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^n independent Family Journal?Deroted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. Hi, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1870. VOLUME 6?NO. 20. LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Tcesday, December 13, 1870. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 m. Mr. Smalls submitted a petition from the County Commissioners of Georgetown, for pow? er to levy a special tax of two mills, and intro? duced a bill for that purpose. Mr. Nash presented the petition of the offi? cers of the College of South Carolina, for a grant of $9,650, in consideration of services. Mr. Whittemere introduced a bill to amend "An Act to define the jurisdiction and regulate the practice of Probate Courts." Mr. Hayne introduced a bill to repeal the Act establishing a State Police. Mr. Cardozo introduced a bill to empower the State to maintain beneficiaries in the I^unatic Asylum, instead of the several Counties, as heretofore. Mr. Corbin presented a memorial against the {wissage of the bill in reference to the usury aw. Referred to the Committee on the Judi? ciary. A resolution authorizing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to send for persons and papers, in the contested election case of B. F. Tompkins v$. F. A. Clinton, as Senator from Lancaster County, was laid on the table. A bill to alter and amend 'An Act to alter and amend the charter of the city of Green? ville, and tor other purposes," was read a sec? ond time in the Committee of the Whole. A rcsolutiou to require the Printing Com? mittee to advertise for proposals for the prin- ] ting was referred to to the Committee on Prin? ting. A rcaouUioii to direct the Committee on Privileges and Elections to inquire as to the eligibility of Hon. 1). T. Corbin to a seat in the Senate was withdrawn, and a substitute adop? ted. The Senate then went into executive session and adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 m. Mr. Wilkes, front the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to repeal so much of the law as prohibits elerks of courts from practicing law, and recommending that it do not pass."Laid over for a second reading. Also, a concurrent resolution to employ an additional Solicitor to assist the Attorney-General in preparing pa? pers for the General Assembly, which was adopted; also a resolution to prepare a bill to reduce the pay of County Commissioners and other officers, and recommended that it be re? ferred to the Committee on County Offices and Officers. Adopud. Mr. Whippcr, from the same Committee, re? ported on a bill to regulate the riglr <>f traverse and recommended that it do not pass. Laid over for a second reading. The Committee on County Offices and Offi? cers reported on a bill to extend the time for officers io qualify, and recommended that it do pass, with certain amendments. Laid over for u second reading. Mr. Wilkes gave notice of a bill to protect the right of parent*?, and to prevent the taking away of persons under twenty-one years of age ; also, a bill to renew '"Act to perpetuate testi? mony," aLsu, introduced a resolution requesting Congress to grant aid to complete the Blue Ridge Railroad. Referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Myers intre.due. . i bill to repeal "An Act to amend an Act providing for the assess? ment of taxes;" referred to its appropriate committee. Mr. Davis offered a resolution "hat the Gener? al Assembly take a recess from the 22d day of December "till the P?th day of January. 1871; made the special order for to-morrow at 1 o'clock. Mr. Dennis gave notice of a bill to provide for the belter protection of life against danger from steam boilers. Mr. Levy presented the memorial of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, against the repeal of the usury laws. Referred to the (.'om? ni ittee on Ways and Means. Also, introduced a bill to compel County Treasurers to receive County orders for taxes. Read and referred. Mr. Hurley gave notice of a bill to authorize the City Council of Charleston to issue jK)Iicies of insurance ; also, to fund so much of the city debt as pertains to railroad purposes. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Yocum introduced a bill to regulate tin: manner of drawing jurors. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Tarleton introduced a bill te provide for the protection of the poor. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Thomas presented the petition of tiie .?itizens of Colleton for the formation of a new County, from portions of Colleton, C harleston and Orangeburg. Mr. Humbert introduced a bill to prcv*ut persons charged with crime from being tried when ab-out frofu Court. Referred to the Com? mittee on the Judiciary. A message was received from the Governor, transmitting the report of the Adjutant and Inspector General. Referred to the Committee o.i Military. Also, transmitting the report of t ie Comptroller Genend. Referred to the Com? mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. Gnrey introduced a bill to prevent and punish vagrancy. Mr. Carey introduced a bill to regulate con? tracts for farm labor. Referred to the Com? mittee on Labor. Mr. Sellers gave notice of a bill to amend "An Act