The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, March 06, 1867, Image 1
VOLUME rv.
HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT*
TELEGRAPHIC.
Our Cabio Dispatches.
LIVERPOOL, March, 4-Evening.-Cotton ad?
vanced jd. during the afternoon. Middling Uplands
13Jd. Sales 10,000 bolos.
MABOH 5- Noon-Cotter, declined '? Hinco yes?
terday. Middling Uplands 13???. Sales 8000 bale.?.
Provisions firm. Breadstuff's quiet. To?ow 42s. 9<L
LONDON, March's-Finances unchanged.
A noon dispatch from Dublin (louies thc appre?
hension of Col. O'CONNOB.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-In the House there was
an official announcement that tho Presinent had
no communication to make.
In drawing seats STEVENS and WASHBTJBNE were
allowed to retain their old seats. The caucus
nominees were elected. BOYNTON was elected
Chaplain. Among tho nominees for this office was
Parson BROWNLOW. A joint committee was then
appointed from each House to equalize the pay of
employees.
The Speaker announced that on Thursday he
would appoint committees on mileage and creden?
tials, and would hold the other committees sub?
ject to the order of tho House.
In the Senate several Bills were presented-one
to roorganizo the Supreme Court; but they wore ail
laid on the table until the committees should be
appointed.
The committee announced that tho President
had no communication to make.
Tho Wool Tariff goos into effect at once, but the
Seuato Finance Committee will report in favor "of
tts suspension for ten days.
The Secretory or the Treasury has not received
a certified copy of the Bill for the appropriation of
pay for the Treasury Agents appointed regardless
of tho tost oath, which section was>f>*"?'"v- -' Sj
u.. o--~r~. ~_J ovuiuinuc previous to its passage.
Washington IV ?IVS.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The New York Her aid s
special soys there is a delegation from South Caro?
lina already here, conferring with tho President
relative to the Brigadier BUL
Congress will push the impeachment investiga?
tion.
Alexandria negroes claim the right to vote in
to-day's municipal election under SHERMAN'S Bill.
Tho Chronicle of this city urges them to vote, and
threatens those who, by violence or mistaken ap?
prehension of tho law, shall prevont them.
The Election Commissioners sent delegates
here to consult the authorities. CAMERON
said in response to SEW ABD, that if JOHNSON
had havo boon a wiso man he would have signed
the Reconstruction Bill, and thus have gotten him?
self back into his old harness. He might then,
perhaps, have been forgiven some wrong dono
during the last four months, but it was now too
late to forgive him.
Sonf.lt American News.
NEW YOBS, March 5.-The Times' Panama cor
rospondont reports that the President of Bolivia
was killed by bis body guard, and there is a revo?
lution in Carthagena is consequence.
New York Sew?.
NEW YOBS, March 5.-The steamer Henry
Chauncey, with $800,000 treasure, has arrived
from San Francisco, bringing California dotes to
the Sth ult.
General Sews.
ALEXANDRIA, March S.-The negro vote taken at
the late election will be contested provided the
white Republican vote, added to the black poll,
makes a plurality.
Domestic Markets,
NOON DISPATCH.
NEW YOBS, March 5.-Flour dull and drooping.
Wheat dull. Corn l@2o. better. Pork very firm
sales 250 bbls. ; new mess $21 87j. Lord dull, bbls.
12?@134. Cotton dull; Sl@31i for Middling Up?
lands. Freights quiet.
The Stock market is lower; 5-20's of '62 coupons
ll Ol ?110J. Exchange, 60 days, 8?,; sight, 9. Gold
ISfl.
EVENING DISPATCH.
Cotton dud and heavy. Sales 1300 bales, at 31c.
for Middling Uplands. Flour dull; for common
firm; for good State $8.50alL25. Wheat heavy.
Com active, and advanced 2a3o-$1.08aLll. Pork
bouyant. $21.62a22. Lard heavy. Whiskey quiet.
Freights unchanged; Cotton to Liverpool, by
steam, jajd.
5-20's of '62 Coupons, 109$all0. Gold, 1363
Money, 67.
NEW ORLEANS, March S.-Cotton-Sales 3350
bales. Market low. Low Middling 29$aS0c. Be
ceipts in three days 9543 bales. Exports in the
same time 15,783. Sugar firm at 13c. for good com?
mon to fair. Molasses dull at 65o75c. for common
to good. Flour in fair demand but lower. Super
Halli. Gold closed at S7i. Sterling 47ja48J.
BALTTMOBE, March 5.-Cotton lower; Middling
Uplands, SOaSOJ. Flour unchanged. Southern
Wheat scarce. Cora, receipts small, domand good
at 98caSl. Mess Pork, $2163. Sugar steady.
Whiskey irregular.
CINCINNATI, March 5.-Flour unchanged, with a '
limited local demand. Wheat quiet Corn dull;
shelled 62; ears 57; sacks 56. Cotton dull and no?
minal at 27@28c. for Middling Upland Whiskey
firm at $2 26. Mess Pork firmer; held at $21 00.
Bacon firmer. Shoulders 9.J; Sides 10$.
ST. Louis, March 5.-Cotton quiet at 27c. for
Middling Uplands, 27?a28c. for Strict do. do. Flour
quiet; Superfine, $8.75al0; Extra, $10al0.25. Wheat
dull. Com better; $1.45al.50. Mess Pork ad?
vanced; $20a20.50. Bacon stiff, at 12?al2?c. .for
Clear Sides, 9 Jc. for Shoulders.
State Items.
THE ORPHAN HOUSE.-Ber. T. BL EDWARDS,
writing to us from Newberry, under date of 18th
of February, says :
By visiting washington, I have obtained assur?
ance of all the assistance I desire from tho Govern?
ment. I also have capital enough in prospect to
begin my "Orphan Home," on a much larger scale
than I could possibly have anticipated. My suc?
cess far exceeded my most sanguine expecta- I
tions. * * *- I wish to commence building
as soon as practicable, that I may bo able to start
my school at the earliest day possible. The school
is not for the .orphans of soldiers exclusively, but j
destitute orphans all nw--\p?ckens Courier.
DEATH OF MB. ANDERSON-Mr. Isaac Anderson,
an aged and highly respectable citizen of Pickens,
died at his residence, on Eastateee, on the 17th
ultimo. He was in his eighty-seventh year.-Ibid.
PUNISHMENT COMMUTED.-Perry Durham who
has been under the sentence of death for the mur?
der of Col. Thomas Miller, has had his punishment
commuted by Gov. Orr to imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life.-Ibid.
FTBE.-About 3 o'olock, Sunday afternoon, a fire
occurred in the building opposite the Phoenix
offico, occupied by Mrs. Reed as a millinery store.
The fire originated in the cellar, among several
cases of straw goods, and is supposed to be the work
of some evil-disposed person. The damage to the
building was slight, as the firemen were promptly
on the spot, and succeeded in arresting the flames,
ofter the destruction of some millinery goods.
IJPljcenix.
THE STATE CUBREN OT_We learn that the bills
receivable aro somewhat firmer than they have
boon during the post month, owing no doubt to the
fact th;,t taxes are being paid, and a considerable
amount has thus been withdrawn from circulation.
There also appears to be less apprehension than
formerly wiL. ,-oferonce to any change in our State
government unU^r the new law by which we are
hereafter to bo controlled.-Carolinian.
RELIEF FOB THE PEOPLE OF LANCASTER DISTRICT,
8. C.-We are gratified to learn from Col. Wm.
Johnston that be had received several donations
for tho suffering in Lancaster District-two hun?
dred and fifty bushels of corn from the noble city
of Nowberne, and three hundred dollars from Bos?
ton, contributed by the edito-, of tho Pilot and a
few friends. The Colonel oleo received a letter
from an influential gentleman in Washington City,
inquiring if the reported destitution in that and
other sections was reliable. He reponded, fully
endorsing the statement of Colonel Mittagg and
others, and wo have reason to hope substantial aid
from that quarter may be expected. We regret
that our people could not resoond to the appeal of
their snfiering neighbors as their liberal and gene?
rous hearts prompted. The immediate county
suffered immensely from the drought last sum?
mer, and a large number of our people who have
heretofore been sellers of corn are now buyers.
