a better is
presented.
REVISION OF REGISTRATION.
The Boards of Registration for York District,
:onipleted a revision of the registration lists on
Saturday evening last, preparatory to theapproachng
District elections. Through the courtesy of
;he Registrars, we are enabled to give complete
cturns, showing the number of voters registered in
jach precinct It will be observed that the maority
is now in favor of the whites to the number
)f thirty-two. This has resulted principally from
he migratory habit of the negroes?a number havng
left the District since the first registration.
Whites. Blacks.
ITorkville, 497 378
McConnellsville, 122 208
Blairsville, 137 163
[flay Hill, 1J2 152
Bethel, 132 130
Fort Mill. 182 170
Elock Hill, 269 406
Joate's Tavern 82 72
Pride's Old Mill], 64 55
Bethany 108 48
Boydton, 224 96
iVylie's Store, 136 155
Plark's Store, 54 54
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RADICAL NOMINATIONS.
Several of the bell-wethers of the Radical party
)f York District, held a pow-wow in this place on
Monday last, for the purpose of nominating canlidates
for District officers. We learn that nomilations
were tendered to several Conservatives,
)nt that the intended honor was promptly declined
n each case. The most trust-worthy information
:liat we have been able to procure, gives the following
as the names last selected:
Sheriff? David T. Barrett.
Judge of Probate?John C. Simpson.
Coroner?Amos Biggers.
County Commissioners?M. O'Connell, Jno. R.
Faris and Daniel Kerr.
School Commissioner?James Bynum.
We are not advised that any nomination has
been agreed upon for Clerk of the Court. The
nomination was tendered to Mr. Joseph F. Wallace,
the present incumbent, and the nominee of
the Conservative party. He, however, very
promptly declined to allow his name to be used as
the candidate of the party. We have heard it
stated that the name of Mr. Simpson, the nominee
for Judge of Probate, is used without his con
sent, and that he will decline the nomination as
soon as apprised of it. Whether the nominees
for the other offices have been consulted as to their
wishes in the premises, we have not learned.
THE EDGEFIELD RESOLUTIONS.
At a late meeting of the Central Executive Committee
and the sub-committees of Edgefield District,
the following resolutions were, on motion of
General M. W. Gary, unanimously adopted:
Resolved, 1st, That a meeting of the Democratic
Party of Edgefield District be called on the first
Monday in June next, to consider the various questions
of vital interest affecting said party.
Resolved, 2d, That the Chairman of the Central
Executive Committee of this District be requested
to confer with the Central Executive Committee
of the State and other Democratic organizations, as
to the propriety of calling a General Convention of
this State on the second Tuesday in June next, to
ascertain the sense of the party as to the right
of suffrage and other grave questions touching the
interests of the State, and report the result of the
same to said meeting in June.
A call appears in the Charleston papers, to
which is attached about two hundred and sixty
names, for a public meeting on Saturday evening
last, for the purpose of considering a i-esponse to
the invitation contained in the second of the above
resolutions. We have no objection to urge against
the Edgefield resolutions, as they simply request a
conference. The call for the Charleston meeting,
however, goes further, and tacks on to the Edgefield
resolutions, a proposition "to meet in Convention,
in Columbia and nominate Delegates to the
National Democratic Convention to beheld in New
York on the 4t,h of July next" The Convention
which assembled in Columbia, on the 2nd of April
last, selected Delegates to represent the State in
the National Democratic Convention, and we are
apprehensive that a second Convention, assembled
with the implied purpose of making other selections,
will not have a tendency to mobalize the
Democratic party in this State. We are satisfied
that a more thorough organization than now exists
is necessary, but do not believe that the course indicated
in the Charleston call is likely to produce
it. With regard to calling another Convention,
the Columbia Phoenix remarks:
"We have been requested by the State Central
Committee to state that, inasmuch as they are the
officers of the late Convention, they do not regard
it as their duty to call any other Convention. If
the dissentients desire a new Convention, let them
call it These gentlemen are citizens of the State,
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ana nave me tuiiue riKiius mut an uiuu uuhui
have. If it is supposed that the late Convention
did not represent the sentiments of the people of
the State, then let them trv that sentiment, and
they will then, we trust, be satisfied; they will
then, we trust, unite cordially with the jjeople, and
not disunite them by groundless complaints. It
may be that these gentlemen are correct, but we
are prepared to abiae the issue and the trial. Our
advice now to South Carolina is expressed in one
word, UNITY! UNITY!! UNITY!!! and not
division at home among our own people. This is
no time to divide, but it is the time to act harmoniously,
for the best interest of our grand old State,'
humiliated as she is, and sitting in her garments
of woe, weeping for her children and asking to be
comforted."
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
In the House, on the 18th, a joint resolution
was introduced amending the constitution so as to
make naturalized citizens eligible to the Presidency.
Stevens offered a resolution calling for the
secret proceedings of the High Court. He said
that no one could donbt that there was deep damnation
somewhere, and he wanted to find out who
was guilty. In reply to a question whether senators
would have been justified in committing perjury,
he said: "Well, sir, I don't think it would
have hurt them much." The resolution was then
passed.
