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BY HOYT & WALTERS. " T Ell MS: TV/O DOLLABS AND A HALF PEE ANNUSI, IX THCITED STATES COKKEXOT. i rates of Advertising. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion ' mid Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. Election Laws. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND THE MANNER OF CONDUCT? ING THE 'SAME. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ..Representatives of the State of South Caro? lina, now met-and sitting in General Assem? blyy and by the authority of the same : h The next general election in this Stato shall be belt! on the first Tuesday after tbe first Monday of November next. XI. Por the purpose of carrying on such election, it shall be the duty of tho 'Go'.-ernor. and lie "is hereby authorized and empowered, to appoint in and for . each county three Managers of Election i ir each election' precinct of the connty for which ' they shall rcspectivolj' be ? appointed. Tho said Commissioners of Election and tho said Managers of Elections, shall take and subscribe, be? fore any officer authorized to admin? ister oaths, tho following oath of-ofneo prescribed by Section 3? of Article II. of tho Constitution, and the same shall be immediately filed, in each in? stance, in the "office of-the Cleric of the - county in which said Commissioners aud Managers shall be appointed; and if thcro ?be 'ncTsaeh Clerk duly qualified by law, then in the office of the Secretary of Stale. III. Tho said election shall beheld in each county at such and as mnnvAtolaeas ?s Jnay be designated by the Commis? sion er3 aforesaid, and shall be conducted in e?ch precinct under the superintendence .of tho said Managers, who shall conform in such election to exislnig'laws and reg? ulations regarding elections, except as ''hereinafter otherwise provided. IV. It shall be the duly of such Mana? gers commencing twenty thvys prior to Mich election, and giving ten dajV public notice of the titne and place of such revis? ion, to revise, for a period of -lliroe days, the registration lists upon which the elec? tion "commencing the second day-of Juno, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty eigh-:, and ending the third day of Juno pf t!?e game 3'car, was conducted, by the addition of such lists of the names of :i!i persons . entitled to vote under the Constitution who have riot a Ire? try lieen registered, and By .striking from such lists the names of such persons as shall not by Ulw becntitled to vote. Fur the purpose of. such revision, such Managers "shall meet at the places designated by the Commissioners. :ts prbvid d in tho next preeed ng Section. V. Tito Manag.-rs are hereby authorized id appoint a chik.to assist them in what? ever duties may he required ot them, who sliiUl-ia'crt the o-itli of nirfico iiereii:before jne:uio?i-d bei ovo the C^infriAsn of the j-;..;inl ol SFrtitagi vs. VI. -The Cbmnir^iohcrs iifolrcsattl ri?d 1 he.Managers aforesaid,at their fir.-t in cot: ii::r<, respectively, shall proceed to organ? ise themselves as a IJn'ard by appoiiitiiii* fi'ie.ul tire:r number Chairman <>; the I?iV:tf<l ; ami stich Chairman, in ehe!) >t:ttu.-i.'j shall be empowevt-d to a.dntiuistcr the nccoss::ry oaHis. Vi I. Tii'e polls shall be op'cncfl at such voting places as shall be designated at >ix o'clock !:i Llie forenoon and closed at six o'clock in (The afternoon of the day of ejection,-and ^h.afl.bo kepi open during these hours without intermission or ad? journ nieat. - VfLf. J;Vji:-C3?ntativcs in the lion-* of. iiepresoiilalivos Of the CongrOSS ol ti;e "United Slates shall be chosen at such election in the several ('ongr?ssion:il J.)is tricts by the qualified electors therein. iX. The StiTCS Constable aud other peace officers of each cucnl.y are hereby required to bo present daring the whole time that the polls are kepi open, and until tho -election is completed ; and thfty shall prevent all ..interference with the Managers, and see that there is no in.tc.is ruption of good order. If there should be more than one polling-place in any eonnlv. tho State Constable of such count}' is hereby empowered and directed to make such assign men t*of the deputies, and other peace officers, to such other polling places :is. may, in his judgment, best subserve the purposes of quiet and order. X. All bar-rooms, saloons and other places for the sale of liquors by retail, shall be .closed during Lho progress of Buch election, and until six o'clock in the morning of life' Utj-y thereafter ; and dur? ing the time aforesaid, the sale of all in toxicating liquors are prohibited. Any ?oersou duly convicted, before a compe? tent Ccurt. of a violation of this Section, shall be pun.Lsbcdjbj aj?ijo not exceeding fifty dollars, or "by jmprison*ment not ex? ceeding six month.