to provide for the keeping in repair of public highways," approve*! March 1, LS70. Mr. Jamison introduced a resolution requir? ing the Committee on Printing to submit all Litis for printing within a week, which was laid on the table. Mr. liugood introduced a bill to definr the law in relation to certain easements. Received j its first reading and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. t Sf?odson introduced a bill to prohibit ex? orbitant profits on -ale by retail dealers and others. Referred to tin- appropriate committee. Mr. Moblcy introduced bills to repeal "An Act to establish a State police;" referred to the Committee on Military. Al*o, to ^repeal "An Act to establish a State police,'' and to author? ize the < JoVCrnor to call out the militia ; referred ] to the Commit tec on Military. Also, to pro-' hibit the peddling of ardent spiriK Mr. Frost gave notice of >ill- to consolidate the offices of Land Commissioner and Com? missioner of Agricultural Statistics. Also, to secure County officers the payment of their dues by County Treasurers. The Senate sent to the House a bill to pro? vide a salary for the Lieutenant Covernor; re? ferred lo the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill <o make an appropriation for the payment of mileage find per diem of members of the General A^-cmbly, and other expense*; referred to ib.- Committee on Ways and Means. Also, ;i me *agc informing the House that joint resolutions to investigate the claims of school teachers, and :-i appoint a roiiiniittee to inves? tigate the affair ? of the Land < !ommission, were laid on the table. Also, a resolution to ap? point a special committee to investigate the matter of the Laud < "umn?-don. A communication was received from the Land Commissioner, stating that he will sub? mit his report as soon as possible ; which was received as information. Messrs. Dennis, Derrick, Hurley, Doyle and Smart we're appointed to draft resolutions rela? tive to the death of Mr. Kinsler. A bill to extend the time for officers to quali? fy was amended and ordered to a third reading. " The House then proceeded to the considera? tion of a concurrent resolution (by Mr. Myers) to authorize Comptroller Geueral to tnkc out a policy of insurauce on furniture, tc, in Capi? tol building. Adopted and sent x< the Senate. A bill snpplemenaary to an Act entitled "An | Act to authorize administrators, executors and other fiduciaries to sell certain evidences of in- j debtedness at public sale, and to compromise in certain cases," was ordered for a third reading. Adjourned. Wednesday, December 14,1870. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 m. The House returned, with concurrence, con? current resolutions to appoint a special joint committee to investigate the affairs of the Land Commissioner : also, to authorize the employ? ment of an additional Solicitor by the Attorney General ; which were laid over for considera? tion to-morrow; also, instructing the Comp-j trollc-r General to insure the State property in j the Capitol, which was indefinitely postponed, j A resolution, by Mr. Uayne, that the Scr- j gcant-at-Arms be instructed to report whatdis- j position has been made of furniture removed from the rooms in the Capitol, under the con? trol of the Senate, was adopted. The Committee on Privileges and Elections reported on the protest of R. J. Donaldson, against the right of G. W. Duvall to a seat in the Senate, and recommended that the contes? tant be allowed time to procure evidence to sus? tain his case. A resolution to inquire into the expediency of heating the Lunatic Asylum, by means of steam, was referred to the Committee on Pub? lic Buildings. Adjourned. H< >USE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 m. The Committee on Roads, Bridges and Fer? ries reported favorably on a bill to re-charter the Pumpkintown Turnpike Road, in Bickens j County. The bill was ordered for a second j reading. { Mr. Kuh gave notice of a bill to regulate the payment of township indebtedness. Mr. Hedges introduced a resolution, that a standing committee of five be appointed on commerce. Adopted. Also, pave notice of a bill to extend the limits of Charleston. Also, obtained leave of absence for five days. Mr. Whipper, from the special committee ap- ? pointed to investigate the official conduct of Judge Vcrnon, submitted a report recommen? ding that he be immediately suspended and ! impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr. Wilkes bad recorded on the journal the following: Upon the resolution to impeach Judge Vcrnon, 1 vote nay. for the reason that I do not consider the evidence sufficient to put | biiii upon his defence. I think that more than j one witness to the same fact should have been examined. I do not doubt the veracity of any witness who testified before the special com? mittee. My objection abovo relates to the quantity of evidence. The testimony given before the committee j was read by the Clerk. Mr. R. M. Smith made some remarks against | the adoption of the report, asserting that Judge j Vcrnon bad done nothing but what be was re? quired to do by law, and that he believed the resolution was intended to suspend the writ of habrof corpus, and that it would have that ef? fect, if hurried through. He protested