There is a great deal of destitution in our midst,
continued calls for the relief of which have been
constantly responded to with a liberal hand. The
people of Lancaster have our sympathy, and the
very few who can, will do something for their re?
lief. Col. Johnston has not only contributed out
of his own moans, but has been instrumental in
eecunng, and will continue to exert himself to se
. cure, a moro abundant supply.
{Charlotte Times.
A OBEAT amateur bullfight took place at the
City of Mexico on the 13th of January, which was
onginatodfor tho laudable purpose of replenish?
ing the coffers of the Hospital do Pobres Four
thousand of the etile of the city, mcludmg ladies
were present, and the flower of tho youth of Mexi?
co joined in tho sport. Eight bulls were succes?
sively brox^ht in and tortured to death or disabled
amid the cheero of tho multitude. About $8900
Wore realized from the enterprise.
VETO MESSAGE.
Message or tho President or tbe United
States, returning to tho Honse of Repre?
sentatives a B1U entitled "An Act to Pro?
vide xor. the Mort Eni? lent Government ol
the Rebel States."
To the Souse of Repr?sentatives :
I have examinod the bill "to provide for tbe
more efficient government of the robel States*'with
the caro and anxiety whi?h its transcendent im?
portance is calculated to awaken. I am unablo to
give it my assent, for reasons so grave that I hopo
a statement of them may htvo some influonco on
the minds of the patriotic and enlightened men
with whom the decision must ultimately rest.
The bill places all tho people of the ton States
therein named, under the absolute domination of
military rulers; and the preamble undertakes to
give the reason upon which tho measure is basod,
and the ground upon which it is justified. It de?
clares that tbero exists in those States no legal
governments, and no adequate protection for life
or property, and asserts tile necessity of enforcing
peace and good order within their limits. Is this
true as matter of fact ?
It is not denied that the States in question have
each of thom an actual 'government, with all the
powers, executive, judicial, and legislative', which
properly belong to ? free State. They are organ?
ized like the other States of the Union, and, like
them, they moko, . administer, 5 a?d execute, ?ju
laws which concern thojrJoiU?g<;i,ferng- suchWc
M^gJytf&Sl? 'ie i?self tho law of tho State upon
ail matters within its jur.sdiction. To pronounco
the supreme law-making power of on established
State illegal, ?B to say. that law itself is unlawful.
-The provisions which those governments have
made for tho preservation of order, tho suppression
of crime, and the redress of private injuries, oro in
substance and principle the some os thoso which
prevail in tho Northern States and in other civil?
ized countries. They certainly bavo not succeed?
ed in preventing tho commission of all crime,
nor has this boen accomplisned anywhere
in tho world. There, as well as elsewhere
offenders sometimes escape for want of
vigorous prosecution, and occasionally, per?
haps, by tho inefficiency of courts or the prejudice
of jurors. It is undoubtedly true that those evils
have been much increased and Aggravated, North
and South, by tho demoralizing inilueuce of civil
war, and by the rancorous passions which tho con?
test has engendered But that those people aro
maintaining local governments for themselves
which habitually defeat the object of all govern?
ment and render thoir own livos and roperty in?
secure, is in itself utterly improbable, and the aver?
ment of tho bill to that effect is not supported by
any evidence which has como to my knowledge
All the information I have on the subject convinces
mo that thu masses of tho Southern people and
those who control their pu. lie acts, whiio they en?
tertain diverse opinions on questions of Federal
policy, aro completely unitodnn tho effort to reor?
ganizo their society on tho basis of peace, nnd to
restoro their mutual prosperity as rapidly and a -t
completely as their circumstances will permit.
The bill, however, would scorn to show upon its
face that the establishment of peace and good
order is not its real object. The fifth section de?
clares that the preceding sections shall cease to
operate in any State where certain events sholl
have happened. Theso events aro : First, the
selection of delegatos to a State convention by an
election at which negroes shall be allowed to vote.
Second the formation of a State constitution by
the convention so chosen. Third, the insertion
into tho State constitution of a provision which
will secure the right of voting at all elections to
negroes, and to such white men as mav not be dis?
franchised for rebelbon or felony. Fourth, the
submission of the constitution for ratification to
negroes and white men not disfranchised, and its
actual ratification by their vote. Fifth, tho sub?
mission of the State constitution to Congress for
examination and approval, and the actual approval
of it by that body Sixth, the adoption of a
certain ?mendment to the Federal Constitution
by a vote of the Legislature elected under the new
constitution. Seventh, tho adoption of said amend?
ment by a sufficient number of other States
to make it a part of the Constitution of the
United States. All these conditions must be ful?
filled before the people of any of these States can
be relieved from the bondage of military domina?
tion; but when they aro fulfilled then immediately
the pains and penalties of the bill are tb cease, no
matter whether there be peace and order or not,
and without any reference to'the security of Ufo or
property. Tho excuse given for the bill in the pre?
amble is admitted by the bill itself not to be real.
The military rule wfiich it establishes ia plainly to '
bo used-not for any purp oso of order or for tho
prevention of crime, but solely as a means of coer?
cing the people into tho adoption of principles and
measures to which it is known that they are op?
posed, and upon which thoy have au undeniable
right to exercise their own judgment.
I submit to Congress whether this measure is
not, in its whole character, scope and object, with?
out precedent and without authority, in palpablo
conflict with the plainest provisions of the Consti?
tution, and utterly destru -rive to those great prin?
ciples of liberty and humanity for which our an?
cestors ou both sides of the Atlantic have shod so
much blood and expended so much treasure.
The ten States named in the bill ore divided into
five districts. For each district an officer of tho
army, not below the rank of brigadier-general, is
to bo appointed to rule over the people; and ho is
to be supported with an effioient military force to
enable him to perform his duties and enforce his
authority. These duties and that authority, as
defined by the third section of tho bill, are "to
protect all persons in their rights of person and
property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and
violence, and to punish or cause to be punished,
all disturbors of the public peace or criminals."
The power thus given to. the commanding officer
over all the people of each district is that of an
absolute monarch. His mere will is to take tho
place of all law. Tho law of the States is
now the_ only rule applicable to tho sub?
jects placed under his control, and that
is completely displaced by the clause which
declares all interference of State authority to be
null and void He alone is permitted to de.ermine
what are rights of person or property, and he may
protect them in such way as, in his discretion,
may seem proper. It places at his free disposal
all the lands and goods in his district, and he may
distribute them with rut let or hindrance to whom
be pleases. Being bound by no State law, and
there being no other law to regulate the subject,
be may moke a criminal code of his own; and he
can make it as bloody as any recorded in history,
or he can reserve the privilege of acting upon the
impulse of his priva to passions in each case that
arises. He is bound by no rules of evidence; there
is indeed no provision by ?vbjcb he is authorized
or required to take any evidence at all. Every?
thing is a crime which he chooses to call so, and
all persons are condemned whom ho pronounces to
be guilty. He is not bound to Keep any re?
cord, or make any report of his proceedings. He
may arrest his victims wherever he finds them,
without warrant, accusation, or proof of probable
gausev" If he gives them a tr,al before be iu
meroy, not because he is commanded* sb ?5^fi6.'m^
To a casual reader of the bill it might seem that
some laud of trial was secured by it to persons ac?
cused of crime; but such is not the case. The
offic r "may allow local civil tribunals to try of?
fenders," but of course this does not require that
he shall do so. It any State or Federal court pre
suKios to exercise its legal jurisdiction by the trial
of a malefactor without bis special permission, he
can break it up, and punish the judges and jurors
as being themselves malefactors. He can save his
friends from justice, and despoil his euomies con?
trary to justice.