-, or b}- both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. XI. If any company or corporation who have obtained, or may hereafter obtain, a charter from the Legislature of this Stato, for the benefit of such company or cor poration, shall discharge, or threaten to discharge, from employment in such bu? siness, any operative or employee, before or after any election, for or on account of bis political opinion, or for voting or at? tempting to vote as he or they may de Hire, said charter shall bo deemed and taken to be forfeited, and shall havo no legal or binding force at any time there? after, but shall be utterly null and void; und the person discharged may have an action of trespass to recover damages, for Iiis losses therein sustained, against suid company or corporation; and should any ao-cnt. or clerk, in the employment of such company <">r corporation, discharge, or threaten to discharge, any employee on account of his political opinion, or for voting or attempting to vole as ho or they maj* desire; if said agent or clerk is not immediately dismissed, when said com? pany or Korporation becomes possessed of such information, said company or cor? poration shall be held rosponr-ible for ihn Hiunc, and be liable to the pen:1.!lies here In before prescribed. XII. The voting shall be by ballot, which shall contain written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, tho names of the persons voted for, and tho ofiices to which such persons arc intended to be chosen, and shall be so folded as to conceal the contents; and such ballot shall be deposited in a box to be constructed, kept and disposed of as hereinafter pro? vided. XIII. There shall be one general ticket on which shall be the names of the per? sons voted for as Representatives in Con? gress, and State, circuit and" comity of? ficers ; and on another general ticket the names of tho persons voted for as Elec? tors of President and Vico-President, as hereinafter provided. XIV. The Commissioners of Election shall provide two boxes for each election precinct. An opening shall be made in the lid of each box. not larger than shall be sufficient for a single closed ballot to be inserted therein at one time, through which each ballot received, proper to be placed in such box, shall bo inserted.? Each box shall be provided with a suffi? cient lock, ?nd shall bo locked before the opening of the poll, and tho kej-s thei-cof delivered to otic of the Managers, to be appointed by the Board, and shall not be opened during the election. Such boxes shall be labeled as follows: 1. Electors. 2. Congress, Circuit and County Officers XV. Each cleric of the poll shall keep a poll list, which shall contain ono column headed "Names of Voters." nnd so many additional columns as there are boxes kept at tho election. The heading of each additional column shall correspond with the name of the boxes so kept. XVI. The name of each elector voting shall be entered by the clerk in the column of his poll list headed ''Names of Voters;" and when there shall be more than one box kept, opposite such name shall be written the figure 1 in each remaining column of such poll list, corresponding in its heading witli tho name of the box in which a ballot of tho elector shall have been deposited. XVII. At Lhe close of the election, the Managers shail proceed publicly to can? vass the votes, and such canvass, when commenced, shall he continued without adjournment or interruption until the same, be completed. XVlir. Each box being opened, -the ballots contained therein shail be taken out und counted unopened, except so far as to ascertain that, each ballot, is singlej and if two or more ballots -l.: .:l ho ibunti sot old: (1 together as to piv.-e.nl llje tip p'earnueu of .i sij?gj? I *:? 11?? t. they slja!) be dc.?t:,rtV"-d, if the wlVo'lo nui-.ib. r .;{' baljorfi exceed the whole nuiiibVr ?>j voles, a: d not i.'they.vi-e. XIX. If tho lv:l!nf* shitll he found io exceed in nr.in'?yr the whole iniinber of votus on lie-corivspomletit column'sof ihe poll lists; tJiey sliiiil he replaced in tin' box. ate! one of the tea lingers shall, with? out seeing the same, jitiblirly draw i?at iiinl destroy so many ballots unopened as shall be equal to such excess. . XX. Tho Board shall then proceed to. canvass and estimate the vo'.< ??. XXI. Ll after having opened or can? vassed the ballots it shoiiid be (Viuiid that ihe whole number of them exceed the whole number ?f yvtcs entered on the poll list, the Managers shall return all lhe ballots into the box.and shall thoroughly mingle the same; at:d one of the Mima ?rcrs, to be designated by Litc< Boai'd, shall publicly draw out of stieji box, without ise.'iag the baljots ebttlyined iherein, so many ol such ballots as shail be cpinl to the cx.