In the Senate, the Virginia Constitution was reA
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lerrea to tne judiciary committee. i*uer &ume
other unimportant business the Senate adjourned
to Thursday.
In the Senate, on the 19th, the consideration of
the admission of Arkansas was indefinitely postponed.
In the House there was no quorum.
There was no business done in either House on
the 20th or 21st, and both actfourned to Monday
last.
A dispatch from Washington, dated "Sunday
night" says that a new article of impeachment has
been framed by Stevens, founded on evidence
heretofore taken by the Judiciary Committee, and
is partially based on the establishment of provisional
governments in the South, and the payment
of money to the officers of said governments. A
majority of the managers disapprove of the article.
MERE-MENTION.
The North Carolina Legislature is made up as
follows: In the Senate 38 Radicals and 12 Conservatives.
In the House, 80 Radicals and 40
Conservatives. In the Senate there are 3 negroes,
and in the House, 16. The formation of a
"Southern Republican Association" is announced,
and Dr. A. G. Mackey, of South Carolina, is designated
as a member of the Central Executive
Committee. An Illinois paper estimates that
the expenses of the United States government last
year were a little over^l.OOO a minute. Bets
were offered in Washington on the 15th instant,
of $1000 to $20,000, that Hancock would get the
nomination for the Presidency, and the same amount
that he would carry Pennsylvania by twenty
thousand majority. It is now stated on
good authority that Chief Justice Chase has positively
decided to proceed with the trial of Jefferson
Davis on the 3d of June. The United States
Circuit Court has adjourned to that date. '"'A
lady has been expelled from * church choir in New
York for reading novels iu service. At Berlin,
lately, it is reported that a woman seventy-two
years of age gave birth to a child. Great efforts
are already being made by the Democrats to
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carry mu eiecuuus m tut? ou&lc ui .>iaiuc iu
tember next The first negro divorce in Mississippi
was granted at the last term of court for
Oktibeha county New Orleans papers mention
the early arrival of the army worm, the destructive
enemy of the cotton plant, *n the fields
east of the Mississippi A Chicago letter, alluding
to the immense crowd in attendance on the
Republican National Convention, says: "The
South Carolinians have brought tents and cooking
utensils, and intend to camp in the suburbs."
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THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The National Republican Convention assembled
at Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday of last week,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
President and Vice-President. The details received,
up to the time of going to press, are meagre;
but enough is known to show that the decent and
respectable white people of the South have but
little hope of their condition being improved by the
success of the party at the next election.
The Convention assembled at noon, on Wednesday,
and was called to order by the selection of
Carl Schurz as temporary Chairman. All of the
Southern States, with the exception of Texas,
were represented?nineteen of the delegates being
negroes. After the appointment of a Committee
on Credentials, consisting of one member from each
State, the Convention adjourned until the following
day.
The Convention re-assembled on Thursday.?
Ex-Governor Hawley, of Connecticut, was elected
the permanent President, and was introduced to
the Convention, by ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia.
All of the Southern States were represented
among the vice-presidents and secretaries, and on
all committees
The platform was introduced, upon which the
party proposes to stand, and was adopted with but
two or three dissenting votes. The following is the
full text, so far as the South is immediately concerned
:
"First. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the Reconstruction policy of Congress,
as evinced by the adoption in the majority of
the States lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all; and it is
the duty of the government to sustain those institutions
and to prevent the people of those States
from being remitted to a state of anarchy.
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OCwiiu. iuc Kuaiauieu uy vuiigicsa ui cijuai
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was demanded
by every consideration of public safety of gratitude
and of justice, and must be maintained;
while the question of suffrage in all the loval States
properly belongs to the people of those States."
The following is the substance of the remaining
sections of the platform:
3. Repudiation is denounced as a national crime.
The national obligations must be paid in letter
and spirit
4. The equalization and reduction c f taxes is demanded.
5. Extending the time of redemption of the public
debt to the latest day is favored, and the reduction
of the rate of interest whenever it is honorably
possible.
0. The Government should be administered with
the strictest economy, and the corruption and extravagance
fostered by Johnson should be reformed.
7. President Lincoln's death, and President
Johnson's accession to power, are both deplored.
The latter is denounced as an usurper, violator of
the laws, and obstructor of reconstruction, and it is
avowed that he has been justly impeached of high
crimes and misdemeanors.
8. No citizen, native or naturalized, must be
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imprisoned when abroad, except for violatien-qf the
laws. ? 1 : I
9. 'Die soldiers and sailors are eulogized. Their 1
bounties are obligations never to bo forgotten, and a
their orphans and widows are the natjoi?!s*wards. t
10. Immigration should be fostered,.by a liberal s
and just policy. 1
11. The Convention sympathizes with all op- t
pressed people who are struggling for their rights, r
General Logan nominated Gen. U. S. Grant as k
the Republican candidate for the Presidency, when .T
the nomination Was unanimously adopted.