It is also provided that "he shall have power to
organize military commissions or tribunals;" but
this power he is not commanded to exercise. It is
merely permissive, and is to be used only "when
in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial
{ of offenders." Even if the sentence of a commis
I sion were made a prerequisite to the punishment
? of a uarty, it would be scarcely the slightest check
upon the officer, who bas authority^) organize it
as he pleases, proscribe its mode of proceeding,
Appoint its members from among his own subordi?
nates, and revise all its decisions. Instead of miti
gating the harshness of his single rule, such a tri
nnal would be used much more probably to divide
i the responsibility of making it" more cruel and
unjust.
I beveral provisions, dictated by the humanity of
Congress, havo been inserted in the bill, apparent?
ly to restrain the power of the cr mmanding officer;
but it teems to me that they are of no avail for
that purpose. The fourth section provides-First.
That trials shall not be unnecessarily delayed; but
I think I havo shown that the power is given to
punish without trial, and if so, thfs provision is
practically inoperative. Second Cruel or unusual
punishment is not to be inflicted; but who is to de?
cide what ia cruel and what is unusual ? The words
have acquired a legal meaning by long use in tho
courts. Can it be expected that military officers
will understand or follow a rule expressed in lan?
guage so purely technical, and not pertaining in tho
least degree to their profession ? If not, then each
officer may define cruelty according to bis own
temper, and if it is not usual, be trill moko it usu?
al. Corporeal punishment, imprisonment, the gag,
the bau and chain, and the almost insupportable
forms of torturo invented for military punishment,
lie within tbe range of choice. Third The sen?
tence of a commission is not to be executed with?
out being approved by the commander, if it affects
life or liberty, and a sentence of death must be ap?
proved by the President. This applies lo cases in
which there has been a trial and sentence. I take
it to be clear, under this bill, that the mili ti ry
commander may condemn to death without even
the form of a trial by a military commission, sc
that the life of the condemned may depend upon
the will of two men, instead of ono.
It is plain that the authority hore given to the
mili [?ry officer amounts to absolute despotism.
But, to make it still moro unendurable, the bill
provides that it may be delegated to aa many sub
ordinates as he chooses to appoint; for it declara
that he skull "purdah or cause to be punished.'
Snob a power has not been wielded by any monaro!
in England for more than five hundred years. Ir
all that time no people who speak the Englist
language bavo borne such servitude. It reduoei
the whole population of the ten States-all per.
sons, of every color, sex and condition, and evory
?tranger within thoir limits-to tho most abject
and degrading slavery. No master ever hod a
control so absoluto over his slaves os this bill
givos to tho military officers over both whito and
colored porsons.
It may bo answered to this that the officers of
tho army aro too magnanimous, just, ?ind humane
to oppress and trample tpon a subjugated people.
I do not doubt that armv officers aro as well on
t itlod to tliia kind of conlldenco as any other class
' of mon. But tho history of the world has boon
written in vain, if it doon not teach us that unre?
strained authority can nover bo safely trusted in
human hands. Jt is almoBt sure to bo more or loss
abused undor any circumstances, and it hos always
resulted in gross tyranny whore the rulers who ox
erciso it aro strangers to thoir subjects, and come
among thom as tho representatives of a distant
power, and moro especially when tho power that
sends them is unfriendly. Governments closely
resembling that hero proposed have been fairly
tried in Hungary and Poland, and the suffering en
durod by those people roused tho sympathies of
tho entire world. It waa tried in Ireland, and,
though tempored at first by principles of English
law, it gave birth to cruelties so atrocious that they
are never recounted without just indignation. The
French Convention armed IIB deputies with this
power, and sent them to the southern dopartmoats
? of the republic. The massacres, murders, and
other atrocities which they committed, show what
the passions of the ablest men in the most civiliz?
ed society win tempt them to do when wholly un?
restrained bv law.
Tho mon of our race in avery age have struggled
to tio up the hands of their Governments and keep
them within tho law: because their own experience
of all mankind taught thom that rulers could not
bo relied on to concede those rights which they
w ro not legally bound to roapect. The head of a
great empire has sometimos governed it with a
mild and poternal sway; but the kindness of on
irresponsible deputy never yields what the law does
not extort from iiim. Between such a master and
the pooplo subjected to his domination there can
be nothing but enmity; ho panisb.es them if they
resist his authority, and, if they submit to it. he
ha??l?.hJ?m-tPr?oh?"qh"?stjori which is, if possible,
! still moro important. Havo wo the power to es?
tablish and carry into execution a measure like
this ? I answer, certainly not, if we derive our
authority from the Constitution, and if we ore
bound by tho limitations which it imposes.
This proposition is perfectly clear-that no
branch of tho Federal Government, executive, leg?
islative, or judicial, can havo any just powers, ex?
cept thoso which it dorives through and exercises
uuder the organic law of the Union. Outside of
the Constitution, we have rio legal authority more
thou private citizens, and within it wo have only BO
much as that instrument gi voa us. This broad
principle limits all our functions, and applies to oil
subjects. It protects not only the citizens of
Statca which aro within tho Union, but it shields
every human being who comes or ia brought under
our jurisdiction. Wc havo no right to do in one
placo, more than in another, that which the Con?
stitution says we shall not do at all. If. therefore,
tho Southern States were in truth out of the Union,
wo could not treat their people in a way which the
fundamental law forbids.
Some porsons assume that the success of our
arms in crushing the opposition which was made
in some- of the States to the execution of the
Federal laws, reduced those States and all their
poople-the innocent as woU as the guilty-to the
condition ol vassalage, and gave us apjwer over
them which the Constitution does not bestow, or
define, or limit. No fallacy can be more trans?
parent than this. Our victories subjected the in?
surgents to legal obedience, not to the yoke of an
arbitrary despotism. When an absolute sovereiprn
reduces his robeUious subjects, be may deal with
them according to his pleasure, because he
had that power before. But when a limited
monarch pats down an insurrection, he must
still povorn according to law. If an insurrec?
tion should take place in one of our States
against the authority of tho State government,
and end in 1 he overthrow of those w^.o planned
it, would that take away the rights of the people
of tho counties where it was favored by a patt or c
majority of tue population ? Could they, for suet
a reason, bo wholly outlawed and deprivtd of theil
representation in the Legislature ? I have alwayt
contended that the Government of the Uriitei
States was sovereign within its constitution!
sphere; that it executed ita laws, like the Statei
themselves, by applying its coercive power direct
ly to individuals; and that it could put down insur
rection with the same eilbot as a State, and m
other. The opposite doctrine is tho worst heres;
of those who advocated secession, and cannot bi
agreed to without admitting that heresy to bi
right.
Invasion, insurrection, rebellion, and domestii
violence, were anticipated when the governmen
was f am ed, and the means of repelling and sup
pressing them were wisely provided for in tb
Constitution; but it was not thought necessary t
declare that the States in which they might occu
should be expelled from tho Union. Rebellions
which were invariably suppressed, occurred prio
to that out of which these questions grow; bu
the States continued to exist, and the Unioi
remained unbroken. In Massachusetts, in Penn
sylvania, m Rhode Island, and in New Yorli
at different periods in our history, violen
and armed opposition to the United State
was carried on; but tho relations of thos
States with tho Federal Government wer
not supposed to bo interrupted or changed, there
by, ofter the re. ellious portions of their populatio
wore defeated and put down. It is true that i
these earlier casos there was no formal expressio
of a determination to withdraw from the Unioi
but it is also true that in tho Southern States th
ordinances of secession were treated by all th
friends of the Union as mere nullities, andar? DO
acknowledged to bo so by tho States themselvei
If we admit that they had any force or validity, c
that they did in fact take tho States in which the
were passed out of tho Union, we sweep from undc
our feet all the grounds upon which we stand i
justifying the use of Federal force to maintain th
integrity of tho government.
