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VOLUME YI.-NUMBER 767.] CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGBAPH. Oar European Dispatches. [BX ATLAar^pELBOBAPH. ] LONDON, February v^Evening.-The gale of ] Saturday was very destructive to life and prop? erty, ?n Liverpool honsas were unroofed, many porsons were struck, and soma killed outright. LONDON, February 3-Noon.-Bonds quiet at 72j. LONDON, February 3-2 P. M.-Consols 93 j a 62}. Bonds 72Jc72?. Bl LONDON, February 3-Evening.--Finances unchanged. LIVERPOOL, February 3-Noon.-Cotton dull and drooping; sales 10,000 bales. Breadstufls steady. LIVERPOOL, February 3-2 P. M.-Cotton easier; Middling Uplands, on the spot, ll d. ; to arrive, 7fd. Pork dull. Lard firmer at 53s. Others unaltered. ftLrvzBPooi, February 8-Evening.-Cotton closed quiet at a decline of l-16rL; Uplands 7? to lid. Turpentine 28s. 6d. Washington News. WASHINGTON, February 3.-The debt state? ment to be published on Friday will be unn anally unfavorable. The treasury holds but eighty million in coin against one hundred and eight million, five hundred thousand on the 1st ultimo. Carl Schurz, who is feasting in Europe, has no connection whatever with the government General Sherman goes Westward to-night. The President has nominated Colonel Wise well as Commissioner ot Internal Bevenue, vice Bollina. Private letters from Chicago represent Mrs. Lincoln to be unquestionably insane. The revenue to-day $1,484,000. Congressional. WASHINGTON, February 3.-IN THE HOUSE, the following resolutions were introduced : To provide for the settlement of contracts pay? able in gold ; the courts being directed to en? force coin payments ; to establish departments of justice ; to build a postal railroad between Washington and New York ; to repeal the 5th section of the act relating to registering and recording vessels ; to issue one hundred and fifty million of legal tender notes, to replace those withdrawn ; to remove the national capital to St. Louis; to tax United States notes, treasury notes and fractional currency for State and municipal purposes ; also several resolutions regarding naturalisation and finance. The Secretary of War waa called on for the correspondence between himself, the President and General Grant. * Copies of all orders issued by the District Commanders was demanded. John Young Brown's cas? was resumed and postponed to the 11th instant. General Banks' bill for the protection of American citizens abroad was discussed until the adjournment. IN THE SENATE Mr. Cameron presented a memorial for the recall of Charles Francis Adams. A bill authorizing the taxation of national bank shares for State purposes was passed. The consideration of the Reconstruction bill was resumed, and it was discussed until the adjournment. The bill authorizing the States to tax national ( 1 bank shares has passed both H ons ea. Th? Hooonstra?tl o n Convention*. VIRGINIA. Bromeo ND, February 3.-Ordained that the governor serve four years and bo ineligible for the succeeding term; that he shall be thirty years old, a citizen of tho United States for twenty years, and a citizen of Virginia for five years. i NORTH CAROLINA. j I BAU20H, February 3.-The convention dis cuB8<?d all day and passed an ordinance in favor of the State's endorsement of the bonds of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford ton Railroad Companies for one million dollars, which are to be in substitution of an endorse? ment for one million five hundred thousand dollars, which was granted by the Legislature of 1866-67. onaBQXA. ! ATLANTA, February 3.-The following modi? fication of General Pope's loyal newspaper or? der has been published by General Meade: 1st. AU papen, except such as threaten appointed officers with violence or future prosecution, are to be allowed to receive advertisements under State or municipal laws or ordinances. 2d. Where them is but one paper in a county, it may receive suc^ advertisements irrespective of its politics. 3d. All military and civil Officers, registrars, and persons in military employ in the third Military District, are-to see this order en! arced. Opposition to reconstruction, when cot ducted in a legitimate manner, is not to be considered an offence. MISSISSIPPI. J ACKSON, February 3.-The contention tax collectors are to take convention scrip in pay? ment of special tax. A resolution was offered providing that if the convention remains in session forty-five days, no per diem should be allowed after that time. Pending a vote the convention adjourned. Tia? America n Minister Withdraws from England. Nsw YORK, February 8.-It is rumored that Charles Franois Adams ia about to withdraw from England. The Mayor of Savannah. SAVANNAH, Febrnary 8.- The military com? mission has arrived to investigate the charges against the Mayor. They commenced examin? ing witnesses to-day with closed doors. No? thing is known outside. Eiploded--Burnt-Kscap vd-. S riot-Kill- j ?t Himself. CHICAGO, February 8-A kerosene lamp ex? ploded in a palace car named the City of Chica? go, burning the car. The passengers es? caped. CnrarsKATi, February 3. - The steamer .' Sherman, from New Orleans to Cincinnati, was burned at Louisville. ST. Louis, February 3.-Eighteen prisoners recently escaped from the jail at St. Joseph's, Missouri. In the melee Horace Fish, a brother of the sheri if, was killed and a prisoner severe? ly wounded. ATLANTA, Febrnary S.-C. C. Richardson, one of tbe extreme Radical delegates in the convention, waa shot and dangerously wounded to-night bj'a Radical politician of this city. RICHHOND'1 -February ?- Thomas B. Bell committed suicide last night. aUBrhe* Reports. NEW J ORS, February J-Noon.-Old Bonds 111$. GoW .??rbng stiff at 9f. Flour dull and nrtchanged. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn ljc. t?itar. 'Bys steady. Oats firmer at 18?al4J. Cotton, firm at 19?al9?. Freights firm. T^pimtoe scarcely so firm, at ?Tia58J. Rosin twoliiP?*4? NEW YORK, February 3.-Cotton lesa active and lower; sales 2800 bales, at 194al9?c. Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn 2 to 3c. better; Mixed Western, new, $1 27al 30; Bed $1 31; Southern White $125al30; Mixed Tennessee $110al21. Pork dull; new $22 621; old $21 00. Lard firmer; 13Jal4^o. Sugar ?c. higher. Tur? pentine unchanged- Bosin $2 95a7. Freights decidedly lower; on cotton, per sail, ia7-15c; Corn, per steam, 10?o. Governments closed dull. North Carolina 6's 51$. Gold 41}. S1 er? lieg quiet and firm at 9?al0. BALTIMORE, February 3.-Cotton dull md steady at 19 cents. Wheat steady; prim a to choice red $2 70a2 85. Corn active; very large sales prime white, for shipment, at $120al 22; Western mixed $1 20; yellow $115. Oats dull at 73a75. Bye $1 55. Provisions active. Flour unohanged. Bulk sides, ribbed, lOj; c .ear ribbed UL AUGUSTA, February 8.-Cotton market very dull and irregular; Middling Uplands 17al7jc. Sales 276 bales. Receipts 486 bales. SAVANNAH, February 3.-Cotton dull and de? clined; Middlings 17?al8c. Sales 407 biles. Receipts 8849 bales. MOBILE. February 3.-Cotton market irregu? lar; Middlings 17c. Sales 700 bales. Receipts 3823 bales. WILMINGTON, February 8.-Turpentine de? clined to 52c. Bosin steady; Strained $!! 15. Cotton firm; Middlings 174. Tar firm at ii; 10. THE CONTENTION. CONVENTION HELD BY AUTHORITY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION LAWS OF CONGRESS, TO FRAME A STATE CONSTITUTION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA The convention yesterday was a happier looking set of mortals than it has been at any time during the session. Board bills had been paid, pocket-books lined afresh, and everybody appeared to be in an "Oh-thatni'be-joyfhT' frame of mind, wbich boded peace and good will to all men. The resolutions were, with one or two exceptions, conservative, the speeches full of theoretical milk of luman kindness. Langley didn't call anybody to or? der, and three hours slipped glibly by without a hitch. The main feature of the day was the di a cas? si pn of an ordinance invalidating all contracts, the consideration of wbich is based on the pur? chase or sale of slaves. This elicited much animation from some of the colored delegates, and an evident disposition to wipe ont the last remaining vestige of "the institution." Messrs. Rutland, Whittemore, and F. L. Cor Jo z a, were the only breakwaters to tho ti du sweeping forward in favor of the ordinance, md the probability is that it will be passed to lay. . From thirty to forty visitors, male and 'emoh, most of whom are doubtless tourists, occupied neats reserved for guests. Our lack of space prevents so full a report of j the debate as it deserves. The resolution introduced by J. H. Mainey (colored), of Georgetown, which will be found below, ia one of the best that has yet been offered. It states a fact authoritatively which, it understood by the lower classes of fre admen jofore, would have saved our people a vast imount of trouble and money. It is one of j hose premonitory streaks of rainbov in a i ilonded sky which may mean thav-uie sion;? is j lassing and that peace may come again onoe , nore. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION. SIXTEENTH DAT. The convention assembled at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by Rev. Ed. Edwards. The roll ?ailed and journal read. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The following committees made lengthy re ports, which, without being read, were made the special order for Wednesday, viz: Gimmit tee on Bill of Bights; on the Legislative Part Df the Constitution; on the Judiciary, and on Education. NOT $11 PEE DAY. B. F. Randolph (colored), said he hid ob' served that the members of the convention were everywhere reported as receiving eleven lollara a day, and in order that the matter might be understood properly, be offered the following resolution: That tho President of the convention be re ?nested to inform the Associated Press at New ork ta at the actual pay of the delegates to thu convention is only about seven dollars and fifty cents per diem in United States otrrency. The resolution was hud upon the table. CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION. B. O. Duncan (white), from Newberry, of? fered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two from each Congressional District in the Stale, as .hey ex? isted prior to the act of secession, in I860, be appointed by the President to inquire and re? port to this convention the number cf repre? sentatives which will be proper, according to the present law of the United States, for this Stace to elect to the Congress of the- United States, and that it shall also report tte suita? ble construction of Congressional Dist ricts ac? cording to the number of representatives al? lowed them. GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES, ET AL. B. O. Duncan also offered a resolution with a preamble that, whereas, a large porpor tion of the executors, administrators, guar? dians, and other fiduciary agents appointed in this State prior to and during the rebellion, either actually did or fraudulently pretended to have invested the funds confided to their care in the securities of the rebel governmont, or of some one of the rebel States, for the pi ir poe e of carrying on the war, Ac; and, whereat, tho in? vestment thoa made waa not only treason against the United States, but a fraid upou tue rights of the persons whom they were ap? pointed to represent, and who were