-cs. which shall Joi lhWith be de? stroyed. XXII. The canvass shall he compioi;<! hv ascertaining how many ballots of the same kind corresponding in respect to ih<-> names of porsons thereon, and the offices for which (hoy are designated; have been received ; and the result being found, the Managers shall securely attach to a state? ment o'. such canvass one ballot of each kind found to have been given for the of? fices, to be chosen at such election, any or either of them, except those given for Electors of President and Vice President ; and they shall state in words, at full length, immediately opposite such ballot, and written partly on such ballot and partly oh the paper lo which it shall he attached, the whole number ot ail the bal? lots that were received, which correspond with tho one so attached, so that one ol each kind of the ballots received at such election for the officers then to he chosen shall be attached to such paper, with a statement of such canvass... JJ.'hey shall also attach to such paper t he original bal? lots, if any, rejected by them as being de? fective, which were givonatsttch election. XXIIT. When Electors of President and Vice President shall be chosen at said election, the Managers shall make a seji arate canvass and statement, of the votes given for Electors, in tho manner pre? scribed in tho last preceding Section, by ascertaining how many ballots of the same hind, corresponding in respect to this names thereon, have been received ; nnd tho result bei ng f on rid-, the Managers shall securely attach to paper one original bal? lot of each kind found to have been given for Electors, and shall state, in words at full length, opposite such ballot, and partly written thereon and partly on the paper to which it shall bo attached, the whole number of ballots for Electors that were found to have been received correspond? ing with tho ono so attached. They shall also attach to such paper all original bal? lots for Electors rejected by thorn as being defective. XXIV. The statement to be made hv tho Managers shall com tain a caption, stating titeday on which, and the precinct and county at which, the election was held; it shall also contain a statement showing the whole number of ballots taken for each person, designating I he oliico for which they are given, which statement shall bo written in words at length, and at the end thereof a certificate that such statement is correct in all respects, which certificate sinSII be signed by the Managers. XXV. Duplicate statements, as provi? ded in the last preceding Section, shall bo made by the Managers and filed in the office of the Clerk of tho county; and if there be no such Clerk duly qualified ac? cording to law, then in tho office of the Secretary of State. XXVI. Tho original statements, duly certified, shall be delivered by tho Mana? gers, or by one of there, to be deputed for that purpose, on the Tuesday next fol? lowing the election, to the Commissioners of Election at the county scat, who shall there assemble at that time. OF TIIK COMMISSIONERS 0F_ ELECTION'S AS CANVASSERS AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS. XXVII. The Commissioners of Elsc tions shall meet at the county ?cat, as provided in the last preceding Section, and shall proceed to organize, and shall form the County Board of Canvassers. XXVIII. The)- shall meet in some con? venient place at the county scat, on the Tuesday next following the olection before j one o'clock in the afternoon of that da}-. The}' may appoint somo competent person as Secretary. The Chairman shall then proceed to administer the constitutional oath to each momher of the Board as Canvassers, and shall administer tho con? stitutional oath of offico to the Secretary, and the Secretary shall administer to the Chairman tho same oath that he shall have ndministorod to the other members of the Board. XXIX. The original statements of the canvass in each precinct shall then be produced, and from them tho Board shall proceed to estimate tho votes of the county, nnd shall mnko such statements thereof as the nature of tho eloction shall require, within three days of tho time of their first meeting as a Board of County Canvnssors. XXX. Duplicate statements shall be made and filed in the office of tho Clerk of the County; and it there bo no such Clerk duly qualified according to law, then in the ollice of the Secretary of Slate. XXXI. They shail make separate state? ments of the whole number of voles given in such County for Representatives in Congress; and se parate statements of lhe votes given for Electors of President and Vi-e-Presiilent'; and separate statements of all other votes given for other officers. S-.cli statements shall contain the names i>f tin- persons for whom such votes were ?dven! and lhe number of votes given for each; which shall bo writt-m out in word's at fail length. XXX il. There shall ho prepared by the (.omnii-sioncrs three separate lists ol each statement, besides the list, to be filed in the oi\\fv the County Clerk or Sec? retary ol State, and each list shall be ccr 1 tilled : o a- cm r -el by the signatures of the I Commissioners stibsciibcd to such eertifi j cafe. XXXin. "Within three days after the i final adjournment of the Board of County Canvas.