This is a bill passed by Congress in time <
peace. Thero is not, in any one of the St-t<
Drought undor its operation, either war or insu
rection. The laws of the States and of the Feden
Government aro all m undisturbed and harmonior.
operation. The courts, State and Federal, ai
open, and in the full exerciso of their proper ai
thority. Over every State comprised in these fh
military districts, life, liberty and properity aie si
cured hy Stato laws and Federal laws, an
tho National Constitution is everywhere i
torco and everywhere obeyed, What, then, :
the ground on which this bill proceeds? Th
title of the hill announces that it is intende
"for the more efficient government/' of these te
States. It is recited, by way of preamble, that i
legal State governments, "nor adequate protectic
for life or property," exist in those States, and th
peace and good order should be thus enforce
Tho first thing which arrests attention upon thei
recitals, which prepare the my for martial low,
this-that the only foundation upon which marti
law can exist under our form of government is n
stated or so much as pretendod. Actual war, fo
eign invasion, domestic insurrection-none
these appear; apd nono of those in fact exist,
is not even recited that any sort of war or insurre
tion is threatened. Let us panse here to conside
! upon this question of constitutional law and tl
I power of Congress, a recent decision of tho S
preme Court of the United States in ex parte M
Bein.
I will first quote from the opinion of the majori
of the court : "Martial law cannot arise from
threatened invasion. The necessity must be i
tuai and -present, the invasion real, snob as effect
ally closes the courts and deposes the civil admi
istxotion." We see that marda! law comes in 01
when actual war closes the courts snd deposos t
civil authority : but this bill, in time of pea?
consequence, of the abrogation of civil anthon
One moro quotation : "It follows from what 1
been said on this subject that there are occasic
when martial law caji be properly applied. If
foreign invasion or civil war the courts are actus
closed, and it is impossible to administer crimi
justice according to low, thon, on the theatre
active military operations, where war really p
voile, there is a necessity to tarnish a subs tit
for the civil authority, thus overthrown, to p
serve the safety of the army and society ; and as
power is left but the mihtary, it is allowed
govern by martial rule until the laws can li
their free course." *
I now quote from the opinion of the minority
the court, delivered by Chief Justice Chase: "
by no means assert that Congress can establ
and apply the laws of war whsro no war hos b
declared or exists, Where poaco exists, the li
of peace must prevail." This is sufficiently
flicit. Peace exists in all the territory to wt
his bill applies. It asserts a power in Congr?
in time of peace, to set aside the laws of pc
and to substitute the laws of war. The minor
concurring with the majority, declares that C
gress does not possess that power. Again, am
possible, more emphatically, the Chief Just
with remarkable clearness and condensation, si
up the whole matter as follows:
"There are under the Constitution three ki
of military jurisdiction-one to be exercised I
in peaco and war; another to be exercised in t
of foreign war wi.hont the.boundaries of tho 1
ted States, or in time of rebellion and civil
within States or districts occupied by rebels tra
as belligerents^ and a third to be exercised in t
of invasion or insurrection within the limits of
United States, or during rebellion within the Iii
of the States maintaining adherence to the Nat
al Government, when the public danger reqc
ita exercise. The first of these may be ot
jurisdiction under Mnxr.vsx Law, and is foun
acts of Congress prescribing rules and article
war, or otherwise providing lor the governmer
the national forces; the second may be dis tingt
ed as MruTABV GOVERNMENT, superseding, at
as moy bo deemed expedient, the local law,
exercised by the military commander under tb
rection of the President, with the express or
plied sanction of Congress; while the third ma
denominated MARTIAL LAW PROPER, and ls ct
into action by Congross, or temporarily, when
action of Congress cannot bo invited, and in
case of justifying or excusing peril by the P
i dent, in timos of insurrection or invasion, (
civil or foreign war, within districts or local
where ordinary law no longer adequately sec
> publie safety ancf private rights." "
It will bo observed that of the three kine
military jurisdiction which can bo exercisi
i created undor our Constitution, there is bu
that can prevail in time of peace, and that i
1 code of laws enated by Conirrees for the gc
- ment of the national forces. That body ol m
i. ry law has no aoplication to the citizen, nor
' to the citizen soldier enrolled in tho militia m
i of peace. But thia bill is not a part ot that si
i military law, for that applies only to the sc
i and not to the citizen, whilst, contrariwise, tho
i tory law provided by this bill applies only t
? citizen and not to tho soldier,
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I need not say to the representatives of tho
American people that their Constitution forbids
tho exercise of judicial |>ower in any way but ono_
that is by the ordained and established courts. It
is equally well known that in all criminal casos a
Ural by jury is rundo indispensable by the express
words of that instrument. I will not enlarge on
tho inestimable value of the right thus secured to
overy freeman, or epeak of tho danger to public
liberty in all parts of tho country, which must en?
sue from a denial of 4' any wboro or upon any pre?
tence. A very rocont d?cision of tho Supremo
Court has traced th? history, vindicated the dig?
nity, and made known the valuo of this great pri?
vilege so clearly that ?othiug mero is needed. To
what extent a violation of it might be excusod in
time of war or public (anger moy admit of discus?
sion, but we are provUing now for a time of pro?
found peace, where thiro ts not an armed soldier
within our borders exctpt those who ore in the ser
vico of tho Government It is in Buch a condition of
things that an act of Congress is proposed which,
if carried out, would dony a trial by tho lawful
courts and juries to niuo millions ?f American
citizens, and to their posterity for an indefinite
period It seems to lo scarcely possible that any
one should seriously Believe thiB consistent with
a Constitution which declares, in simplo, plain,
and unambiguous lanaiago, that all persons shall
have that right, and that no person shall over, in
any case, be deprived of it. The Constitution also
forbids the arrest of the citizen without judicial
warrant, founded on probable cause. This bill
authorizes an arrest without warrant, at the
pleasure of a military commander. The Constitu?
tion declares that "nonperson shall be held to an?
swer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime
unless on presentment by a grand jury." This
bill holds every person not a soldier answerable
for all crimes and all charges without any pre?
sentment. The Constitution declares that "no
person shall be depived of life, liberty or
property, without dni process of law." This
bill sets aside all prtcess of law, and makes
the citizen answerable in his person and
property to tho will cf ono man, and as to his lifo
? the will of two. Finally, the 0"-T''X?"7min'-"
pjfite? *?5P* "the privilege of the jwnt 01^ IN
casoTf ASSL1j?ot B?Bffl?h," tho public safety
?."r?be^PP ?f :5s this bill declares martial
law (which of itself BUgpends this great writ) in,
timo of peace, and authorizes the military to make
the arrest, ana gives to the prisoner only ono pri?
vilege, ana that is a trial "without necessary do
lav- Ho has no hope of release from custody, ex?
cept the hopo, such os it is, of release by acquittal
before a military commission.
The United States are bound to guarantee to
each State a republican Torrn of government. Can
it bo pretended that this obligation is not palpably
broken if we carry out a measure like this, which
wipes away every vestige of republican govern?
ment in fen States, and puts ?ne life, property,
liberty, and honor of all the people in each ot thom
under the domination of a single person clothed
with unlimited authority?
The Parliament of England exorcising the om?
nipotent power which it claimed, was accustomed
to pass buis of attainder ; that is to say, it would
convict men of treason and other crimes by legis?
lative enactment. The person accused had a hear?
ing, sometimes a patient and fair one; but generally
party prejudice prevailed, instead .of justice. -It
often became necessary for Parliament to acknowl?
edge its error and reverso its own action. The
fathers of our country determinod that no such
thing should occur here. They withheld the power
from Congress, and thus forbade its exercise by
that body, ana they provided in the Constitution
that no State should poss any bill of attainder. It
is, therefore, impossible for any person in this
country to be constitutionally convicted or pun?
ished fer any crime by a legislative proceeding of
any sort. Nevertheless, here is a bill of attainder
against nine millions of peoplo at once. It is
based upon an accusation BO vague as to be scarce?
ly intelligible, and found tb be true upon no credi?
ble evidence. Not one of the nine millions was
heard ir " 's own defence. The representatives of
the doo- ... ? i parties were excluded from all partici?
pation in tue trial. The conviction is to bo fol?
lowed by the most ignominious punishment ever
inflicted on large masses of men. It disfranchises
thom by hundreds of thousands, and degrades
them all-even those who are admitted to be guilt?
less-from tho rank of freemen to the condition ol
slaves.'