The first ballot far Vice-President resulted: |
Wade, 149; Wilson, 119; Colfax, 118; Harlan, ii
16; Kelley, of Pa., 6; Pomeroy, 1. 1
On the fifth ballot, Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, c
and Speaker of the House of Representatives, was r
nominated for Vice-President, receiving 552 votes. e
The Convention then adjourned, subject to the v
call of the President. r
The following sketch of the nominee for VicePresident,
will prove interesting just here: t
"Schuvler Colfax was born on the 23d of March, t
1823, in New York city. His father was an offi- ](
cer of one of the New' York city banks, and died
four months before the birth of Schuyler. In the ^
veins of the Speaker runs the blood of the revo- a
lutionary fathers; his grandfather, Gen. William Q
Colfax, having been tne commanding officer of t]
rGeneral Washington's life guards throughout the v
Revolutionary War. Speaker Colfax received an tj
ordinary common scnow eaucauon, ana men uu,
tained a clerkship in it store. After three years' p
service he removed to Indiana, and settled in St.
Joseph county, For' four years young Schuyler ?
served as a clerk in a store in the little village of j,
New Carlisle, and when seventeen years old, upon n
receiving an appointment as deputy county auditor, e
repaired to the county seat, South Bend, where he r;
has since resided. At an early age Mr. Colfax
commenced to take an active interest in political a
matters, and frequently published his views upon ^
the questions of the day in the local newspaper.
He soon acquired reputation as an able writer, and n
in 1845, became proprietor and editor of the St. c
Joseph Valley Register, published in South Bend. t(
Though commencing with small means and a small n
subscription list, the paper, by its general interest
and the editorial ability displayed, soon became
remunerative. Mr. Colfax was a Whig as long
as there was a Whig party, and at its death he
{'oined the Republican party. In the Whig party li
le had risen to some prominence, having been a ^
delegate to, and one of the secretaries of, the con- a
vention which nominated Gen. Taylor. Mr. Colfax's
first nomination to Congress was in 1851,
when he was beaten by 200 votes. At the time of 6
his second nomination, the Nebraska bill "was the 1
most exciting issue before the country, and the tl
representative from the district having voted for
it, against the desires of his constituents, the anti- j.
Nebraska men immediately selected Colfax to take ?
the lead in punishing the delinquent, and elected V
him by 2,000 majority. _ }|
From the year 1856 up to the present time, Mr. ?
Colfax has been successively elected by large ma- 3
jorities. Mr. Colfax was an enthusiastic support- 4
er of Mr. Lincoln in . the campaign of I860, and
as long as the latter lived he loved, respected and ?
trusted Mr. Colfax, in whose judgment he placed ^
such implicit confidence that it has been said he ?
rarely took any steps affecting the interests of the D
nation, without making his intentions known to .
him. "
In 1863 Mr. Colfax was chosen, and has since *!
remained, Speaker of the House of llepresenta- v
tives, and has acquired a high reputation as a *
shrewd and kindly chairman, and a skillful parlia- a
mentarian. 0
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XIe is pure in nib personal unu uiurai uauito, uiu
a broad, outspoken and catholic sympathy with P
every good work of reform, whether political, mor- *
al, intellectual or religious, and has the warm and "
enthusiastic confidence of Christians and temper- R
ance reformers throughout the country. He at- ^
tends, and we believe, is a member of the Reform- P
ed Dutch Church, and is a thorough tectotalist. 11
Without being educated as a scholar, industrious R
reading has given him much of what is valuable in 81
scholarship, unalloyed by its pedantry, its clannish- P
ness, or its egotism. Without being bred a law- ^
yer, practical familiarity with legislation has taught ^
him all that is most valuable in law, freed from the P
conservatism and inaptitude for change and reform R
which rest like an incubus on so many of those P
minds which are bred by the habits of the legal b
profession to look for precedents which show what 21
the law has been, rather thau to broad principles i;
which settle what the law ought to be. Yet Mr. V
Colfax has frequently shown the happiest familiar- P
ity with precedents, especially in questions of par- 11
liamentary practice. ' *
As an orator, Mr. Colfax is not argumentative, 5
except as clear statement and sound judgment are x
convincing. He rides no erratic hobbies. He de- "
mands few policies which the average sense of in- a
telligent men cannot be made to assent to on a clear 2
statement of his position. He is eminently repre- ^
sentative. A glance at his broad, well-balanced 1
practical brain, indicates that his leading faculty is P
the sum of all the faculties?judgment?and that 11
what he believes, the majority of the people either Y
believe or can be made to believe. ^
t n
hew advebti8emehts,
J. & E. B. Stowe?At the Templo of FashionClothing?Boots
and Shoes?Beautiful Sun- ?
downs?Grand Entertainment. a!
A. S. Abell ?k Co., Baltimore?The Weekly Sun. a
Allison <fc Bratton?Drugs, Medicines, <fcc. a
W. B. Williams?Internal Revenue Taxes. tl
T. M. Dobson & Co.?Bells?Pocket Knives? a
Parlor Matches?Table Salt?Chewing To- ti
bacco?Wagon Whips?Spring Balances? \
Tin Kettles?Dry Goods?Last Dun. ?
R. H. Glenn?Ten Dollars Reward. d
editoriaiTinklings.