-ers. the Chairman of the Board shall deposit in- the nearest postofHcc, di? rected to t he Governor, Secretary of State and Comptroller-General, (the full post? age paid'.) each, one of the certified copies of the statement and certificate of votes, prepared as provided in the last preceding Section. OF Tin: FORMATION AXI) PROCEEDINGS OK THE BoAKD OF STATE CANVASSERS. XXXiV. The Secretary of State shall appoint a meeting ol t he Stale Canvassers, to lie held at bis office, or some conveni? ent |i1 ace. on or before the fifteenth day of December next after such general elec? tion, for the purpose of canvassing the votes of all cflicers voted for at such elec? tion, except1 Electors of President and Vice President. XXXV. The Secretary of Slate, Comp? troller General. Attorney-Gen oral and Treasurer ?hall constitute the State Can? vassers, three of whom shall be a sufficient number to form a Hoard. XXXVI. If n majority of lho.je officers shall be unable, or shall fail to attend,one of the Justices of the Supremo Court and the Mayor of the city of Columbia, being notified by the Secretary of State, shall attend without delay, and, with the olfi cer attending, shall form tho Board. XX X VJ I. The Board, when thus form? ed, shall, upon the certified copies of tho statements made by the Boards of County Canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of voles given at such election for the various offices, and each of them voted for, distinguishing tho .several Counties in which they were given. They shall certify such statements to be correct, and subscribe the same with their proper names. XXXVIII. lTpon such statements,they shall then proceed to determine and de? clare what persons have been, by the greatest number of votes, duly elected to such offices, or either of them. XXXIX. They shall make and sub? scribe, on the proper statement,- a certifi? cate of such determination, and shall de? liver the same to the Secretary of State. XTj. The Board shall have the power to adjourn, from day to day, for n tonn not excoeding five days. XXI: The Secretary of State shall re? cord in his office, in a book to ho kept by ; him for that purpose, each certified stato 1 ment and determination which shall be I delivered to him by tho Board of State I Canvassers, and every dissent or protest ! that shall have been delivered to him by i a Canvasser. XliTl. He shall, without delay, trans ! mit a copy, under tho seal of his office, of such certified determination to each per? son thereby declared to he elected, and a ! like, copy to the Governor. I XL HI. lie shall causo a copy of such certified statements and determinations to be printed in ono or moro of the pub lie newspapers in each county, if any shall be published therein. XL IV. lie shall prepare a general cer? tificate, under the seal of the State, and attested by him as Secretary thereof, ad? dressed to tho House of Representatives of the United States in that Congress for which any person shall have been chosen, of the due election of the persons so chosen at such election as Representatives of this Stato in Congress, and shall transmit the same to the said House of liepiesdnta tives at their first meeting. XLV. The Secretary of State shall enter in a book, to be kept in bis office, the names of tho respective county offi? cers elected in this State, specifying the counties for which they were severally elected, and their place of residence, the office for which they were respectively olected, and their term of office. OF THE ELECTION* OF ELECTORS OF PRESI? DENT AND VICE PRESIDENT; XLYI. At tho next general election provided for in this Act, thero shall bo elected, by general ticket, us many Elec? tors of President and Vice President as this State shall bo entitled to appoint; and eaoh Elector in this State shall have a right to voto for tho whole number of such Electors; and the several persons, to the number required to be chosen, having tho highest number of votes shall bo declared and deemed duly appointed Electors. XLVII. Tho Commissioners of Elec? tions of each county shall make four cer? tified copies of the statement of votes given for Electors in their county, one of which copies shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of tho count)', if there be such Clerk duly qualified by law; another of such copies they shall forthwith transmit to the Governor, another to the Secretary of Stale, and deliver the other as horein atcr directed. XLVIII. Tho Commissioners of Elec? tion of each county slialll apppoint a mes? senger the remaining certified copy of the statement of the votes given in their county for