The purpose and object of the bill-the general
intent which pervades it from beginning to end-is
to change the entire structure and character of the
State governments, and to compel them by force to
the adoption of organic laws and regulations which
they are unwilling to accept, if left to themselves.
Tho negroes hare not asked for the privilege of
voting-the vast majority of them have no idea
what it means. This bill not only thrusts it into
their hands, but compels them, as well as the
.whites, to uso it in a particular way. If they do
not form a constitution with prescribed articles iu
it, and afterwards elect a Legislature which will
act upon- certain meas tires in a prescribed way,
neither blacks nor whites can be relieved from the
slavery which the bill imposes upon them. With?
out pausing here to consider the policy or impolie v
of Africanizing the Southern part of our territory, I
would simply ask the attention of Congress to that
manifest, well-known, and universally acknowl?
edged rule of constitutional law, which declares
that the Federal Government has no jurisdiction,
authority or power to regulate such subjects for
any State. To force the right of suffrage out of
the hands of the white peoplo nnd into the hands of
the negroes is an arbitrary violation of this principle.
The bill imposes martial law at once, and its
operations wilt begin as soon as the General and
his troops can be put in place. The dread alterna?
tive between its harsh rulo and compliance with
the terms of this measure is not suspended, nor
are the people afforded any time for free delibera?
tion. The bill says to them, take martial law first,
then deliberate. And when they have done all
that this measure requires them to do, other con?
ditions and contingencies, over which they have
no control, yet remain to be fulfilled before they
can be relieved from martial law. Another Con?
gress must first approve the constitutions, made
m conformity wi^h the will of this Congress, and
must declnru these States entitled to representa?
tion in both Houses, The whole question thus re?
mains open and unsettled, and must again occupy
the attention of Congress, and in the meantime
the agitation which now prevails will continue to
disturb all portions ot the people.
The bill also denies the legality of the govern?
ments of ten of the States which participated in
the ratification of the amendment to the Federal
Constitution abolishing slavery forever within the
jurisdiction of the United States, and practically
excludes them from the Union. If this assump?
tion of the bill be correct, their concurrence can?
not be considered as having been legally given,
and the important fact is made to appear that the
consent of three-fourths of the States-the requis?
ite number-has not been constitutionally ob?
tained to the ratification of that amendment, thus
leaving the question of slavery where it stood be?
fore tue amendment was officially declared to
have become a part of the Constitution.
That tbe measure proposed by this bill does vio?
late the Constitution in the particulars mentioned,
and in many other ways which I forbear to enu?
merate, is too clear to admit of the least doubt.
It only remains to consider whether the injunc?
tions of that instrument ought to be obeyed or not.
I think they ought to be obeyed, for reasons which
I will proceed to give as briefly os possible.
In the first place, it is the only system of free
govern neut which we can hope to have as a nation
When it ceases to be the rule rf our conduot, we
i may, perhaps, take our choice between complete
? anarchy, a consolidated despotism, and a total
dissolution of the Union, but national liberty,
regulated by law, will have passed beyond om
reithis the best frarn? ?r s~Tr*meat'thei wont
ever saw No other ls or can be so well adapt?e
to the ?enius, habits, or wante of tho Amoscar
10 Jln_ K"ri-X<..'"B nib oi-rengthof agreitempm
m?h unspeakable blessing's of Wal orff-govern
ment-having a central power to defend the gene
ral interests, and recognizing the authority of tbi
States as the guardians of industrial rights, it i
"the sheet-anchor of our safety abroad and ou
peace at home." It was ordained "to form a mor
periect union, establish justice, insure domes ti
tranquillity, promote the genorel welfare, provid
for tue common defence, and secure the blessing
of. liberty to ourselves and to our posterity.
These great ends have been attained heretofore
and will be again, by faithful obedience to it, bu
thev are certain to be lost if we treat with dian
gard its sacred obligations.
It was to punish the gross crime of defying th
Constitution, and to vindicate its supreme anthoi
ity, that wo carried on a bloody war of four year
duration. 8hall we now acknowladgo that we sacr
fleed a million of lives and expended billions <
treasure to enforce a Constitution which is n<
worthy of respect and preservation?
Those who advocated tho right of secession a
leged in their own justification that ve. had no r
gard for btw, and that their rights of property, lif
and liberty would not be safe under the Cona titi
rion, as administered by us. Ii we now vori
their assertion, we prove that they were in trat
and in fact fighting for their liberty, and instead
branding thou: leaders with the dishonoring nan
ot traitors against a righteous and legal govor
ment, we elevate them in history to the rank
self-sacrifibing patriots, consecrate them to tl
admiration of the world and place them by tl
side of Washington, and Hampden, and Sydne
No, let us leave them to tho infamy they desert
punish them as they should be punished, accor
mg to law, and take upon ourselves no share
the odium wbichtthey shoula bear alone.
It is a part of our public history which can nev
be forgotten that both Houses of Congress in Jul
1861, declared in the form of a solemn resolutit
that the war was and should be carried on fori
purpose of subjugation, but solely to enforce tl
Constitution and laws; and that when this w
yielded by the parties ia rebellion, thc conte
should cease, with tho cons ti'.utiona! rights of tl
States and of individuals unimpaired - This res
lotion was adopted and seat forth to the wot
unanimously by the Senate, and with only two d
sen ting voices in the House. It was accepted I
the friends of the Union in the South, as well
in the North, as expressing honestly and truly t
object of the war, On the faith of it, many thc
Sand? of persons in both sections gave- their liv
and their fortunes to the cause. To repudiate
' now by refusing to the States and to the indi
duals within them the rights which the Constit
tion and laws of the Union would secure to the
is a breach of our plighted honor for which I c
' imagine no excuse, and to which I oannot volun
1 rily become a party.
The evils which spring from the unsettled sti
i of our Government will be acknowledged by i
. Commercial intercourse is impeded capital is
? constant peril, public securities fluctuate in val
, peace itself is not secure, and tho sense of mo
i and political duty is impaired. To avert th
! calamities from our country, it is imperatively
? quired that-wo should immediately decide nj
. some course of administration which can be ste
i faetly adhered to. I am thoroughly convinoed t
any settlement, or compromise, or plan of act
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which is inconsistent with the principles of tb
Constitution will not only be unavailing, but mi
chievoue; that ic will but multiply the present evils
instead of removing them. Tho Constitution
in its whole integrity and vigor, through
out tho length and breadth of tho land
is tho best of all compromises. Besides
our duty does not, in any judgment, leave us i
choico between thal and any other. I beliovi
thnt it contains tho romody that is so much ncodod
and that if tho co-ordinate branches of tho Govern
mont would unito upon its provisions, they woult
bo found broad enough and strong enough to sus
tain in time of poaco the nation which thoy bon
safely through tho ordeal of a protracted civil war
Among the most sacred guaranties of that instru?
ment are those which declare that "each Stat?
shall havo at least ono Representative," and thai
"no State, without its consent, shall bo deprived o:
its equal suffrage in tho Senate." Each Houso ie
made tho " judge of tho elections, returns, anc
qualifications or its own members," and may,
"with tho concurrence of two-thirds, expel a mom
ber." Thus, as heretofore urged, "in the admis?
sion of Senators and Representatives from any and
all of the States, there can bo no just ground of ap?
prehension that persons who are disloyal will be
clothed with the powers of legislation ; for th?
could not happen whon the Constitution and the
laws ore enforced by a vigilant and faithful Con?
gress." "When a Senator or Representativo pre?
sents his certificate of election, ho may at once bc
admitted or rejected; or, should thore be any
question as to his eligibility, his credentials may
be referred for investigation to the appropriate
committee. If admitted to a soot, it must be
upon evidence satisfactory to the House of which
he thus becomes a member, that ho possesses tho
roquiBito constitutional and legal qualifications. H
refused admission as a member for wont of due al?