A Negro Alderman.
General Canby recently appointed William ^
McKinlay, a negro, as a member of the City Coun- lQ
cil of Charleston. The negro refused to "serve on w
the ground that two weeks of the aldermanic chair r<
" a- I-?? t.i- i i?i_; i *1
would not compensate uim lor uie loss 01 ma must < '
valuable friendfl." jJ
Not a ''Carpet-Bagger." "
A short time ago, Gen. Schofield appointed v
Mr. C. G. Bighara, late of New York, but now t<
President of the First National Bank, of Lynch- n
burg, Va., a member of the Common Council of the y
latter city. Mr. Bigham declined the appointment,
and assigned as a reason that "he could not ^
consent to occupy any position for which the mere ij
ability to take the test oath of office was only the fi
requisite qualification." ? b
Charges of Corruption. ?
The Impeachment managers have set about n
investigating charges of alleged corruption against t)
the Republican Senators, who voted for the ac- t<
quittal of President; Johnson, with the hope of tl
being able to effect their expulsion. Thus far the *
investigation has not ibeen rewarded with the sue- ^
cess so much coveted by the impartial managers! g
What President Johnson will Do ! a
Speculations are rife as to what President tl
Johnson will do in the event of his acquittal on all n
the articles of impeachment. The most prevalent
opinion is that he will immediately re-organize his tj
Cabinet, in order to place his administration more r<
in harmony with the views of those whom circum- 1c
stances have made his friends. The N. Y. World *
has the following on the subject from its Washing- "
ton correspondent, who is one of Mr. Johnson's
confidants: /
It is generally understood, to-night, that if the *
vote had been taken upon all the articles of im- u
peachment yesterday, the President would have tl
almost immediately re-organized his Cabinet. The t
State, Treasury, War and Interior' Departments b
were, as the report says, to be first put into other b
hands. o
The following are the persons named as those
who were to assume the several Secretaryships:
Secretary of State?Wm. M. JSvarts. 0
Secretaiy of the Treasury?Mr. Groesbeek. r
Secretary of War?Ex-Governor Cox, of Ohio. c
Secretary of the Interior?Mr. Catron, of Illi- tj
noia. j
Mr. Stanbery would probably be returned to the n
position of Attorney-General. No name is men- v
tioned for the new head of the Postoffice depart- v
uient. As the impeachment stands, none of these
changes can be expected to be made. The administration
of the Government will probably continue
for an indefinite period in the present hands. r
The Mayoralty of Charleston.
The Conservatives of Charleston have at 0
last agreed upon a candidate for Mayor of that t
city. The gentleman selected, and upon whom t
it is likely the Conservative vote will concentrate, *
. is Col. William Patten, formerly an officer of the
United States Army, who at the close of the war j(
settled in Christ Church Parish, near the city. (
The News furnishes the following sketch of the r
nominee: a
J ! : : |
"Colonel Patten is the son of a well-known New
Worker, Who was formerly the proprietor of the
'atten Hotel, in Broome-street, New York. He
ssisted his father in the management of this hoel
for some time, but subsequently engaged in buiness
in Washington.. At the opening of the war,
te was appointed aid to Lieutenant-General Scott,
iut his financial ability soon secured for him the
>osition of major and paymaster in the United
States army. He served throughout the war, and
ras brevetted ?Colopelat Harper's, Eerty for galintand
meritoriouiconduct. In November, 18G5,
le was mustered out. and since that event he has
Seen engaged with'Mr. Weldon in Cotton plantngin
Christ Church Parish, on the Wando River,
ks his past experience has taught him how to
ommand men and to conduct large business opeations,
there is no fear that the city government
rill suffer ait his hands. He has invested his proprty
in this State, and has cast his lot with us. and
rill, we trust, secure the position for which he is
lominated."
The Radicals, several weeks ago, put in nomina!
ry Ml 1. TIM 11 _ XT .1 _ J a. t
iou, vxiiuen, .riusDury, a norinern aavemurvr 01
he "carpet-bag" stripe. The Newt, inthefoljwing
paragraph, tells us who he is :
"Mr. Gilbert Pillsbury, the ultra Radical nomnee
for Mayor, is a native of Massachusetts, and
bout fifty years old. ; It is said that he wfts at
ne time a member of the Massachusetts Legislaure,
and it is certain that towards the close of the
war he held a position at Hilton Head in connec-"
ion with the United States Government Afterwards
he was made Agent of the Freedmen's Busau
in this State, ana had charge of the City Orhan
House, drawing one hundred and seventvve
dollars per month, for the services of himself,
is wife, and adopted daughter. When elected a
lembcr of tho Constitutional Convention, he was
jeeted from the position that he held in the BuEaut
and he is now regarded as a martyr to his
olitical creed. Mr. Pillsbury was nominated by
handful of colored people, and is not recognized
y leading Republicans as the regular nominee of
be party. He is plausible in his manner, but is
ot so winning in his appearance as to command
onfidence or respect. Mr. Pillsbury is believed
3 be a thorough demagogue, and if elected, will
idicalize the whole city government."
A NEW PARTV PROPOSED.