legally in? competent to protect there own interests, Revived, That all investments of ?lie funds of es'a tea of infants, maimed women, idiots, lunatics, Ac, in tho securities of the ate rebel government, by executors, administre tore, guardians, masters and commissioners in equity, trustees, and other fiduciary agents, tre and shall forever after be absolutely held to be null and void, and under no pira or pre? tence shall any such investment avt.il m any court of law or equity in this State lo bar or hinder recovery in lawful money of the United States. Beferred to tho Committee on the Judiciary. A PETITION FROM BEAUFORT. B. G. Holmes, of Beaufort, presentad a peti? tion from citizens ot Beaufort praying the transfer of the courthouse from Gillisonville to that place, Referred to the Committee on Petitions. QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS. J. E. Jillson offered a resolution, defining the qualifications of voters in all elections in the State. Referred to the Comiaittee on Franchise. THE MILITIA. B. F. Randolph offered a resolution, providing for the organization of the militia; but as the committee on that subject have abeadyma tured a system of militia, on motion of W. J. Whipper, the motion was laid on the table. NO LANDS TO BE GIVEN AWAY. J. H. Rainey, from Georgetown, c fibred the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That this convention do hereby declare to the people of South Carol na, and to the world, that they have no land or landB at their disposal, and, in order to disabuse the minds of all persons whatever in the State who may bo expecting a distributio i of lands by the Government of the United States, through the Bureau of Freedmen, Befugeeo and Abandoned Lands, do further declare that no act of confia;ation has been passed by the Congress of the United States, and it is the belief of thiB convention there never will be; and that the only manner by which lund can bo obtained by the landless will be to purchase it. The same delegate also offered a resolution, providing for the public sale of property only in the districts in which tho same is located, and that all titles, warrants, and other papers in reference to said transfer, shall be recorded or deposited only in the proper omeo in said districts. THE SPECIAL O BOEE. The hour having arrived for tho considera? tion of the Bpecial order, which was the ordi? nance reported from the Committee on the Ju? diciary, invalidating all contracts, the conside? ration of which was the purchase of slaves B. 0. Duncan took the floor and proceeded to read a speech in favor of tbe measure pro? posed. He said that while he waa no repudia tionist or advocate of stay laws, he held as a matter of abstract justice that old debts should be Ecaled to accord with the present value of property. In considering this question, the most trou? blesome feature was the right 0/ contract, be? cause the essence of every contract was value for value. But in all contracts for slaves this very essence had been violated. Daring the past twelve years, titles to slave property had been found unsound, and null and void. Again, slavery was a great moral and political crime, and it was enough that it should be recognized by our fathers without recognizing it now. Hence contracts had been set aside in various places-in the United States District Court; in Order No. 10, by Gen? eral Sickles; and in Congress, on the 18th of J March, 1867, Democrats and Republicans unit? ed in passing a bill annulling contracts for all slaves drafted in tbe United States army. It had Leen said, let the courts decide the Suestion involved; ne would say, let the courts ecide the law, and let us make the law by which they shall decide. Ihe courts are our creatures, and without our action they would have no existence. Tho day was not far distant when the Snpreme Court of the United States would refuse to re? cognize any contract based on slaves, and it was a fundamental principle nf tho party that every contract growing out of slavery should | j cease to exist. J. J. Wright, of Beaufort, favored the ordi? nance decidedly, and he argued that because slaves were men, or otee tersa, thero being no 11 property in man, whenever a bond was given ?r a debt contracted, the consideration of which was a slave, there was no consideration received. Consequently the law of "value for value" fell to the ground. If, therefore, they | f repudiated this species of obligation, they did so net only upon principles of justice in the abs jact and of justice politically, but because the very power which gave this convention a right to assemble had already afforded an ex? ample of legislation in this respect. The ver}' j 1 Constitutional Amendment itself repudiates contracts based on slaves, and this amendment wac a part of the Reconstrrction acta ot Con? gress. If this convention should not sot in thin manner, the litigation throughout the State would be almost interminable, and the 11 welfare of tho State demanded peace. This wan not a class measure. It affected the buyer as well as the seller. Many of those who traf? ficked in slaves came ffom the North, East and West, and sold their cargoes to the people of | f the South, and many of these men were now here with slave bonds in their pockets expect- I t lng to sell out some plantation to gob thoir money. Repudiation would therefore protect the people; it would aid the widow and orphan; t and Qod forbid that any man of color in that v convention, remembering the past, should not t vote in favor of the ordinance proposed. B. C. De Large followed on the line of argu- t ment, presenting Illustrations of the manner t in which these contracts would operate if not t repudiated. r J. M. Rutland opposed