legiance to tho Government, and returned to his
constituents, they aro admonished that none but
p .-rsons loyal to tho United States will bo allowed a
voice in tho Legislative Councils of the Nation, and
the political power and moral influence of Congress
ajft tt\iaa.^fR?^4*wMkl^-.j J'l?jV*yiw^- '- '
And is it not far better that the work of restoration
should be accomplished by simple compliance with
the plain requirements of tho Constitution, than
by a recourso to measures which in effect destroy
the States, and threaten tho subversion of the
General Government? All that is necessary to
settle this simplo but important question, without
further agitation or delay, is a willingness on the
part of oh to sustain the Constitution and carry its
provisions into practical operation. If to-morrow
either branch of Congress would declaro that, upon
the presentation of their credentials, members con?
stitutionally elected and loyal to the General Gov?
ernment would be admitted to seats in Congress,
while all others would be excluded and their
places remain vacant until the selection by the
people of loyal and qualified persons; and if, at the
same time, assurance wore given that this policy
would be continued until all tho States were repre?
sented in Congress, it would send a thrill of joy
throughout tho entire land, as indicatiug the inau?
guration of a system which must speedily bring
tranquillity to the public mind.
While we aro legislating upon subjects which
are of great importance to the whole people, and
which must affect all parts of the country, not
only during the Ufo of tho present generation, but
for ages to come, we should remember that all
men are entitled at least to a hearing in tho coun?
cils which docide upon the destiny of thomselves
and their children. At present ten States are de
niod representation, and when the Fortieth Con?
gress assembles on the fourth day of the present
month, Bixteen States will bo without a voice in
the House of. Representatives. This grave fact,
with the important questions before us, should
induce us to pauso in a course of legislation which,
looking solely to the attainment of political ends,
fails to consider the rights it transgresses, thc
law which it violates, or the institutions which it
imperils. ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, March 2,;1867.
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
The Emperor Louis NAPOLEON and Queen VIC?
TORIA, from the advantages of their position, should
bo couuidei'ed good authorities in matters per?
taining lo tho prospects of the continuance or in?
fraction of the peace of Europe. They havo both,
from their thrones, recently delivered addresses tc
their respective Parliaments, on the affairs tc
them severally of tho greatest importance ; and
touching the peace of Europe, NAPOLEON, on the
15th of February, remarked, that he has "the firm
conviction that peace will not be disturbed ;" and
the Queen of England more recently expressed
reasons for hoping " that the war in which Prus?
sia, Austria and Italy have been engaged, maj
lead to the establishment of a durable peace in
Europe."
But notwithstanding these royal assurances,
thero ore many, whose minds are not altogether ai
ease on this momentous question. It has beer
surmised that the close of the French Exhibition
would be speedily followed by new developments
indicative of an aggressive policy on the port ol
Louis NAPOLEON. He might then avail himself ol
an opportunity to rectify tho national boundaries,
and perhaps avenge certain supposed indignities
heretofore re:31 ved from jealous but powerful
neighbors. As time passes nothing transpires
that tends to justify these evil portents, and if we
mistake not the dread of the future, amounting
almost to a feeling of consternation which grew
out of the events connected with the German war,
is giving place to a reasonable hope of continued
peace. Confidence is gradually regained. At first
the havoc of the Prussian breech-loaders caused a
simultaneous demand throughout Europe for
more effective firearms and the most thorough
military reorganization. The werk was entered
upon with promptitude and earnestness by nearly
all the leading governments, including France,
England, Austria, Russia and the Scandinavian
powers. It still continues, and will take years for
its completion, but in the end the relative strength
of ambitious rivals is not likely to be essentially
changed. Certainly a, single year cannot greatly
disturb the equilibrium of forces. On all sides it
is agreed that if war comes at all Fiance and
Prussia will figure as the chief combatants. But
the formidable array of fortresses held by Prussia
on tho Shine, the well-filled ranks of the now
terrible "landwehr," and the plethorio condition of
King WILLIAM'S treasury, are substantial argu?
ments in favor of peace which Lours NAPOLEON is
fully competent to appreciate.
THE BANKRUPT B1XX.
The National Bankrupt Bill has become a law. It
is a very lengthy bill, but tho following comprise
its important provisions :
Section II. Prescribes the method of availing of
the oct.
Any debtor, whose debts, provable under the
act, amount to over three hundred douars, may
petition the District Judge of his disiriot, stating
ins insolvency, his willingness to surrender his es?
tate and a schedule under oath of his debts and
his creditors, with the nature sof the debt jnJfr?JJ.
S?i(??1-i?.Y?nt?i2i. tte'aiFTtir,- 6T 'bankruptcy, and
th?p?t?tion?r be adjudged a bankrupt. The judge
shall thereupon issue a warrant (or the Register,
if there be no opposing party) directed to the Uni?
ted States Marshal of said district, authorizing
him to publish the necessary notices, to wit : 1.
That a warrant in bankruptcy has been issued. 2.
That all payments of debts to such debtor ore for?
bidden. 3. That a meeting of the creditors to
prove debts and choose assignees, will be held in a
court of bankruptcy, not less than ten nor more
than ninety days after the issuing of the mirant.
Section li. Directs that the Judge (or u there
is no opposing interest the Register) shall convey
to the assignee or assignees the entire real and
personal estate of the bankrupt, but from this as?
signment are excepted household and kitchen fur?
niture, and such other articles as the assignee may
indicate, not exceeding five hundred dollars in
value, the wearing apparel of the bankrupt and
his family, his unilorm and arms, and sn;
other property hereafter exempted from attach?
ment or levy hy Unit- ' States laws.
Section 27. Piesc is that all creditors, whe
prove their debts, shall share alike, except thal
wages to an amount not exceeding fifty dollars,
for service performed in the preceding six months!
shall be paid in full.
Section 28. Prevents the priority of debts.
Section 29. Allows the bankrupt, after sb
months from the adjudication of bankruptcy, or i
no debts or assets within sixty days, to apply foi
his discbarge, which the court, after due notice
shall grant, if the bankrupt has honestly exhibitec
his condition. .>
Section SO. 'Prohibits a second bankruptcy, un
I less by consent of creditors-except where th?
assets amount to seventy per cent, of the debts.
I Sections 81 io 89. Concern details, pronounei
against fraud and the like.
Section 39 provides for involuntary bankruptcy
declaring that an absconding debtor, a debtor wt?
i makes assignments to defraud, against whom ai
unsatisfied execution for over one hundred dol?an
stands, who makes an assignment to give prefer
once to special creditors, or who has suspends
for fourteen days the payment of his commercia
paper shall, on the petition of any creditor, be ad
judged a bankrupt.
I THE CHICAGO Times says that since the oom
i mencement of the war there has been no shij
building of any account along the shores of on
! inland lakes. A demand for additional tonnage ti
I carry on lake trade has been met during the pre
sent winter by an unusual activity in the work o
vessel building, and more vessels, and of a large
amount ot tonnage, have been constructed durah
the season than during any year hitherto. Be
aides sailing vessels, several new propellers ani
two sidewheel steamers wil bo rea.ly for busbies
? at the opening of navigation.
Tire Danish sculptor. Professor Jeriehan, is a
! present in Borne, engaged in executing in marbi
three groupe, all of which are destined for Ena
I land. The first, the bridal gift of the large lane
owners of Denmark to the Princess of Wales, an
a cast of which is at Marlborough Houso, rep?
sente Adam awakening and finding, for the fin
time, Eve by his sida ; the second, "Women sm
prised while B?tning," bas been ordered by th
Princess of W ili-s ; and the .third", a " Cutana
attacked by a panther Whose cubbo has taken,
by Sir Francis Goldamid.
AUCTION SALES.
Direct Importation cf Crovkery, ex Gladstone, from
Liverpool.
BY CLIFFORD & MATIIEWES,
Anet (oncers, No. 56 Broad Street.