A special dispatch from Washington, and pub
shed in the New York Times, on Saturday of last
reek, furnishes a programme for the formation of
new political party, with Chief Justice Chase,
s the standard-bearer. In 1860, three parties
ave us a war, and it is not improbable that in
868, the same result will be produced. Here is
be programme:
"Tho most astounding political intrigue ever
nown to the politics of this country, is now on
x>t among prominent politicians and office-holders
i this city and elsewhere. The chief movers in
i are Andrew Johnson, President of the United
tates, after acquittal, and Chief Justice Chase,
'he object is the formation of a third party, and
be defeat of General Grant, if nominated at Chiago.
On Tuesday last Ex-Gov. Pratt, of Maryind,
said that acquittal would follow, and before
lie week was out the country would be astonished
y an entire change of Cabinet. It has since
ranspireil that the President has agreed to 6end
1 a new Cabinet of Republicans, immediately afjr
acquittal, and to adopt and strictly carry out
be reconstruction measures of Congress. Senator
lenderson last night stated this agreement to be
fact, and it is believed by shrewd judges to be
ne of the principal elements whereby sufficient
trength and power may be given to Mr. Chase's
arty to make it formidable, and to throw the
'residential election into the House of llepresenitives,
if not to elect its candidate before tne peole.
This movement expects to be able to defeat
rem Grant, by arraying itself against the extreme
Ladical element in the Republican party, which,
; is believed, will be bis main support The proosition
that the President shall abandon his oppoition
to Congress is intended to neutralize the
ower of that body long enough to make inroads
pon it in favor of this movement. When the
Ldininistration is fully re-organized, its power and
atronage will be used to enhance Mr. Chase's
rospects. It is not believed he would accept a
democratic nomination, but the fact that Mr. Voorees
and many other prominent Democrats openly
dvocate his nomination, is conclusive that a strong
democratic support is at his command. Mr.
'base is unreserved in his expressions of contempt
>r Gen. Grant as a political leader, and for tne
npeachnient movement, and bewails what he
irnis the tendency of the party to take up with
mall men, and says the party has surrendered to
reneral Grant. His influence has been exerted
om the beginning to defeat the impeachment,
nd he is believed to have done more than any
ther man to secure the acquittal of Mr. Johnson,
lence the latter is willing, if acquitted, to reward
Ir. Chase by throwing the influence of the Adlinistration
in his favor. The discovery of this
itrigue has startled the political metropolis to its
ery centre. All eyes are anxiously turned on the
Ibicago Convention. The intriguers hope for the
put ir!.. n !j i -L:AU?
ommation or rvaae as v ice-rresiueui, wuiumney
(aim will place Grant op such an extreme Radical
asis as to afford additional capital for the new
Dinbination. These are the developments which
re in everybody's mouth to-dav to the exclusion
Imost of even the verdict. Those who choose
an take these statements cum grano salts. But
ley arc based on the facts and names mentioned
bove, and have an absolute foundation. One
hing is certain, the Chief Justice is still a candiate
for the Presidency; any one who doubts this
eserves a straight jacket."
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democratic meeting held in the Hibernian
fall on Saturday night was so far successful, that
; was moderately well attended, and that the reslutions
proposed were adopted without debate and
ithout a dissenting voice. It is probable that the
esolutions adopted will meet with approval, and if
hey receive an active support from the city at
irge, the Democracy of Charleston may before
>ng get upon its legs.
The action of the meeting in regard to the conention
lately held in Columbia, is sure, however,
1 cause some little irritation. Not only does the
leeting formally disavow the authority of thatconention
to represent the State, but the views of
a leaders are totally at variance with theup-counry
upon one of the cardinal points of political
uth. The Columbia convention declared its wilngness
to give the colored people a qualified suf age;
the leaders of the Charleston Democracy are
itterly opposed to giving the negro any suffrage
t all. Here is a sufficient element of discord, and
is not lessened by the fact that the Charleston
iceting is prepared, in the event of a refusal of
lie Columbia committee to accede to its requests,
) nominate delegates on its own account, and send
leui to New York on the 4th of July to rap for
dmission at the doors of the National Wigwam,
'lie people of the up-country districts are not
ireatened with negro supremacy in the same deree
that Charleston and Beaufort and Colleton
nd Barnwell are threatened. In several districts
(icy have an absolute white majority, and they
lay not feel inclined to undo all they have done to
ait even the desires of the Democrats of the Seoud
Congressional District. They may, indeed,
ike the position that the Columbia convention
spresented the whole State fully as well as Char:ston
was represented by the handful of persons
rho voted on the adoption of the resolutions sublittcd
to the meeting on Saturday.?Charleston
\rews, 25tli instant.
?