electors, securely enclosed and under seal, and such messenger shall pro? ceed forthwith to deliver the same to the Secretary of State. XLIX. The Board of Stale Canvassers shall meet at the office of the Secretary of Stute on Wednesday next after the third Monday of November next after such election, or sooner.it ad the certified copies of the statements Of the County Canvassers shall have been received from all the conn ties, to canvass tho voles given for tho Electors of President and Vice Prcsiden'; and in case all the oorli h'ed sfti leinen ts shall not" have been re? ceived on that day, the Board may ad journ, from day today, until the same shall have been received, not exceeding j five days; and if at the expiration of four \ days certified copies of the statements of the County Canvassers, shall not have been received from any county, the Board shall proceed to canvass upon such of the said statements as shall havo been re? ceived. L. The. Board of State Canvassers shall proceed in making a statement of all the voles, and determining and certifying the persons elected, in the manner prescribed by law in relation to the election of cither officers. LT. The Secretary of State shall, with? out dein}*; caiiRD a copy, under the seal ol his office, of the certified determination of tho Board of State Canvassers to he de? livered lo each of the persons therein de? clared to be elected: and for that purpose ho may employ such and so ninny messen? gers as he shall deem necessary. L1I. The determination and certificate of tho Hoard of Slate Canvassers in rela? tion ol tho choice of Electors shall"be pub? lished in the same manner as heroin pro video1 in relation to tho certificates of the election of other officers. LI If. If any of the messengers shall be guilty of destroying tho certificate on trustod to their care, or of wilfully doing any act that shall defeat tho due delivery of them as directed by this Act, he shall be punished by imprisonment in tho peni? tentiary at hard labor, for a term not less than two nor exceeding four years,'and if an\- person shall be found guilty of taking away from any of the said messengers, either by force or in an)- other manner, any Blich certificates entrusted to his care, or of wilfnily doing any act that shall de? feat the duo delivery thereof, as directed by this Act. he shall be pinishcd by im? prisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor, for not less than two nor exceeding four years. LI V. If any officer or messenger, on whom any duly is enjoined in this Act, shall bo guilty of any wilful neglect of such duty, or of any corrupt conduct in tho execution of the same, and be thereof convicted, he shall be (loomed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not ex? ceeding five bundled dollars, or imprison? ment not exceeding one year. LV. The messengers employed or ap? pointed under this Acl shall receive for their compensation twelve cents per mile for traveling, lo be audited by the Comp? troller-General jjpon Ihc certificate of tho Secretary of State. LVI. The Commissioners of Election shall receive for their compensation three dollars per day for their services while actually employed; and tho Managers shall receive two dollars per day while actually employed ; and the clerks of tho Commissioners and tho clerks of (he Managers, respectively, shall receive two dollars per day while actually employed. LVI I. Solicitors for the several Circuits in the Stale shall bo elected at the next yeneral election provided for in this Act; also suitable persons to fill any vacancy I in any elective office irs any county, of I which at least fifteen days previous notice shall be given by the proclamation of the Governor. In the Senate TIouso, the twenty-sixth day of September, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight. L. BOOZER, Preident of tho Senate. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jr., Speaker House of Representatives. Approved : Robert K. Scott, Governor. Gen. McClellan.?The following cm phatic endorsement of Seymour and tho Democracy will be read with interest: New York, Oct. 5,1868. To Douglas- Taylor, Esq.. Chairman : Dear Sir: 1 have the pleasure to ac? knowledge the receipt of your invitation to preside over the Democratic meeting of .Monday noxt. I have long since de? termined to abstain from further partici1-' pation in political life, and therefore find myself compelled to decline the honor you proffer mo. I should, however, be glad to attend the meeting as a private citizen, did not an engagement of a domestic nature render imperative my absence from the city upon the day in question. I gladly avail myself ot this opportuni? ty to express my continued hearty sym? pathy with the Democratic cause, and my wishes?ardent wishes?for the succes3of those constitutional principles for which tho recent war was undertaken