Will be seid at auction on TUESDAY. 12th Inst., at
United StatcH Bondod Warehouse, ou North Atlantic
Wharf, at ll o'clock,
15 CRATES CROCKERY
CONSISTING OF :
1 CRATE, 72 DOZEN. B E TWIFLERS, 1-9 SOUPS
1 crate, 100 dozen, B ? Mullins
1 erato, 21 dozon, C C Chambers, and 30 dozen Unhand
London Teas, Tulip shapo
1 erato. GO pairs, C C Ewers and Basins, and 22 }i dozen
Unhand London Teas, Tulip shapo
2 crate?, each 72 dozen, W G Twiners, 1-9 Soup?, first
quality, and 20 dozon, W G Mullins, 6-incb, first quality
1 erato, 20 dozen, W G Jugs, boat, and 15 dozen Unhand
London Teas
2 crates, each 116 W G Covered Dishes
1 crate, 100 W G Mutans, 7-inch, and 10 dozen do 5-in^h
3 crates, each 40 pair W G Ewers and Basins; 34 W G
Chambers and Covers, and 7>i dozen, Unhand, W G Lon?
don Teas
2 crates, each W G Flat Dishes.
Terms cash. March 6
Catalonia Wine, Direct Importation, ex Rosina,
?rom Barcelona. Soain.
IFFORD Ol MATHE WES,
Auctioneer?, JVo. 56 Broad street.
Will bo sold at auction on TUESDAY next, 12th instant,
at United States Bonded Warehouse, on North Atlantic
Wharf, at ll o'clock,
25-flfths of a port pipe of CATALONIA WINE, 25 gallons
each
25-tcnths of a port -pipe of Catalonia Wino, 12 gallons
each.
Terms cash. March 6
AGRICULTURAL.
BRUCE'S FERTILIZER.
<?l'7ri PER TON OF 2000 LBS., CASH
yP-f U. WO per ton of 2000 lbs., credit to 1st Novem
MarchR " ' 'ItlvTlCnrr?C-si-cw
COTTON SEED ! COTTON SEED !
e)f\f\ BUSHELS SEA ISLAND COTTON SEED.
&\J\JThe Cotton sold for 81 60 cents per pound. For I
salo by WM. GURNEY,
MarchJ?_3_No. 102 East Bay.
BELLEVUE SEA ISLAND COTTON
SEED FOR SAXE.
["T HAS PRODUCED THE LARGEST YIELD WITHIN
L our observation, and ts of a superior quality. Apply I
) J. H. BAGGETT A- CO.
March 2 Imo
SUPERPHOSPHATE
TO COTTONJPL ANTERS.
rrVHE UNDERSIGNED TAKE PLEASURE IN AN- I
X NOUN CIN G to Planters and Farmers that they are
prepared to furnish a superior article of SUPER-PHOS
PHATE OF LIME, manufactured expressly for them,
and which they can warrant to contain all the ..lenients
necessary to Insure a rapid and mature growth of any
crop to which it may be applied.
Terms-Sixty dollars per ton cash, or sixty-five dollars
por ton-one quarter cash, and balance 15th December,
?roa approved factors' acceptance, wlt'i interest at 7 per
cent, from date of punchase.
LITTLE & MARSHALL,
Agricultural Implement Warehouse and Seed Store.
No. 140 Meeting street.
February 13 Imo_Opposite Pavilion Hotel,
BA UGH'S
fl IRE APPLICATION OF BONE PHOSPHATE HAS
I always been beneficial-the only difficulty being to
obtain a genuine article. Before offering BAUGH'S
PHOSPHATE on the market the last season, I submitted
lt for analysis to Professor Shepard, of the South Caro?
lina; Medical College, who fully endorsed it, and his
opinion has now been verified by actual experiment by
our own Planters, whoso testimony I have of tho su?
perior excellency of this Phosphate, especially in the cul?
ture of Cotton, in insuring a good stand.
J. N. ROBSON, Agent,
December 10 eu mwf3mo No. 62 EAST BAY.
NO. 140 MEETING STREET,
OPPOSITE PAVILION HOTEL.
PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS, HORSE HOSE
Corn Milla, Co rn Shellers, Feed Cutters
Cotton. Corn and Garden Seed Planters
Grain Cradles, Sythes and Snaths
Shovels, S pedes. Forks and Hoes
Rice and Grain Fan Mille
Hand and Power'lotion Gins
Horse Powere-of au kinds
Reaping Machines, Threshing Machines
Grain Separators and Cleaners.
AGENTPS FOK'THE
NGEKS0LL HAND-POWER!
COTTON PRESS.
CHARLESTON
1GRIKFUML WAREHOUSE
AND
AGENTS FOE THE
NONPAREIL WASHING MACHINE.
LITTLE & MARSHALL,
NO. 140 MEETING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
December 10 mwf3mo
DRUGS ANBJIEDIMS.
JU fc"F RECEIVED,
A Large and carefully selected Stock
OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
CHEK?CALS,
AND
Fancy Articles,
WHICH IS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC
AT REDUCED PRICES.
OUR MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS ARB IMPORT?
ED directly from Manufactories, under the super?
vision of experienced Chemists, which enables us to re
common d them aa pure and reliable in strength.
We keep on hand all articles to be found In anrstelasa
Drag Store. Fresh additions are received by every
steamer.
SttT PRES 3R1PTIONS carefully put up.
E. H. KELLERS & CO.,
No. 181 MEETING STREBT,
North of Market.
B. H. KELLERS, M. T.H. BABB, M. D.
December 8
THE ORANGEBURG NEWS.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, AT
Orangeburg, 8. C Terms 83 per annum, in ad
rraring the spring and fall seasons extra copies of the
OuAXQEXrcao NEWS will be circulated for the benefit of
our ad verthrln g patrons.
Contract Advertisements Inserted on the moat liberal
terms. Address SAMUEL DIBBLE.
Editor Oraageburg Nowa,
February 25 Orangeburg, a C.
Greenville Mountaineer,
A LARGE WEEKLY, TS ISSUED EVERY THURS
"DAY, at 83 a year, ia advance. Adverasen)en.?
instated at usual rates. .
G. E. ELFORD. J ?.,,,."
Tribute or Respect.
At a Regular Monthly Meeting of the Palmetto ' ire
Engine Company, hold at their Hall on tho evening of
?ith lout., the following Preamble and Resolutions
were unanimously adopted :
Death baa again stricken down a brother in our midst.
He who lately stood amongst ua buoyant with health, and.
full of tho promise of future usefulness, has been calltd
to Hil an untimely grave. Azraol, tho Angel of Death,
hod marked him for his own, and with scarce an admo?
nition hurried him to tho tomb. Not tho strength ot
manhood, nor tho anxious care of his family, could save,
him from that death to which the Almighty Ruler ha?
doomed all mankind. As a member of our Company he.
had endeared himself to all by his unobtrusive deport?
ment; by his excellent principles of action, and by the
marked fidelity with which he discharged the duties ot
Treasurer, friend, and fireman.
Resolved, That the Palmetto Fire Engine Company de
plore the early decease of their Brother Fireman, the.
late JOHN A. ARMSTRONG-, and doeply feel the losa
they have sustained in his death.
Resolved, That we sincerely sympathize with the family
and relatives of the deceased, and tender them our con?
dolence under their heavy bereavement.
Resolved, That in token of respect for the memory ol
our deceased brother member, tho usual badge ot
mourning be worn for thirty days, and that a page in
our Minute Book bo dedicated to his memory.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be trans?
mitted to his family, and published in Tax DALLY NEWS
of this city.
Extract from tho Minutes. -,r
March 6 THOMAS O'KEEFE, S?cr?tai?,
~~ SPECIAL NOTICES.
SS- CONSIGNEES BY THE SiEAMSHD?