the measure, con? tending that the convention had nothing to do s with the question. It belonged to tbe courts, t Slaves unquestionably had been proporty, and v were so recognized by every court in the t country, and he who invested his money in j slaves was unquestionably entitled to recover, t Mr. Rutland further contended that to repudi- v ate a debt in favor of one party and against t the other, was clearly class legislation; and p more than that, if the ordinance was adopted fe tbe suffering that would result to widows and s orphans in consequence would exceed any c misfortune that could possibly accrue from h any other law enacted by the convention. d B. F. Whittemore, of Darlington, O?BO spoke*Vt forcibly in opposition to the ordinance. The il South, be said, went into the war prepared to a eacrinco life and property, and when they 0 came from the field of carnage all save honor had been lost; yet the att/?T? -- *^?aaf 8 to denri'.', u-" P*"-^16 even ?* t"18? an<* 40 *orc0 n mem, hy an act of this convention, to do that j at which thoir natures rebelled, namely-to re- c pudiate honestly incurred obligations contract- s ed m good faith, and to be settled or compro- t mised hereafter, according to the disposition of c the respective parties. The oeople bad no desire to see this ordinance adopted, and he would dc- t clare boldly upon that floor that whether the t parties concerned were engaged in the traffic t of human bodies or not, he for one would not t stand between the debtor and the creditor, p Tho convention was not assembled for such a t iurpoae, and it was a matter with which tho 1 .ody had anything to do. 1 L. 8. Lanuley. B. B. Elliott, B. F. Randolph, c and W. J. Whipper (all colored), followed in \ defence of the ordinance, F. L. Cardoza oppo? sing. In tho course of the remarks of W. G. Whip- 1 per, who always says something good, he re- j ferred to a simile employed by ono of tho pre- ( ceding speakers, in which the buyer and seller t of slaves were likened to two dogs fighting over a bone. F. Ii. Cardoza (colored) interrupted, and < asked him upon what principle he decided ] which cur was the meanest ? Whipper replied : The meanest dog is that which stole the bone from Africa; the dog who 11 sent the ships and brought the bone here; the dog who has run all over creation,' and made contention wherever he goos; and be it said to the honor of South Carolina, that she was op? posed to the institution of slavery, and op? posed to the African slavo trade, and it was not until tho renegade curs from other parts forced it upon her, contrary to her own wisheB, that she received and perpetuated it upon her soil. The Convention adjourned at three. -The Now York Herald's Irish correspond? ence gives some additional particulars of tho recent arrest of George Franois Train. It ap? pears that the three prisoners-Train, Durant and Gee-were met at the steamer's wharf by a large body of police, who, after an unsuccess? ful search for contraband goods in their bag? gage, took them to the house of a magistrate, where the examination took place. Mr. Train protested in the strongest terms sgaint his ar? rest. He stated that he was an American citi? zen, that he had committed no offence against the lawB of Great Britain upon British terri? tory, and that this interference with his liber? ty was unwarrantable and an insult to the United States, whoso protection he claimed. Mr. Train also demanded to bo informed of the charge upon which he was arrested. After some time tho magistrates came to the determina- j j tion of releasing the three prisoners, who pro? ceeded to the Queens Hotel, where thev in? tended ti pass the night. Then occurred a very strange proceeding. Two detectives ar- L . rived about midnight, were shown to Mr. i Train's room, and instituted a careful search 1 of his baggage as well as of every part of tho t room where it was possible that anything r might be concealed. They found nothing, j however, beyond a bundle of newspapers and ? 1 largo numbor of pamphlets containing his I Fenian speeches made in thia country. Mr. Train, who had bcioro expressed great indig? nation at this outrage, now became somewhat cooled down, and volunteered to read his speeches aloud, which kind offer being duly accepted, he read until three o'clock in tho morning. The officers remained in bis room I t all night. At noon the next day another judi? cial investigation was had, at tho close of | which Mr. Train was to be conflnod in jail for eight days. Messrs. Durant and Gee had been discharged from arrest. The correspondent insinuates that tho lattor gentleman was an English detectivo in disguise, who accompa? nied Mr. Traiu across in tho Scotia to watch and report upon his actions. -A charming German girl has como all the way from Fatherland to hunt up a lover whom she last heard from at Appomattox with Grant. She broke the head of a scamp who attempted to impose upon? her innocence, and is now in Richmond, after all her dangers and troubles earning her living as a seamstress, and anx? iously advertising for the lost bridegroom. CONGRESS AND THE STATES. Letter from Senat -ir Doolittle. THE BEVOLTJTIONABT CONDUCT Or CONOBESS-THE SUPREME CO ?BT-THE M'AID LE CASE-OP? POSING FOBCES-JUSTICE-A LAST APPEAL. SA grand mass meeting waa held at Cooper Institute, New York, on Thursday night, under the auspices of the Constitutional Union Or? ganization, to protest against tho acts of the Radicals in Congress. The chair was taken by Hugh Maxwell, and several eloquent ad? dresses were delivered. The following stirring letter was] read, to the meeting from Senator Doolittle : " .