against the Legislature stepping in between the <'ili zens of the State and their great civil right? the writ of Imbm* corpus. He said that if Judge Vcrnon was impeached for issuing these writs, no other Judge would dare to issue another, while the General Assembly was sit? ting. He hoped the House would not pander to the prejudices and wishes of a few, who are pressing them on for political purposes. A colored member asked him, as a kind of justification for pressing the matter, if the po? litical rights of the people were not their most valuable ones? He replied, to this senseless question, that not having enjoyed political right* lately, he was not prepared to answer it. He was repeatedly interrupted dun; Iiis ad? dress by Mr. Crews and other J ? : . >lican members, but they did not succeed i:, ; -even? ting him from expressing his opinion i :i the question. Mr. Smith moved that the consideration of the report of the committee be made the special order for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, and that the proceedings of the committee and the evidence taken before them be printed. Mr. Mobley opposed the postponement of the resolution; said that he had heard that Mr. Smith was closely connected with tltclvti Klux Khtii, and moved to lay on tbo table the mo-' tion to postpone. Adopted. The question was then taken on adopting the report of the committee, and the yeas and nay? were called, resulting?yeas [Ki; nays 19. Mr. By as offered a resolution, that a com? mittee of live be selected to appeal at the bar of the Senate, and announce to them that the House had impeached Judge Vcrnon, anil would present in due time articles of impeach? ment. Adopted. Messrs. W. .1. Whipper, K. J. Moses, Jr., W. 1>. Wilkes, A. Logan and Jos. Crews were appointed said committee. A resolution was adopted, providing for an adjournment of this body, from December 22, 1870, to January .r>, I87L Mr. Criltciidcn introduced an amendment, providing that the members be not permitted to draw their /??/? dian during the recess, which was indefinitely post|M?ncd. Mr. Ford iui rod need a bill to enforce the fence law. Referred to the Committee on Ag? riculture. Mr. Andel introduced a bill to amend an Act to appoint a Lund Commissioner. Referred to the Committee on Public Lauds. Mr. Maddoeks introduced a liill to enforce the building of fences around cultivated laud. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Humbert introduced a bill to amend "An I Act to provide for the assessment and taxation , of properly."' Mr. Jamison offered a resolution, that a Standing < 'ommittee on Retrenchments be ap : pointed. \v 11 i < -11 was rejected. .Mr. Thompson introduced a bill to amend ( "An Act to authorize the sale of the Columbia j Canal." .Mr. Mobley introduced a bill to repeal "An A,-t to prohibit [toddling ardent spirits."' Mr. Nuckles introduced a resolut ion i hat the ' Committee on Way< ami Means report a bill to 'maintain order in Union, Spartaiiburg and 1/iurens Counties. I'efcnerred to the ('om? mittee on Ways ami Mi an*. Mr. I lay ne introduced a Kill to provide for the publication of paper* of the lieiieral As? sembly. Read ami referred to the Committee j on PuLlic Printing. I The Committee on Engrosned Acts reported ! as correctly engrossed u bill to extend the time for olficors to quulify. Sent to the Senate. Thursday, December 15, 1870. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 m. Mr. Whittcmorc rose to a question of privi? lege, and made some lengthy remarks on an item in the Columbia correspondence of the Charleston Acw*. A concurrent resolution, to tnkc a recess from December 22, 1870, to January 5, 1871, was adopted. A House bill to extend the time for officers to qualify was read its first time. The Retrenchment Committee reported on a House resolution to investigate the matter of the constabulary. Adopted. The following bills were introduced: To amend an Act authorizing the sale of the Co? lumbia Canal, so as to allow a dam to be built below Geigcr's Mill, where widening and deep ning may commence; to provide for the publi? cation of the At'ts of the General Assembly by the Clerks of both houses. A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of free schools was recommitted to the Com? mittee on Education. Messrs. Swails, Whittcmorc and Smalls were appointed as the committee to investigate the affairs of the constabulary. Mr. Whittemore introduced the following resolution, that all bills reported by the Com? mittee on Engrossed Bills be considered the same day as reported. Laid over under the rules. A report of the Sergeant-at-Arms was read in reference to the disposition made of the old carpets, &c, in the Senate chamber. llie following reports were adopted: Of the Committee on Privileges and Elections on the protest of certain citizens of Marlboro, against the right of II. ,T. Maxwell to a seat in the Sen? ate ; of same committee, relative to the case of R. J. Donaldson against G. W. Du vail for a seat in the Senate; of same committee on the case of P. B. Tompkins against F. A. Clititon for a seat in the Senate. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met 12 m. The Sergeant-at-Arms reported that he had delivered Judge Vernon a communication from the clerk, informing him of his impeachment. Mr. Crews offered a resolution that the Speaker be instructed to order Judge Vernon to appear forthwith n. the bar of the House, and snow cause why be should not be attached for a contempt, in :.:rforming the functions of a Judge after the receipt of the communication informing him of his impeachment. Mr. R. M. Smith objected, on the ground that as Judge Vernon is to be tried before the Sen? ate, he i- subject to its jurisdiction, and is not at liberty to obey the summons of the Speaker. Messrs. Wilkes, Crittenden and Sellers op? posed it, on the ground that Judge Vernon did not commit such a contempt as the House could punish, under the Constitution. Mr. Crews said that he liked Judge Vernon as a man. but despised him as a Judge, and wanted bis head entirely cut oft'. ''If Judge Vernon i< brought here, two-thirds of the mem? bers will say that be is drunk." Messrs! J. A. Davis and Bosomon expressed the intention to vote against the resolution, be? cause they conscientiously believed that they should do so, and thought they had a right to vote as they thought best. Mr. Hurley, who opposed the resolution,sent to the Chair a volume, from whii h he requested that the clerk might read certain sections, which was done. When the clerk had finished reading, Mr. Whipper obtained possession of the book, and refused to deliver it to Mr. Hur? ley, and the latter was compelled to discon? tinue his remarks. After considerable debate by Messrs. Moses, Thompson, Whipper, Duncan and others, the resolution was adopted. Mr. By as offered a resolution, that the com? mittee appointed to inform the Senate of the impeachment of Judge Vernon be instructed to prepare articles of impeachment and con? duct said impeachment.. Adopted. ? The Committee on Military reported favor? ably on a bill to repeal the "Act to establish a State police." The Committee on the Judiciary reported un? favorably on a bill to prevent "the broach of peace of the Sabbath. The bill was laid over for a second reading. Also, unfavorably on a bill to regulate the pay of jurors. Laid over for a second rending. Also, favorably on a bill to provide for, the administration of derelict estates. Laid over for a second reading. Also, favorably on a bill to cede the jurisdiction of the States to certain lands to the United States. Laid over for a second reading. The Committee on Ways and Means repor? ted favorably on a joint resolution, authorizing the State Auditor and County Commissioners to levy certain taxes, recommending certain amendments. Real the second time. The House then adjourned. CorxTERFKlT CURRENCY.?The mails are constantly Hooded with "confidential circulars," lilhogni; hod in imitation of ordinary business liandwt : tg, which, we doubt not, lead ninc tenthri ; those to whom they are addressed into the I? tief that they are labored letters, each recipient feeling highly flattered that he alone is selected by the generous writer as the favored individual whom be will lead to fortune. It is almost a useless task to caution the pub? lic against these swindling concerns, many be? ing tempted by curiosity, and others' by the allurements of rapid gain, we fear, to semi their money to these sharpers, receive nothing in return, which, by the way, is the only re? deeming trait in the character of the nefarious business, and by far better for the dupes, who, were the promises made good to them, would in the end find themselves in a State prison. To give an idea of the extent to which this busi? ness is carried on, we copy the following para? graph from the New York Journal of Chm mrrrr : Andrew Miller, of Waterlmry, Conn., en? tered complaint in the Special Sessions, New York, against Wm. II. Jackson. The latter, as alleged, sent a circular to complainant inviting him to come to the city and invest his money in jewelry and counterfeit money. Miller nego? tiated for the purchase of $10(1 worth of jewelry, which was to be securely packed in two tin boxes, and paid *I0 for the same. On arriving at his hotel lie (bund the contents to be a quantity of tin foil and note saying this was done to mislead the dele lives. Jackson ami an accomplice, one Wm. llammon, were sent in the penitentiary for :?? months, ami compel let! to refund the money. On Thursday detectives visited (he \; ? > of Jackson and Howard, in John street, mid report that they found in one of the first: /on letters ordering counterfeit nionev to t! ? amount of *.r?7.r>,<iiio. mainly from parties in tire South. A private memorandum book found in the safe showed that within forty-seven days nearly ?.'