A Definition of the "Carpet-Bagger."?
iccording to the ideas of the editor of the Planer's
Banner, if carpet-baggers had been known in
he time of Macbeth the witches might have saved
nemseives un iujujcusc auiuum ui uuuu? m
ig so far for some of the ingredients of their celerated
hell-broth, and improved on it by resolving
ne of those peripatetic animals. He says:
The devil first invented snakes, fleas, scorpions,
arantulas, centipedes, mosquitoes, gnats, hyenas,
wis, buzzards, hawks, vultures, alligators, stingaees,
gars, sharks, chigres and vampyres; and to
oncentratc all the meanness and deviltiw in creaion,
he nut these in a cauldron and boiled them
own ana produced a carpet-bagger, as the grandlaster-piece
of Satanic hate. And Satan smiled
rhen his eye fin^; rested on his last born and faorite
bantling. J
Pardoned.?We learn that Governor Orr has
emitted the fine of one hundred dollars imposed
ipon Mr. E. W. M. Mackey for an assault and
attery upon Mr. lloswell T. Logan, the reporter
f the Mercury during the session of the conveuion.
The pardon is granted upon the condition
hat Mr. Mackey shall pay the costs of prosecuion.?News.
Gov. Orr and the Elections.?The Mercury
sams that Governor Orr has written a letter to
Jeneral Canby, urging the postpontment of the
aunicipol and district elections in this State until
Iter we are admitted to representation in Congress.
????? m
CHESTER CONTRIBUTQEIAL. I
BY WM. H. BRAWLEY. \
CHESTER, 8. C., ItfAY 26, 1868.
. MA80HI0. i
B. Rush Campbell, Esq., will lecture to the
Masons of Chester, on the 8th and 9th of June. |
BEGI8TBATI0H.
I The Registrars closed their arduous labors on ]
Saturday last, having registered, in five days, 14
whites and 8 darkies.
a 1
PAIHFUL AOOIDEST. (
Our friend, Stanhope Crocket, Esq., met with a \
serious accident on Saturday last, while on his
way to town in a buggy. The horse became fright- i
ened at a team of oxen in the road and ran off, (
dashing him to the ground in such a way as to
break his leg near the ankle. He was brought in- t
to town and had the necessary medical attendance, s
We hope that he will soon recover. i
AH AFFAIR OF HOHOBI ,
We are informed that a bloody fight occurred on
last Saturday night, between two colored 'gemmen' .
of our town. The cause of quarrel was political in .
its nature, and the participants shining lights, or y
rather darknesses, in the Radical camp?one of t
them being a member of the late Convention, and ,
a I* a a Iaa J am a^* V?,o r> aa?>ln tk a aW-CaW
iiic utiicij a icauci ui uu aii? va-wu- ^
vcd 'onist who, it seems, is in rather bad odour j
among his people, because of his Conservatism, ^
had the best of the fight, and bis burly antagonist
looked, the neit day, as if he had been in a hor- *
net's nest :
EELIQI0U8.
We were among a large audience, which had the s
pleasure of hearing a very fine lecture from our
friend, Giles J. Patterson, Esq., on Saturday afternoon,
at the Methodist Church. His subject c
was the necessity of early religious training, and it ]
was discussed with an ability which would insure,
in other fields, equal success with that already at- {
tained by the lecturer at the bar, of which he has
long been a distinguished ornament g
The Rev. Jones?Professor at the Forman University?delivered
a course of lectures at the Baptist
Church, on Monday and Tuesday "evenings, j
We did not have the pleasure of hearing them, but rj
they were highly spoken of by those who did.
BABXBUPTOY. 8
With this week will expire the period within
which insolvent debtors could relieve themselves of v
their debts by taking the benefit of the bankrupt
Act. Hereafter no debtor whose assets do not 1
pay 50 per cent will be discharged. 4
We think it a matter of regret that more of our
people have not taken this method of shaking off '
the incubus of debts, far beyond their present or
future capacity to pay. The delusive hope of re- J
pudiation, or homestead exemption, we fear, has 4
tempted many to let the chance escape them, of 8
securing to themselves an exemption for all time '
from harrassing creditors. So far as we have learn- 0
ed, there have been but seven applications from
Chester District 1
LITTLE W0ME3T. E
A writer in a late number of the Saturday Re- t
view speaks of the change which has taken place ^
of late years, and particularly in modern novels, of t
the conventional idea of heroines. Instead of the
tall, dark-haired, large-armed virago, who might
pass as the younger brother of the husband?such ^
as Helen McGregor, Lady Macbeth and Catharine j
de Medici, and the old fashioned murderesses of
novels?as the type of the brave, energetic and su- (
premely criminal woman, we have the softest little c
creature in the world. The palette is completely j
changed. j
Instead of five foot ten, of black and brown; they t
have gone in for four foot nothing, of pink and yel- (
low. Instead of tumbled masses of raven hair, j
they have shining coils of purest gold; instead of ,
hollow caverns, whence flash unfathomable eyes (
eloquent of every damnable passion, they have
limified lakes of heavenly blue. (
In fact we have a surfeit of small-bmbed, yellow- j
headed criminals who, in appearance, resemble j
ideal saints, and the old idea of a Lucrezia Borgia j
or a Messalina, has evaporated with the other pet t
notions of our younger days.