^_*f t^ffietfifeBSaVi vT^r* WASHINGTON, January 27, 1868. To Henry Leibenan and others, Committee, Lc. GENTLEMEN: Your letter of invitation is duly received. It costs me a struggle to decline to accept. My whole soul is with you, and with all my countrymen everywhere who are organ? izing to rescue constitutional liberty from overthrow by that radicalism which controls the dominant majority in Congress. Two measures aro now pending (they have already passed the House), which, if consummated, tend to revolutionize the government. The first, in direct violation of tbe constitution, takes away from the President the command ii the army and the execution of the laws in ben States of the Union. It placea the com? mand of the army and the execution of the iawB in the hands of the General, independent jf the President, who ceasej thereby tobe :ommander-in-chief. In a word, it creates an ibsoluto dictatorship. THE 8TJPBEME OOUBT. The other measure aims to'subordinate the ndiciary department to Congress also. The lumber of judges of tho Supreme Court is sight, and this bill proposes that no judgment sh ail be pronounced against the validity of a aw of Congress except by two-thirds of the vhole number of judges. Two-thirds of eight a more than five. To be precise, two-thirds of j tight is five and one-third. Aa the opinion of j i judge cannot bo divided, and must be wholly br or wholly against the validity of a law, the tactical effect of requiring two-thirds of eight udges to concur is the same as. if ihree-fourtha vere required. Six judges must concur in ipinion to weigh down the opinions of two. j This is placing false weights in the balance. Chis is placing m the balanc?, in favor of any usurpation Congress may attempt against the .'xecnlive or judiciary department, the weight if three opinions in advance, fixed-immov ,bly fixed-by law. It leaves the point to bb lecided by a majority of five opinions only. If hree of the five shall decido in favor of the ?alidity of the law, Congress is to be sustained n any usurpation it may attempt. We all mow, aB power always tends to enlarge itself, bat constitutions are made on purpose to do ?nd minorities from being trampled upon by najorities. Majorities are powerful, and able o protect themselves. The Supreme Court was established as the ribunal of lait resort; to uphold tho conatitu iou aa tho supreme law over Congress, as roll as over all else; to hold ? just ano even ?alance m our ayatem; and to determine the >ou udor.y line between the powers delegated by he people to tho federal government, and hose which were reserved to ' the t? tates. In he strong language of him who has ever been everod aa the lather of the constitution: ' "The plain fact of the case is that the con titution of tho United States was created by he people, composing tho leepective States, rho alone had toe right; that they organized he government into legislative,(executive and udicial departments, delegating thereto cer ain portions of power to be exercised over .the rholo, and reserving the other portions to hemselven respectively. As these distinct lortions of power were to be exercised by tbe i tate governments, by each within certain pheres, and as, of course, controversies oon eruing the boundaries of their power would tappen, it was provided that they should be lecided by.tbefl3pr?me CourTT?t "t?hT?s???? .Tate's, so constituted as to be as impartial as t could be male by tho mode_of appointment Ld responsibility of-the judges^-^am** WT, 1)-L TT Court hold a just nd equal balance between the general govern? ment and State governments, if three of its iidgoa eau weigh down fivo ? If, in case of en roachment by Congress upon the rights pre> 3rved to tho States, or upon the liberties of be poople, it shall require six judges to overc? ome two ? Just Heaven I has it come to this ? that, in he madness and blind fanaticism which rule ho hour, it requires six judges in favor o? hat constitutional liberty for which our fat? hers and British ancestors have been strug 'ling for five hundred years to weigh down he opinions of two judges in favor of abso? ute military despotism, of abolishing all civil aw and civil government oven, in ten States if the Union, and among eight millions of >eople? THE H'ABSLE CA8E. The case of McArdlo is that of a civilian ar aigned for trial by military corrunission. It is low before the Supremo Court on appeal from ?he United States Circuit Court for Mississippi, >n habeas corpus. Congress proposes to enact hat this man shall be deprived of his liberty, md sentenced hy military court, to death it nay bo, although five of tho eight judges of ?he Supremo Court shall decide that such an ju trage upon constitu? ional liberty, in timo of peace, ia forbidden by tho expreaa language of che constitution. He shall not be sot at liberty if three of the judges of that court shall be of opinion that tue constitution of the United States is suspended or overthrown in the State where bo resides. This McArdle case is not all. There are sev? eral now in prison under sentence of death by these Radical courts-martial, awaiting a death warrant from the President. By tho strongest appeals to the Senate when tho military despotism bill passed in 1867, the minority pro vailed upon some of the majority to vote with them, and a provision was inaorb sd that no sentence of death should bo exe 2utod without tho approval of the President. But for that this terriule measure would havo been already stained with blood. The Presi? dent, though urged by tho military command? ers to issue the order for execution, has re? frained from doing so. THE STATE ANO THE CONOBESS. In the defence of tho great mass of my rights ind liberties as a citizen of Wisconsin, I must rely upon tho government of that State. First of all. the State defends my life; Con? gress has nothing to do with that. The State Monds my person from assault; Congress has lothing to do with that. The State defends ny reputation; Congress has nothing to do with that. The 8tate defends my wife and mildrou; Congress has nothing to do with ?hat. Tho State defends my home from tres? pass, from arson, from burglary, and all my Property from theft and from robbery; Con? gress has nothing to do with that. In all my Icarost rights, relations, Interests, family, j?aructcr, pcraou, liberty and lifo, I am de ended by the laws ot wisconsin, not by the aws of Congress at all. Nothing is more clear, t' "-efore, than tho ?ecessity ol'guarding with ajea ?caro against til encroachments by tho lode, 'overnment ipon tho just rights of tho State i ernmerits, br it is only under their authority "t. ,ny most precious inures.e aro secured.