{0,0(10 bad been re? ceived bv the prisoners. Bills for board at the (tram! Central I lotel, for diamonds, Sit:., were also found, together with $ln.r? in cash, nnd a large number of unopened express package* containing money and orders. Parties in the State of South Carolina alone send for $17,000. A bill from a prominent advertising firm in this city, for $370 94, for advertising in the Southern cities, was discovered in one of the desks. The average number of letters received daily was 200. Remarkable Debate in the United Statos Senate? Washington, December 13. McCreery asked leave to introduce a rcsolu , tion, of which he gave notice yesterday, propo? sing an investigation with a view to the resto? ration of the Arlington estate to the widow of General Kobert E. Lee, the removal of the ] graveyards on the premises, and general resti- | tution for any incumbraucc placed therein in the interest of the Government. Edmunds hoped the leave would not be granted, as the proposition to dig up the bones of our dead Koldiers in order Chut certain prop? erty might be given back to its rebel owners, : was to his mind perfectly monstrous. While | entertaining the highest respect for his friend McCreery, he hoped the Senate would never entertain the proposal. McCreery then occupied twenty minutes on the subject, lie referred to the circumstances attending the recent death of two of the fore? most generals on cither side in the late war, Lee and Thomas. He spoke (?: the friendly intimacy existing between these generals up to the commencement of the rebellion, when Thomas followed the ptarry emblem of the | Union, and Lee resolved to stand or fall by ti'e J State that had given him birth ; of the general j sorrow and respect which manifested itself in i either section succeeding the mournful intelli? gence of their decease. He proceeded to eulogize the inflexible virtue, military genius and valor of General Lee, remarking that the American people would never relinquish the property which they hold in the name and fame of the great Virginian. He then referred to the prin? cipal historic features of Lee's campaigns, to show that, with the means at his command, possibly no other man could have accomplished remits so great. While possessing great abili? ty, he was devoid of ostentation, and from the testimony of his most intimate acquaintances be was singularly exempt from the faults and follies of other me:i. His life was that of a hero, a Christian and a gentleman. There might be those in the Senate who would derive comfort from casting aspersions upon Ceti. Lee's character, but all sections of the country would eventually accord to his merits their just deserts. The loved partner of his bosom still lived, and in her behalf justice was now implored. She belonged to a race fond of bestowing charity, but poverty could not force her to accept it.? Would the Senate now remove the barrier that excludes her from Arlington? During his remarks McCreery reviewed, in detail, the salient features of Ccncral lice's civil and military services, particularly his re? cent efforts in connection with Jefferson Col? lege, his revolutionary ancestry, and sincere devotion to duty. Referring to the sword as the leart capable of all tribunals to decide a cause upon its merits, the speaker went on to argue that the judgments of the sword hud not always commanded that universal respect which would have been expected from a court of so large a jurisdiction, and that history had en? rolled the nan: " Hampdcn and Sydney upon the list of martyrs in the sacred cause uf right. Tn response to Senator McCreery, Edmunds Slid that instead of being wedded to the insti? tutions of Virginia, General Lee was the ward of the nation?a nation which had fed, clothed and educated him. That he lived at the capi? tal, but when the capital called upon him to defend the flag under which he had been born, protected and honored, be deliberately turned his back upon it and planted his cannon inside the capital he had sworn to protect and defend. He ( Kdmunds) would not dignify such a pro? position by discussing it. General Lee was now dead. The only regret he thought that any right minded ,mau, who believed in the war, would have, was that General Lee had not died either in his youth or in his patriotic man? hood, or even that he .had not died earlier than he did by the hand of the Inw, which would have atoned in ?omc measure for his crime. Trumbull, while disclaiming sympathy with the apparent object'of the resolution, which was to surrender and mutilate the last resting place of thounands of Union (lend, held that it would be, if not unprecedented, at least unpar? liamentary to deny a member a simple request for leave to introduce any legislation not in it? self insulting to the Senate. Carpenter inquired whether Trumbull could state a proposition more flagrantly insulting to the Senate than that to remove the slaughtered dead of the Union army from Arlington for the purpose of returning the furm to its rebel possessors. Trumbull replied that while the resolution was without doubt repugnant to the sense of the nation, it was not in a personal sense in? sulting to the Senate. He was averse to the adoption of any precedent, the effect of which would be to prevent the free exercise of a right guaranteed to a member of the Senate. Edmunds and Sunnier cited two instances, the former the case of the proposed anoxation of Texas, the latter the bill for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, when requests for leave to bring in bring in bills were refused. Five additional instances were enumerated by the Vice President. Morton protested against the consideration of the resolution. He had heard what he never expected to hear, a eulogy upon the character of General Lee in the Senate of the United States, and that, too, witbiu sight of gruves of victims of his rebellion. Hampdcn and Sydney died not for human slavery, but for i liberty. This