Yet, after all, there is a physiological truth in
this association of energy with smallness, which
few, at first blush, would admit There is a certain
tint of yellow hair too, which, with a dash of red j,
through it, is decidedly suggestive of nervous
force. In our daily life who is the really formidable
woman to encounter?the black-browed, ^
broad-shouldered giantess, or the pert, smart, t
trim little female ,with no more biceps than a lady
bird, and of just about equal strength with a sparrow?
Nine times out of ten your giantess, with
her heavy shoulders and broad black eyebrows, is
a timid, feeble-minded, good-tempered person, who
hasn't energy enough to spank her babies, and who
would swear that the moon shone at mid-day if
her husband so ordered. , a
But the little woman is irrepressible. Too fragile e
to come into the fighting section of humanity?a t
punny creature whom one blow from a man's huge j,
fist would annihilate?absolutely fearless, and insolent
with the insolence of those who know that c
they have nothing to fear. She is afraid of noth- t
iDg. She has had her own way in every thing and t
everywhere. She is the pert, smart, pretty little c
creature, who laughs in your face, defies all laws r
and carries everything before her. t
As a rule, the little woman is brave. When the (
lymphatic giantess falls into a faint or goes off in ^
hysterics, she storms or bustles about, or holds on
t:i? - ?film will flv nt nnv man wVin
llttu u ^auit, iguivi* wmv ?? - ^ - ..g
annoys her, and bears herself as equal to the biggest
and strongest fellow of our acquaintance. In gen- c
eral, she does it all by sheer pluck, not by subtlety
or craft. Had Delilah been a little woman she would i
never have taken the trouble to shear Samson'slocks.
She would have defied him with all his strength on f
his head, and she would have overcome him, too, or \
pulled his hair out Judith and Jael were both
probably large women. The work they went about c
demanded a certain strength of muscle and tough- *
ness of sinew; but who would say that Jezebel *
was not a small, freckled-faced, auburn-haired little t
creature, full of the concentrated fire, the electric a
force, the passionate recklessness of her type ? '
In fact the only powerfully built, large-limbed c
race of women, who were as brave and energetic ^
as they were strong and big, were the Norse wo- E
men of the Sagas?those fair-haired Scandinavians
who were the fit comrades of their men, the fit t
wives and mothers of Berserkers and the Vikings. S
On the whole, though, the little women have ?
the best of it; more petted than their bigger sis- J
ters, yet infinitely more powerful, for they break ?
down all laws, throw down all barriers, and are per- j
fectly irresistible and irrepressible in all circum- a
stances and under any conditions. t
> ? c
The Railroad System.?General Canby has i
rtrrlor Tf rniiv hfl mentioned
lOOUVAi VU? IWUVnMig v?\?vti -v ?
that all the principal railroad companies in this *
State have recently held their annual elections of 1
officers: 1
"All elections for officers of any railroad company f
in which the State of North Carolina or the State ^
of South Carolina possesses any interest, whether 1
by reason of having subscribed to the capital stock, 1
or having guaranteed the payment of securities, or 1
arising in any other matter whatever, or in which *
any of the officers are elected by directors appointed J
by the Governor, or chosen by the Legislature, are <
hereby suspended until after the government of <
such State shall have been fully organized under <
the constitution approved by the Congress of the ?
United States." j
B6T Theatrical effect was not neglected by the '
Grand Sachems of the Radical Wigwam at Chi- '
cago. We read that when the unanimous nomination
of their candidate was annoonoed, "a new
drop curtain in the rear of the stage was uncovered, 1
presenting a fine potrait of General Grant, sup- I
ported by "Liberty!" Above Was the motto, '
"Match nim." Somebody suggests that "Watch i
him 1" would have been a great deal more appro- 1
priate. |
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL
BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON.
, s ?
COLUMBIA, SOUTH' CAROLINA, 2STH MAY, 1868.
M the University^ >.
There was no lecture the past week; and no exclanation
has been or' red.
The present session ends with Jane?about five
veeks from this time. ' 1
Person*?*: "
Last week Columbia was honored with some
risitort of distinction. Gen. Jfohn T^ler, a son of
he President, spent several days in town, on his
vay from the southwest to Virginia.
Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, remainsd
a few days with us, being en route from New
)rleans to Baltimore.
Dr. Torrey, of New York, the venerable and disinguished
botanist and mineralogist, has been for
everal days, the guest of Dr. LeOonte of the Unirereity.
Gen. Wade Hampton, also, is in town,
rhe Soiree.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday the ladies of Trinty
Church gave a Soiree Musicale?with the adlitun.l
nthnirfinn nf mmathinff tn Ant?fftr the
>enefit of the church building. The music was
he best we ever heard in affairs of this kind.?
diss Adams quite won every heart by her charms
>f person, manner, and voioe; and won on all
lands the playful title of Fritna Donna.. Master
Uarri?a kid of maybe ten or twelve years okl?^
five some astonishingly fine performances on the
riolin. These two were the special stars of the
xxasion; but there was at least a doaen others?
adies and gentlemen?who fully deserved heavy
?d hearty rounds of applause bestowed upon their
ifibrts to please in the line musical
The financial success, we hear, was good?four
>r five hundred dollars?we were told.
Politics. .
State politics and political issues are becoming
nerged into national politics.