^ Tb ?upromo Jourt is organized by the constitution "or thc rarposc of holding, not a false balanc hut a uet and even balance between thoso . hts, vhich the State governments secures, ana . er ain other rights, just as sacred, if not so near ind doar, secured to me by tho federal govern neut against encroachments by the State, igaiuBt insurrection in the State, against inva IIOUB from abroad, and in controversies which nay arieo between mo and thc citizens of an? ther State-all ol' which it is thc duty of Con? gress to defend or secure. Suppose Congress, undcrpolilical excitement,. | jase a law oncroachmg upon my rights of life, >r liberty, or person, or property, which bo ong to tho State to defend, and that a case irises in the Supreme Court to determine ?vbether tho State government or the federal jovcrnment hos usurped power over tho ques ;ion, shall the Supremo Court hold an even valance between tho States, on tho one hand, md Congress on the other? Or shall that ..ourt hold its balance with one side already oatled down by a law of Congress in favor of ts own usurpations? Upon this very question of its usurpations ihall Congress prevent even handed justice, by placing a manacle upon one of her hands? OPPOSING F0BCE8. Justice, hitherto represented aa a majestic woman, with eves bandaged, holding; a pair of even balances, moat hereafter be represented with false balancea in her hand, with one eye uncovered, no longo:- looking straight forward in search of troth, but askant and obsequious, seeking apologies foi the usurpation of central power. In our system two forces are ever at niggling with each other-one tending; toward? central? ization, the other towards the States. Each operating without the other would destroy the system. As in tho solar system, there the cen? tripetal force, left to itself alone, would draw all the planets to the sun, and thus destroy that five tem. The centrifugal force, left to it? self alone, would drive the planets into infinite space, and thus destroy that system also. But tue continued operation of both forces, the one balancing the other, retains all rn their proper orbits. How long could that system last if the cen? tripetal force should be doubled ? The othsr force remaining the same could no longer bal? ance it; all would go to the centre. If the cen? trifugal force were doubled, it could no longer be counterbalanced by the other, and the plan? ets would leave their orbits and wander through spaco. So if the Supreme Court, which holds the balance of power between these political forces in our system, is to be so chained and manacled, that unless six-eighthB of the judges shall decide against it, the. decision shall always favor centralization, how long will it require to concentrate all the powers ot government at Washington, and to prac? tically destroy tho States as a part of our sys? tem? And, on the other band, if it required six eighths of tho judges to declare the validi? ty of any law of Congress, would not this government bo in danger of losing Its just authority ? A LAST APPEAL. There is auothor mousure proposed in the House. It may pass that body. It has been, reported by a majority of the judiciary com? mittee. It is proposed by law to compel the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal of McArdle, and to make all similar appeals to the Supreme Court imposable. I can hardly believe such a law can poss the Senate, lt is an open confession that radical reconstruction is unconstitutional, and that they dare not come to a decision in tbe Supreme Court. Pass that bill, in addison to the rest, and the last vestige of civil law, or civil Jurisdiction, is swept away, from the Potomac to the Bio Grande. From where I stood thia morning, upon the steps of the capitol, with the flag ot the Union over me, I eau look across a river, and look upon a land of absolute, unqualified despotism. If I visit Mount Vernon, and Bit down by the tomb of Washington, I sit under thu shadow af military dictatorship, more unlimited than can be found in any civilized country upon the globe. Constitutional liberty is alroiidy bound, scourged, and crowned with thorns here-hero, in her own sacred temple. Shall the General of the Army, tirged on by the radical chief priests, crucify her on this sacrod Capitol Hill/ in her own home? under her own banner ? amid the scoffs and jeers of all the despots of the world? 2Let tbe people answer. Respectfully yours, J. B. DOOLITTLE. Tho Constitutional Amendment. OHIO WTTHDBAWS HEB EATTFIOATION ANS DE? MANDS A BETURN OF DOCUMENTS-THE NEWS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE. The resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio rescinding the assent of that State to the con? stitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Congress were laid before both houses of Con? gress on Friday. Ia the Senate Mr. Sherman in an excited strain denounced them as not expressing the voice of the people of Ohio, but only reflecting tho sentiments of a parti? san Legislature, and assorted that the psople of Ohio would vote in favor of negro suffrage 5oxt~f all. nfrsfieWitier repoatod bis opinion that the amentoerifrS'queolion is irrevocably apart of the eemstituh??