by the North. Separated a3 I thus am from the distinguished soldier who has been chosen as the leader of our opponents, I know that you agree with mo in the highest re? spect for the services he has rer.dcrcd'our country; but it is my conviction that the measures of the party which has placed him in nomination are but continuations of strife, and can never restore peace or constitutional supremacy, and therefore complete the work that he a id the other brave soldiers so nobly commenced. The war was only the first epoch in the history of struggles in which wo have been long engaged. The work of the soldier is, 1 trust, forever ended, and it now remains for the people to fulfil the great object for which the}' or their sons and brothers were called to the field. A restored L"nion of States and hearts; an invigorated Constitution to be firmly and faithfully supported by the maintainance of the national credit inviolate, and the establishment of national and State rights in all their integrity .and thus true har? mony and a lasting peaco. These are the objects for which every citizen should now strive. Believing they rest in the success of the Democratic causo by the election of the eminent statesman selected to represent the part}*, it is my intention to sustain that cause as a private citizen, with the request that you will convey to the gen? tlemen of the committee, and any other friends for whom you act. my sincere thanks for the compliment they have paid me. I anr most trnlv yours, GEO. B. McCLELLAN. -<e The Finality of Reconstruction.? Ex Attorney General Stanbcry in a speech delivered at Lancaster, Ohio, finished his remarks on Reconstruction by the following demolition of the "final" non? sense on which tho Radicals have dwelt so much: And now as to the question, how can the Democratic-Conservative parly apply a remedy ? There are some who say that the evil is incurable; that right or wrong, the black race of the South have been invested with the right of suffrage, and it cannot be taken from them?that right or wrong the Southern Slates have been reconstructed and recognizod by Congress, and in virtue of that recogni? tion their status ie irreversibly fixed. Listen a moment, my doubting friend?if a Republican Congress could disfranchise the white man, cannot a Democratic Con? gress disfranchise tho negro? If* a Re? publican Congress enn take tho ballot from tho white man and give it to the negro, cannot a Democratic Congress re? store it to its former rightful owners? If a Republican Congress could declare a State constitution void when made by the whito moil of a State in the exercise of their will, cannot a Domocratic Congress declare a Stato constitution void made by the black men of a State with tho holp of the bayonet? Finally, if a Congression? al recognition is tho test of State legality, cannot a Democratic Congress apply it just as well as a Republican Congress? All wo have to do is to reverse what has been done ami undo by constitutional means what has been dono by revolutionary means. First of all, elect a President who will fight it out on the lino of tho Constitution, instead of on tho line of re? publicanism. Next, elect a Democratic House of Representatives. Half the work is then dono, for not a Representative from any one of tho reconstructed States will be recognized by or allowed to take his scat in that body, and not another dollar will be appropriated to sustain tho Freed men's Bureau or the military ooeu pation of tho South. Finally, put a Dem? ocratic majority in tho Senate, and thon the good work* will bo finished. It will take lime?perhaps moro timo to correct albtfthis mischief than it has taken to commit it. Tho process may be a slow one, but, my Democratic friends, if you arc of the samo class of men as of old?if you possess tho same standfast and un ! conquerable will?sooner or later success I is sure. Then tho primal glories of the Republic will como back ; then tho lost will bo found. ? At a bachelor's dinner recently, one ' crusty old wit gave as a toast. "Matrimo? ny? the maiden's prayer and the widow's i might." The Intelligencer Job Office. Having recently made considerable additions (o this department, we arc prepared to execute ?am wdDss m ma unnixs In tho neatest style and on flic most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbills, Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. In all cases, the money will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention'. The Death of Hon. Howell Cobb. We had scarcely heard' of the arrival of Hon. Howell Cobb at New York wheir came tho stunning news ot his sudden death. How strikingly docs this fact ad? monish us of the frail hold of man upon things mortal. Mr. Cobb was in the prido of life, full of physical health and mental force. All human appearances indicated for him many years of a life