mail, General Lee, was of all J others the great sinner. Ho bad sinned against i light and knowledge. His revolutionary ancos- j try, his oath of fealty as an olliccr of the Uni? ted Slates, his finished education and high abilities, all forbade bitu thus to sin, and the ' enormity of his crime, could not be concealed! by decorating his grave with flowers of rhetoric. | 1? a word, it was now proposed that the Senate i should gravely consider a proposition to de? grade tlie memories of the patriotic dead of Arlington, by removing their bones to less hal? lowed ground, in tender consideration of the rights of the widow of the arch rebel of the most wicked rebellion in history. Scott said, coupling together the names of j Thomas and Lei* recalled the utterance uf Stephen A. Douglas, made at the time those 'two General? resolved to tread in opposite] I paths, that at that time there were but two j classes in the nation?patriots and traitors. - The patience with which the Senate of the United States had to-day listened to a eulogy upon the chief conspirator in the attempt to tear down the Government, was but another il-' lustration of that unparalleled magnanimity ' and merry which bad characterized the treat- 1 luent by the Government of those engaged in the rebellion. Had the subject of that eulogy succeeded in his efforts, where would the Amer? ican Senate now be sitting ? Itv bis triumph slavery would have cast its dark shadow all (?vor this land nf freedom, from the St. Law? rence to the (iulf. To-day the doctrine of se i cession lies buried beneath the bones of thou I Hands, who fell that their blood might seal the ! covenant of the nation. Yet to-day We behold 1 the spectacle, of a resurrectionist coming here to drag the dead doctrine out from beneath the bones of the nation's martyrs. Willey characterized the resolution as most insulting and shocking to the sense of the Senate and the country, and as abhorrent to humanity. Though personally tenacious of the rights of individual members, he could not vote to receive it. Sawyer said the Arlington estate, like thou? sands of acres of'property in the South, had been forfeited?sold at public sale for non-pay? ment of taxes, and bought by the United States. In the absence of any memorial from Mrs. Lee, he regarded the contemplated inquiry as utterly worthless, as the facts he had stated were well known, and needed no verification. Saulsbtiry disapproved of that part of the resolution looking to removal of the graves from Arlington, but he could not see that the merits of the cause in which General Lee was engaged were at all in controversy. He re? garded the question as one simply of a.Senator to exercise bis right to introduce business. Xye said the unseemly haste in certain quar? ters to restore traitors to favor coutd result in no good. The verdict of to-day ami.of poster? ity is, and will be, that General Lee was a traitor. Fl anagan, in some general remarks, spoke of General Lee as the great traitor of the age, whose influence had carried into rebellion the flower of Southern youth. Davis, the other great traitor, still lived, and in the light of re ceut events, it was not unreasonable to expect j an early move to make him President. Sumner desired that parliamentary law should I be administered upon the present occasion with the utmost rigor, with a view to the most sum? mary disposition of the resolution. lie had nothing to say of General Lee, except that his name stood upon the catalogue of those who had imbued their hands in their country's blood. He was content to hand him over to the avenging pen of history. He regarded the resolution as indicative of the sentiments of the political associates of the Senator from Kentucky, as prefiguring the policy they would establish should they obtain power, a policy ? which was to take the old rebellion by the hand and to install it in the high places of power. Could he make his voice heard from Massachu? setts to Louisiana, it would be to warn his fel? low-countrymen, especially of the South, against that combination which now showed its hand in the proposition of the Senator from Ken? tucky. He stated that be was present when Secretary Stanton gave the order for the inter? ment of the dead bodies of Union soldiers at Arlington, and that Stan ion staled at the time that his purpose in selecting the place was to forever prohibit the re-inb rtnent of the Lee family there ; that if they di 1 come, they might encounter the ghost? of t: eir victims; He quoted the epitaph above the grave of fc?hak speare, which he now proposed to write above the graves of every otic of our patriot dead: "(h?x1 friend, for Jesus' ?:?k<\ forbear To ilk the dust enclosed here. Messed be the man thai *p:nv.