MANHATTAN, from New York, are notified that she is
discharging cargo at North Atlantic wharf. Goods re?
maining on the wharf at sunset will bo stored at owners*
risk n
SS- BEAUFORT DISTRICT-COMMON PL*" AS
-WM. F. HTJTSON vs. WM. HAZZARD WIQG.-AI CLI
CATION TO RESTORE JUDGMENT.-It appearing to
my satisfaction that the defendant in this case resides
beyond mo limits of this State: Ordered that he do ap?
pear and answer thc application within thirty days, or an
order for leave to restore will bo made l>y default.
March 1,1867. T. G. BUCKNER,
MatchG 6,11,18,25 C-C. P. Beaufort District.
?S- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be marie to the Court of Common
Picas, at its next sessic i for Charleston District, for a
Charter of Incorporation of "THE HOMESTEAD BUILD?
ING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION."
February 27 v.*
aar SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE.-WE PRO?
POSE to furnish LABORERS of all classes for Farmers.
Railroads, Shop, Garden, Store, Hotel or general House?
work.
Persons desiring employment will call at No. 506 King
street; and all orders for Laborers will bs promptly met,
and sati-factory reference given.
February 23 Imo S. B. HALL & CO.
IS- BEAUTIFUL HALB.-CHEVALIER'S
LIFE FOR THE HAIR positively restores gray hair to
its original color and youthful beauty; Imparts life and
strength to the weakest hair; stops its falling out at
once; keeps thc head clean; is unparalleled as a hair
dressing. Sold by all Druggists and fashionable hair?
dressers, and at my office, No. 1123 Broadway, New
York. SARAH A CHEVALIER, SI. D.
DOWDS & MOISE,
No. 151 Meering street.
Opposite Charleston Hotel.
January i Cmos
*3- CALVARY BAPTIST C URCH, CHARLES?
TON.-The Members (colored) Of this Church were reg?
ularly dismissed from tho three White Baptist Churches
of this City, to form a separate Church. They are wor
i shiping for the present at Bonum's Hall, John street,
between Meeting and King. They have purchased a lot,
and are soliciting contributions to enable them to erect a
I House of Worship.
They are believed to be pious and worthy persons, and
their object is respectfully commended to all who have
the ability and disposition to aid such enterprises. The
following members of the said Church have been author
ized to make collections : CHAULES SMALLS, THOMAS A
DAVIS, EDWARD HAIG, DANIEL D. Mo ALPIN, JOHN BEE,
I and SAMCEL STEWARD.
Charleston, S. C., June 27, 1866.
Rev. LUCIUS CUTHBERT;
Pastor Citadel Square Church.
Rev. E. T. WINKLER,
Pastor United Church.
JAMES TUPPER.
WILLIAM S. H ENEBY.
I WILLIAM G. WHIT .DEN,
January i fmw3mos
A3-AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD EYES
made now, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine.
Pamphlet mailed free on receipt of ten cents, address
E. B. FOOTE, M. D., No. 1130 Broadway, New York. _ .
November 9
*3-WT ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
I E. M. WHITING, Esq., as a candidate for Sheriff of
Charleston (Judicial) District, at the next election.
September 10
A3-ELMORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPA?
NY.-CHARLESTON, February 27th, 1867.-A Dividend
of ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE will bo paid to the Stock?
holders on and after ibia date, in partial liquidation from
Assets realized. Also a return of the Assessment ol
ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE, with interest, and the As?
sessment Notes of $4 per Share, now held by the Com?
pany.
Stockholders will be required to present their Stock
Certificates.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOSEPH W HILDEN,
February 27_Secretary and Treasurer.
SS- NOTICE TO MARINERS.-C A P T AINS
AND PILOTS wishing to anchor their vessels in Ashley
Elver, are requested not to do so anywhere within' direct
rang? of the heads of the SAVANNAH RAILROAD
WHARVES, on the Charleston and St Andrew's aide of
the Ashley River; by which precaution, contact with the
Submarine Telegraph Cable will be avoided.
S. 0. TURNER, H. M.
Harbor Master's Office, Charleston, February 6,1866.
February 7
*3- THE HEALING POOL AND HOUSE OF
MERCY.-HOWARD ASSOCIATION REPORTS, for
Young Men, on the CRIME OF SOLITUDE, and the
ERRORS, ABUSES and DISEASES which destroy the
manly powers, and or?ate impediments to MARRIAGE,
with sure means of relief. Sent in sealed let?-..rr^
velopes, free of . cbff-Ha^ijff^'yhtiiuiAipTiiit, pa.
g^5ary<5_-_3mo
A3" ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAL HU?
MAN EYES made to order and inserted by Dra. F.
BAUCH and P. GOUGLEMANN (formerly employed hy
ROIBSONNEAU, of Paris). No. 699 Broadway, New York.
April IA_lyr
as- BAT CH EL O B'S HAIR DYE_THIS
SPLENDID HAIR DYE is the best in the world. The
only true and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, instan?
taneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tinta,
t Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the Lu effects of Bod
Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft and beautiful.
The genuine ia signed William A. Batchelor. AU others
are mere imitations, and should be avoided. Sold by all
Druggists and Perfumera, Factory, No. 81 Barcley
street. New York.
. BEWARE OF A COUNTERFEIT.
Decani uer 10 lyr
TODD & RAFFERTY,
ENGINEERS AND FOUNDERS,
Office and "Works, Paterson, New Jersey
WAREHOUSE, No. * DEY STREET, H. Y.
MANUFACTURERS OF STATIONARY AND FORT ?
ABLE STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS; Flax.
(?Hamp, Tow. Oakum and Rope Machinery; Paarung.
I MUI Gearing, Iron and Brass OA-tings ot a'i kinda;
1 Latches, Planing Machinas, Drills; Shaping, SlovHxu; ms?Z.
> Boring Machines; Gear Cutters; Centraux-, ^Chn^ and
Bolt Cutting Machines; Chucks of all kinds; Leather
and Rubber Belting; Lace Leather, Belt Hooka, and
G?n?ral Supplies for Railroads and other Machine Shops;
i Judson it SnoWa Patent Governors. Saw Maia, Cotton
; Gins, Presses, tte, constantly on band.
TODD St RAFFERTY,
March 30_ly_No. ? Pey street, N. Y.
TA VB RPJ.KEKPEHS'KOTlCB.
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, 1
March 1,1867. f
ALL TAVERN-KEEPERS, AND PERSONS RETAIL?
ING spirituous liquors, within tbs city Umita, who
I have not executed their bonds and taken out the proper
I cards to show that they have license to sen, wm be re
1 as not complying with the law, after Monday, 5th
Those who have cards are hereby notified io have tho
same placed in a conspicuous place In the window. AH
MBttg to observe thia notice will also be reported, after
the above-mentioned time. W. H. SMITH,
March 2 J_Clerk of Coanefl.
ir JUE TJOAS.
MAYORALTY OF CHARLESTON, )
" Cm HALL, November 9,1966. J
A LL PERSONS DESIROUS OF REBUILDING IN THE
\ Burnt District? and Wtste Places ot the City, un
dOT "An Act of the General Assembly, giving authority
to the City Council of Charleston to proceed tn the mat?
ter of a Fire Loan, with a view to aid in building up tho.
Ctty anew," are hareby notified that the form of appli?
cation for loans can be obtained at the office of the Clerk
of Council, between the boura of a A M. and 2 P. H.
Alt applications must bellied tn the above mentioned
office, as the Committee wfll meet every ttonday to ooo,
cider the nme.
By order of the Mayor W. H. SMITH,
November 10_ dark of Ocamcfl.
CITY TAXES-MONTHLY RBTUR3?8.
IOFFICE OF THE (TTTY ASSESSOR.?
* Crrr HALL, March 1,1837. j.
XTOTIOB IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL CONCERNED
JJ! that tho Monthly Returns for the month cf Febru
. r-r past, in compliance with the Taz Ordinance, rattaed
I en CL? 28th day of TMornnber, 1888, moat be mada on or
before tL? lita instant. D. C. GIBSON.
I Marchi 1* City Assessor,