>wbiohopinioawaa controverted by Mr. jonnfle?. --2S6 jfi?iciaff^ "ommittee of the Senate have already had this point under consideration, and a report in re? gard to it may be expected ere long. Jiu the House the resolutions wore presented by Mr. Eggleston who said it was an unpleas? ant duty that he had to perform. The Baltimore Sun, in its comments upon the action of Ohio, says: This is the first case of retroactive legisla? tion of this, particular character iu this coun? try, and hence the subject was referred to the judiciary committee, with instruction ,to in? quire into the legality of the action of the bute Legislature. Another important ques? tion involved is whether tho President can Bend back to a State the record of its action ratifying a constitutional amendment upon subsequent action of such legislature, for the resolutions adopted request the* return of such record. Wo will probibly have au early re? port upon the subject fruin the judiciary com? mittee, and whatever may be the action of the National Legislature, the subject will certainly be taken to the court for final adjudication. After considerable debate, the House to-day agreed to the Senate amendment. OFFICIAL. HEADQUABTEBS, 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, j CHABLESTON, S. C., January 81, 1868. j [Oeneral Orders No. IL] L At any sale of personal property by virtue of ezeoution issued upon any judgment of any court of the State of South Carolina, rendered prior to the 19th day of December, 1860, or subsequent to the 29th day of April, 1865, upon any cause of action arising on any contract en? tered into prior to tho 19sb day of December, 1860, if tho highest amount offered or bid at such sale for such property shall be less than two-thirds of the fair cash value of such prop? erty, which value shall have been ascertained and fixed on or before tho day ot sale, by three appraisers, one of whom shall be named by tho defendant, one by tho plaintiff, and th<? third by theso two, and a minute of whoso ap? praisement ?hall be cor ti tied on the process, by tho oflicer holding the name-thon, and in every such case, it shall bo thc duty of the sheriff or other officer conducting said salo, at tho request of oither or any party to the re? cord, thou and thoru Lo adjourn and postpone such salo for tho period of three calendar months. II. At any sale of real estate by virtue of execution upon any judgment, or by virtue of any decree of any court of the State of South Carolina, rendered prior to tho 19th day of Deoember, 1860, or subsequent to the 29th day of Apnl, 1865, upon any cause of action arising on any contraot entered into prior to tho 19th day or December, 1860, if the highest amouut offered or bid at such sale for such real estate shall be less than two-thirds of the amount of the valuation of such real estate, as assessed in the last preceding assessment for State taxes, and a minute of which assessed valua? tion shall lio curtifiod on tho process by the officer holding tho same,-then, au ct in every such case, it shall be the duty of the sheriff, m astor or other officer conducting such sale, at tho request of either or any party to the re? cord, then and thcro to adjourn and postpone such salo for tho period of three calendar months. ILL Tho provisions of this order shall not apply to execuiio^s for tho collection of ovor duc taxes, nor to any process for the enforce? ment ol'any lieu for labor or material recog? nized and guaranteed by the laws of the State, or by mi?tary orders. By command of Brevet Major-General ED. B. S. CANBI. LOUIS V. CAZIABC, Aide-de-Camp, Act'g Ass't Adj't General. -The troubles in Italy are ascribed by the London Times to the different parties in tho imperial Parlament, none of which are able to govern, or are willing to allow the others to govern. According to this authority, Italy is in danger of dissolution, and from internal disorders rather than ironi foreign violence. It is not only by Fi anc : or Austria, not by the Pope or bv thc Bombo?., that the ruin of Italy can ever bo compassed. It Italy falls it wi? bo by her own hands; by the improvidence and infatuation, by the blind selnehness of her leading men. -L machine has been invented and patented for putting wicka into kerosene lamps without besmearing the Angers with oil. /iiDtral Mia eS-Ttm Officers ?nd Members of the Comet Star Fire Company are hereby summoned to appear at their Engine House, at half-past 13o'clock. Thu Day, in foll ml form, to pay the but Tribute of Be sp? ct to theil- late brother fireman, HENEY BAILY. By order of th< President, JAVIS FBOOTOB. February t . F. H. FOWLER, Secretary. ?-CONSIGNEES PJ3R STEAMSHIP MAN? HATTAN are no tined that abe ls discharging cargo at Adger's South Wharf Gooda remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored at owner's risk and expense. " JAMES ADOBE & CO., February'* 2 Ag on ts. ?* ANNUiiL STATE TAX-GENERAL TAX Ot FICE, FIRE PROOF BUILDING.-Tax pay? ers are remindoc that this office ls still open for the Receipt of Re tura s and Payment of the Annual State Tax, one-half ol which lu doe and payable on or be? fore the Slat Match next Re tur co will be received until the 20th itu t. ? FLEETWOOD LANNEAU, Tax CoIloctoT fit Philip's and St Michael's. February 4 tu2 JOT IN THE DISTEIOT COURT OF THE UMTKD STATIS-bOUTH CABOL1NA DISTRICT. -IN BANKBU1TCY.