< th?w stone*, And cursed bi' he that moves my bone*." Mr. McCreery stated that the resolution was in no sense an embodiment of Democratic sen? timent, but had been submitted upon his indi? vidual responsibility without consultation with hid colleagues. He then asked to withdraw the resolution, which was refused, though final? ly permission to introduce it was also refused. -.? - ? Manners and Customs of the Japanese. A correspondent narrates some of the pecu? liarities of the Japanese people: In purchasing articles great pains should be taken in examining that no indelicate repre? sentations are upon them. The natural sense of modesty of the Japanese is in striking va? riance with our instinctive ideas. On the walls of their homes, on their ornaments, and even common household utensils, there are often drawings whose nature may not even be hinted at, but which would not be tolerated in a civil? ized country. A certain bishop of the Church of England recently purchased a number of curi? osities in Japan without scrutinizing them with sufficient care, and sent them home. They were stopped at the custom-house authorities in Lon? don on the score of indecency, to the amuse? ment of his friends and his own intense morti? fication, and some wag published in the papers a laughable account of the affair, under the heading of ''Clerical Absence of Mind.'' The worst part of the joke was that some of the rarest and most costly of the articles were in? tended as expression* of regard to ladies in the diocese. When n Japanese lady appears upon the street in moderate weather, it is with an open vest, which exposes part of the bosom, lier feet and ankles are also bare, but are always beautifully clean and white. In winter leggins are worn ti]>to the knee, and a heavy cloak is wrapped around the body, and is surmounted by a niiod like an opera-cloak, which covers the head and leaves only a portion of the face vis? ible. In this costume they look I ike the hooded and corded monks of the middle ages. The quick intelligence and bright vivacity of these people command our constant admiration. They embrace nil idea with the rapidity of lightning; the blood bounds along their veins, and their.intentions are like an electric Hash. In examining any new thing their curiosity be? comes eagerness; they cannot rest until its points are understood, and then their conclu? sions are drawn instantly. There is no trouble in conversing with Japanese, even if you do n i understand a word of the language. His quick apprehension reads your gestures and signs at once, and scarcely has a thought arisen in your mind but he is master of it. He takes your meaning before you think it possible, and as soon as you are aware of your own intention, you find lie has already compassed it. ii is the j same in their intercourse with each other??| glance, a lew words rapidly uttered, ami a swift ] gesture, then a burst of laughter or a peal of I merriment. When strangers meet, there are { elaborate salutation-, much dignity and grave ' Countenances for thy time, but their mercurial j temperament will nut admit of protracted .-to- , lidity, ami distant politeness soon gives place to happy familiarity. Young girls are so quick ami sprightly in their movement* that they scarce seem to touch , the earth as they bound along. With them af-! lection seems to become at once a passion, which is lavished upon its object with the un? checked fervor and fury ?low of the Orient.! There are a number of Chinese in the town of Yokohoma, who have located there within u few years for business, and there is ample op port unity to compare their temperament with that of the Japanese. The former are slow of appM-iision. stoical, apathetic, cold-blooded and -fish. The Ja? panese, on the contrary, are :\ v. genial and lively. Their conversation .- miniated, and interspersed with sparkling sallies of wit and I repartee. They have an intense appreciation of humor. Their admiration finds vent in : their constant ejaculations of wonder and sur? prise, and their daily intercourse is marked by I unbounded liberality and hospitality: They aic of a warm, passionate nature, which would bespeak a southern origin. Among the higher ! classes, the men eagerly resent an injury, and the purple blood which suffuses the cheeks of the women is a deluge of fire. They bear but little resemblance to the Chinese ; to any one I familiar with the appearance of both peoples, their natural disposition is entirely different, ; and their spoken language entirely dissimilar. ! The Chinese language is used in Japan the same as the Latin is with Us, to embodv tech? nical terms, but is understood only by the ! learned, An Appeal to Congress against the Despo? tism in South Carolina. In publishing the annexed petition from cit? izens of South Carolina, the New York World says : '"There will be found republishcd in this issue a memorial now receiving signatures throughout the State of South Carolina prior I to its presentation to Congress. The petition sets forth the great injuries now almost daily I inflicted on the people of the State, shows the impossibility of any redress from the State government from the fact of this organization i being the author of the wrongs complained of, j and begs Congress to appoint a committee of i its own members or to institute an outside com ' mission "to investigate and report on the po? litical condition 01" South Carolina, and to j make-such suggestions as to them may seem ' tit, wise and proper." It is perhaps too much to expect that Congress will take the actio:, prayed for, since the appointment of a com? mittee or institution of a commissiou would bti almost equal to a condemnation of the State government necessitating such a course; bu on the other hand, the denial of so reasonable a request as that