of usefulness to his country, and of happiness in the cherished associations of family, relatives, and friends. In the social life Mr. Cobb was a shining light. In his early political days lie rose to the Speakership of the House of Rep resentatives of the United States, not less from his generous nature and disposition to fairness than lrom his previous conce? ded ?excellence as a pro tempore presiding? officer. He, in that exaited p'ac , needed little of the promptings or suggestions from the Clerk's desk, or otherwise, that in some cases has made at times the nom? inal discharge of tho duties of tlje Speak? ership almost farcical. In the respect of politics in a large way, Mr. Cobb for a long period was known as a Southern Union man, and he fought great battles in his Slate in that behalf. But when ho conceived thai that element was unjustly disregarded, he gradually became discouraged in urging a cause to which he had before given deroted ser vine. Hence, when sectional issues camo to sharp points during the administration of Mr. Buchanan, of which he held the seals of the Treasury, he became conspic? uous in advocating the cause and course of the South. During tho civil war there was nof, probably, in the Confederate States a more earnest adherent of its cause than ? Mr. Cobb. This was in consistence with his nature. But with the close of the war camo, upon his part, sincere desire for the restoration cf amicable relations between the sections, and a disposition to let the dead past bury its dead. He was not the man, however, to abnegate what belong? ed to true manliness of character, or to to yield tame submissiveness to what he conceived to be an infraction of the law of human nature itself, in the respect of the accumulating infamies of Radical policy in tho land of his birth,- education, and heritage. But to drop political or party reference, let us hope that such genial gentlemen and true-hearted ?nd ablernen as himself may riso up lo servo and save the common brotherhood of human kind from such woes as have affiictcd our coun? try, and yet lead it in paths of peace and prospcri ly.?J\\tt. Intelligencer. A Relic of the Late War.?We copy from a Richmond paper, published during the war, the following. It will be read with mournful feelings?and is a beautiful composition: Hdq'es. Army ofXortiiern Virginia, \ Jan. 22, 1864. j Tin? commanding general considers it duo to the army to state, that the tempo? rary reductions of rations has been caused by circumstances beyond the control "of those charged with its support. Its wel? fare and comforts aro the objects of his constant and earnest solicitude, and no effort has been spared to provide for its wants. It is hoped that the exertions now being made will vender the necessity :hut of short duration ; but tho history of iho army has shown that the country cars require no sacrifice too great for its patri 'otic devotion. Soldiers yon tread, with no unequal slops, tho road by which your fathers marched through suffering, privation and blood to independence. Continue to cmuhito in the future, as you .have in the past, their valor in arms, their patient endurance of hardships, their high rcsolvo to be free?which no trial could shake, no bribe seduce, no danger appal, and be assured that the just God who crowned their efforts with suc? cess will, in His own time, send down Iiis blessing upon yours. R. E. LEE, General. ?--?-~o Lively Prose.?The following para? graphs have such a jingling sound that some people, who didn't know any belter, might think it was poetry : There is a blithesome maiden that lives next dnor lo me ; her eyes aro as black as midnight, and handsome as can be. Her cheeks are lull of dimples, and red as any rose ; and then this love of mine. too. has got a Roman nose ! I asked her if she'd have me (that was the other night.) and this was her reply, friend : ".Why. Jimmy, you aro ' light'!" Says T, M know f have, love, aboard a little wine, but that is not tho question?will you, or not, bo mine?-' And then she pnt her face, friends, as near mine as she could, and with the sweetest smile, friends, said sim nly that she would ?escort mo to tho door, if 1 was ready to depart. And thus it was the girl next door declined my hand and hoart. ? Tho moro a woman's waist is shaped like an hour-glass, the quicker will tho sands ot her life run out. ? Most of the shadows that cross our path through life are caused by our stand? ing in our own light. ? "Wako up here and pay for your lodging." said a deacon, as he nudged a sleepy stranger with a contribution box. ? .Marriage is designated a "bridal" slate, as it puts a curb on most people. ? Tt is both better and safer to grow in love than lo fall in love. ? Stealing nutmegs may be a small crime, but it might lead to a grater. ? Some ladies use paint as tiddlers do rosin?to aid them in drawing a beau.