And that which was a big thing before, becomes
till bigger.
The failure of impeachment, thus for, has given
. pulse more oflife into the body democratic; and
)emocratio qtock is looking up in consequence.?
[be President is by no means out of it yet; but the
imnipotenoe of the Radical faction has been subtan
tially questioned.
Grant may not be next president We think he
rill not * :
A question of far more importance to us is,
rhat will Congress do with the Negro Constitaionof
South Carolina?'
We sincerely hope they will throw it into the
nuste basket, or to the dogs?whence it came.
At this present writing the question of admitting
Negroes into the Chicago Convention seems to
tang fire?has not been finally acted on. We
appose they will be excluded. Oar South Caroina
Negroes were advised to not run for Congress,
in grounds of policy; and they are holding off.
Yet these Negroes are under the impression that
hey are Men and brethren.
When they are "advised," on grounds of policy,
tot to force themselves into the Chicago Convenion,
they will submit like oowardly slaves; and
et continue under the impression that their Norhern
friends regard them as Men and brethren.
We like that.
A Man and a brother is a big thing; and we adrise
the Negroes to stick to it It is all they are
ikely to get from their Yankee friends.
Every step the Negroes take seems to be the
>ne that leads most directly towarder their utter
lestruction. In the friendship of the white man,
South, they had one chance of a respectable exisence;
but they spurned it with scorn. In indusxy
they had> refbgefrom ruin; but they negleo.ed
it with contemptuous scorn, and will starve.?
[n many ways, salvation for their race has been
vithin their reach; but they have rejected every
>ne with a high hand and an outstretched arm.
They have rejected the proffered co-operation of
:he white race?have lain idle in work-time?have
leglected schools?have insulted their only friends?
lave demanded power and peace?have received
id vice from their enemies?have folded their arms
md waited for the promised forty-acres-and-a-mule,
ind have played the fool in everything.
What remains for them now ?
It is easy to see. Annihilation.
It is a melancholy conviction to record, but we
iplipvfi f.Viftf. if in flip snlpmn f-nifli
It is possible, even yet, for them to save themelves
from this fate, by falling into line promptly
vith the Conservative whites, and acting with the
)emocratic Party against the Radicals.
But xmU they?
No.
What then?
Then?Annihilation.
THE PRE88 ON IMPEACHMENT.
The acquittal of the President on the eleventh
rticle of impeachment seems to have been receivd
throughout the country with cordial approbaion
by reflecting men of all parties. Especially
s this the case among business men?mercantile,
nechanical and others?who are anxious to see the *
ountry quieted and trade revived. Of course
here are exceptions to the general acquiescence in
he righteousness of the verdict. Extreme Radials,
who expected a different result, are, appaently,
a little soured, but the "second, sober
hought" will, doubtless, cause them to see that
he great masses of the people are heartily sick of
he whole proceedings of the "Pigh Court of Im>eachment"
and all its "managers," as well as the
iders and abettors.
We subjoin the views of several leading journals
in the vote on Saturday.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun writes under date of Sunday night:
The extraordinary agitation of the people that
irevailed yesterdav, ana up to a late hour last night,
ras succeeded to-day by remarkable quiet
No one well advised pretends, now, that there
an be a conviction of the President upon any of
he ten articles of impeachment remaining undis>osed
of. The eleventh article wasseleeted by the
dvocates of impeachment as the one on which
hey could convict, if conviction could be had at
II. It is conceded that there will be as many
otes for acquittal on each of the remaining artiles,
and in some cases more than were yesterday
ast for acquittal on the eleventh articles and, thereore,
the President cannot be convicted as the case
low stands in the Senate.
Among some extreme impeachers we yet hear
hreats of further articles when the new Southern
Senators shall be admitted, to make a sure thing of
i two-thirds vote for the removal of the President,
rat the more moderate and judicious Republicans
leprecate these threats and refuse to countenance
ray further prosecution of the impeachment proect
after the articles now pending in the Senate
ihall be disposed of. It is not believed that a
najority of the Republicans of either the Senate
ir House would agree to consider a proposition to
;et up new articles.
There were no very remarkable occurrences at
he White House yesterday, or extravagant denonstrations
of a jubilant character. The Presilonf
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if his official labors daring the day. He was adrised
promptly by brief dispatches from the capiol
as the several votes were taken in the impeachnent
trial, and knew the result within a few minltes
after he had been acquitted on the eleventh
irticle. Shortly after the impeachment court adourned,
Mr. Seward, Governor Randall, and a
lozen or twenty friends of the President, called to
>ffer their congratulations. There was no excited
lemonstrations, but all passed off quietly. Mr.
Johnson informed his visitors that he did not regard
the result of the day as a personal victory, but
ae considered the verdiot of the Senate a triumph
jf the Constitution and a just application of the
law to the charges and testimony before the court.
[From tlis New York Herald.]
Impeachment has failed, even with all this tortuous
scheming to aid it. and never will dare again
to raise its head before the American people. Eeen
if these men who urge it should on some other
occasion attempt to take another vote they will
be hissed and hooted to silence, if not to shame,
by the common voice of the whole land. L^t these
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