contained in this petition ca:: hardly be construed otherwise than as a refus:-'. to investigate for the reason that investigation would reveal a state of affairs abhorrent to ali our ideas of propriety and right, With the appearance of the petition in Congress it is to be hoped an earnest effort will be made to pro? cure the investigation desired. As things now are we think we are justified in saying that the government of South Carolina is a disgrace to the whole country, and if Congress will refuse to take such action as may show officially the condition of affairs there, then upon the ma? jority in that body may justly be charged a de? sire to shield a monstrous oppression. To I he Honorable the Senate and Home of Rep~ regentafives if the United titutes of Arnerico. The petition of the undersigned, citizens of the State of South Carolina, showeth to your honorable bodies that they frankly aud with? out reservation adopted the consequences of defeat, and have endeavored, since the wnr, to conduct themselves as good citizens, obedient to law, under whatever government has been imposed on them, whether military or civil. Thai, recognizing the changes in the Constitu? tion, and the various laws passed for the re? construction of the States, they have willingly and without murmur rendered obedience to the same. That they have patiently endured the state of affairs hereinafter set forth, in the hope that when the prejudices succeeding the war abated Congress would provide for them the benefits secured to the States in the fourth sec? tion of the fourth article of the Constitution, which guarantees to every State in the "Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion." That soon after the war the State was invaded by a set of unprincipled ad venturers, who, by pan? dering to the prejudices and passions of the uneducated colored race, obtained coctrol of the convention. Legislature, executive and ju? dicial departments and have administered the government to the great oppression of the Slate, and utterly obliterated all forms of a re? publican government, using the taxes, finances and laws for their personal advancement and the injury of the people. In this? L That the Governor basso manipulated the finances that he has made a large fortune b; speculation in State bonds, State moneys an . public property. 2. That ho has maintained a State constabu? lary and armed the colored militia, excluding therefrom the white, for the express purpose o: fomenting dissension and antagonism between the races, in order to secure his re-election. 3. That he has shamefully abused the par? doning power, by jetting loose upon the com? munity persons convicted of the most heinoi: crimes, tor the sole purpose of enabling thei.. to vote. 4. That they appointed trial justices in every county and township of the State, in violation of the Constitution, who are generally igno? rant and unscrupulous, and who oppress the people by collecting costs and fines, appropria? ting the latter to their own use instead of pay? ing the same into the Treasury. 5. That the whole Executive Department, including the Attorney General, without a sin? gle exception, have systematically plundered the State, and appropriated to their own use moneys which should have been used to allevi? ate the excessive and oppressive taxation under which the people now labor. 6. That the Legislature is composed of the most ignorant and vicious men, of both races, who have passed laws to secure their own re? election, have accepted bribes for the passage of laws to advance private interests, and that many of thorn cannot read or write. 7. That they have elected judges without re? gard to character or qualification, so that jus? tice is delayed or illy administered, and cases are decided to suit the designs of a party in? stead of reaching the ends of justice. 8. That under this condition of things prop? erty has depreciated in value, industry and en? ergy arc paralyzed, vice and immorality encour? aged, and life is not protected. Wherefore your petitioners pray thai the po? litical condition of South Car- Una be referred to a committee of your honorable body, or to any commission of sensible, patriotic, honora? ble men, with power to send for persons and papers, to investigate and report on the politi? cal condition of South Carolina, and to make ?uch suggestions as to them may seem wise, fit, and proper. And your petitioners will ever pray. i?o. ? A charming Indiana girl has broken off an engagement because her lover wouldn't sing psalm tunes. ? Why are there more marriages in winter than in summer? Because then men seek comforters, and the ladies?mull's ! ? An obedient daughter always makes a faithful wife. Let no man who values his own happiness marry a woman of an unfilial na? ture. ? Nicaragua vaunts the virtues of a med* cinal lake, which, if one drinks" enough of it, takes away, for a time at least, all desire for any other kind of liquor. ? In Boston, h poor man. who less than a year ago, bad only one suit of clothes, went into the newspaper business, and now has eight suits. Seven of them are for libel ? Mrs. Moddler says she never could, for the life of her, understand what a high churchman was until she beard of a French minister be? ing up iu a balloon.