-Di THE MATTES OF WIL? LIAM MATHXB3SEK, COPARTNER OF THE LATE F IBM OF HAT HEUSEN', O'HARA k CO., A BANK? RUPT. -PETIT [ON FOB DISCHARGE-On reading the petition in ibu case, on the 20th January, 1868, it la hereby Crdertd : That a bearing be had at Charleston on tbe 28th of February, 1808, at ll o'clock, A. M., md that notice be published that all oreen1 tors who have proved their debra, and other persons in int ?rest, may appear at said time and place, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. BY the Cou rt DANIEL HORLBECK, Ol erk of United States District Court, February i _tat. ?"THE L. LDIES WELL CONTINUE THEIR PROMENADE aND REFRESHMENT ENTERTAIN - ILE NT at the Hall over the Adams Express Compa ry's Office* operant? Thu Evening, at 7 o'clock, and To-Morrow, at 4 o'clock, P. M, when articles not previennwy disposed of will be sold at auction. February 3_? ?- FOR RESTORING STRENGTH AND appetite,; use/ne groat Southern Tonio, PAiranx's HEPATIC Bim as and you will not be disappointed. For sale by all iruggiata, tu ?-NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE,-AN ESSAI for Young Mex, on Physiological Errors, Abuses and Diseases, incident to Youth and Early Manhood, which create inpediments to M ABET AGE, wi theare' means of relie '. 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Price, only 86 < enta per bottle. Offleos -No. 216 Pulton-ttreet, New York; No. 306 High Holborn, London, England; No. Ml St Paul street M on treal Canada. DO WIE St MOISE, Agento, Auguit27 tu tbs* mo Charleston, S. 0. FOR LIVERPOOL. jxry THE FINE SHIP ''N'ARRAGANHETT,'' .EQShO T. ?. BAMLEK Muter, having . la?e ?A2?Sp part of her cargo engaged, win hara oit g-tm patch. For ireight eiigagemonta, apply to-Captain on board, or to PATTERSON 4 STOCK, February 4_ Sorta Atlantic Whait F?R,.\EW ORLEANS. + -P-N THE CLIPPER ?SC HO ONER "ORAPE /X^Jk SHOT," BOKNIAU Master, wanta amall ^Nf^amoujt of freight to complete carga T ?? For freight engagement! or pacage apply to RIsLtY ft CRLEttHXOH, . February.*_KOJ. 141. and 146 East Bay. FOB. HAVRE. . ?t-FTW TBE 'FTRsT-CLAf.S FAST SAILING .fflEojO Schooner " HARTS! ENE," Hoa?, Master, rfep^rwanta 20? bales cotior io ccmp'.ete cargo. ?*r raia? For Freight engagements, apply to RISLEY Si CREIGHTON. . January 81_Moe. 143 and 145 East Bay. VESSELS WANTED. ~ ???TTV? GOOD RATES ANT) QUICK DISPATCH .SOS^ GIVEN. Applj r0.; s ...ii ?Jgretr RISLEY 4: CREIGHTON, 1 " Shipping and Commissi on Merchants, January 28 _Noa 148 and" 10 Ess* Bay. THE YACHT BLKASOtl7 - wC-K 15 Now PREPARED TO C 'J WET PAS NV SENDERS to all pain? of ink-rest around J T^the ba, bor. To leave Government Dook at BSJSM o'clock, A M., and 8 P. M., visiting Fort Sumter and Morris Island. . . -,\_ For Pleasure or Maroon Parties arrangements will be made with CAPTAIN on board. - ~ * January 28_taiha3mon FOR BALTIMORE. -T~~ j>M^jb?,n THE FAVORITE 8CRRW /^^VWJS? .te8msoip FAL' ON, S. C. Ram, (M??yjlf1 Commande:-, wai sall for the ibbve ss???r3C3?5&m port on Wwnetday, 6th February, at 3 o'clock, P. M., tram Pier No. .1 Union Wnssrts. For Freight or Passage, apply to ' COURTENAY A THENHOLM, February 4 2 Union Wharves. FOR NEW Y OttK. PEOPLE'S MAIL S TEA Ki HIP COMPANY. sXyrzfr&M THE STEAMSHIP MOHKKA, /y^lKwT^ Captain ?-HAXTOBD, . ,wjU leave ?^Vjn^fcjT^ North Aliar tlc Wharf Ihursday, cd^SSi- FebruaryC at-?.o'clock^?i.;'! JOHN ft THEO. GETTY. Agent?, , February 3_' North Atlantic Wharf. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE.-FOR NEW YORK. , _ Aftw? THE ELEGANT'SIDE WHEEL /yj&SS?'?^L steamship CHAMPION, Captain ?<Mll?W?r> R. W; LOCKV-OOP, wai lesve.for tb? naMt?-. above port on Wednesday, the 6th February, at 3 o'clock P. M.' JUf-utaSuOl Outward Ereight engagements mada with COUR? TENAY ft THENHOLM, corner Last Bar and Adger'e North Whtaf. a 53 ,T-~~ For Passage and buainew pertaining to inward Freights, apply to STREE!' BROTHERS 4 00.. No. 74 Eatt Bay. STREET, BROTHERS ft CO., \ lrJl? COURTENAY ft TRENHOLM, J A*T* February 3_ . ' f FOR ED1STO .AA O ROCKVILLE, . JT^w THE 8TEAMER ST. HELENA, ^^p'^rf Captain D. "Bon.?, will receive Freight This Day, and leave To-Morrow .Mantung, at ll o'clock M., and Edisto Wednesday Sf ?ghi at 12 o'clock. . " For Freight or Passage, i.pply on board, orto JOHN H. MURRAY, Market Whari February 4 1? FOR WRIGHT'S BLUFF, U.Cj, ?? BUCKINGHAM POINT, ANP ALLI INTERME? DIATE LANDINGS ON THE SANIER RIVER.. m .rf.Tr-*!>. THE LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER ?fiaSi, MARION, Captain J. T. Fotran, ls now receiving- Freight for- me above pointa and will leave Wednesday fli?hl, 5tn instant AU Ireight to be prepaid on the wharf. . No Freight received after ?unset For Ireight engagements apply to <.- il ??A J?RN FERGUSON, . February'4 a_Accommodation Wharf FOR CHER AW, ^..^ GARDNER'S BLUFF, AND ALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON 'THE PEE DEE RIVER VIA GEORGETOWN. " " \ \ _ _|L . TBE"-TINE LIGHT : DRAUGHT JMHHSC STEAMER "PLANTER," Captain-0. QBBSu WBZXXJ ls now receiving Freight for the above points, and wfll 'leave Wednesday fl~\ght, fha 6thinst, - .-- S -. . u.;?Coo; AU Freijht to bo prepaid on tba wharf. : . a? VtQ ffXSBSl 1UUTT? ?? ?lanai_L_ - -- For Freight engsgemenb-, apply to ^v>cr . JOHN FERGUSON, ^FeDTttt?KJL. Accommodation Whait THROU GH^c2^S5J^^^?***Ai BY CHARLESTON AND TsAV?TJN? B^-S?^4** PACKE1 LINE.-SEMI-WEEKLY VIA Bt^.tr**^. FORT AND HILTON BEAD-WEEKLY VIA BLDFFTON. T. . _ * ... ? J:<??T..? : Cij STEAMER PILOT BOT..Capt WiT. H?Nrtr?. STEAMER FANNIE..Capt F. PXCK. r k^c?TJ"*S ONE.OF THE ABOVE BTKAM ?Tisii ?ri?i?M i EBs wul lez-a Cbarleiton every Monday ma Thursday flight at T2 o'clock; and Savannah .every Wednesday and Satur a^y Morn? ing, at 7 o'clock, toddling at Elua ton on Mor day, trip from Charlo* <..- >, ana Wednesday, 'trip from Savannah. -~ J AU Way Freight, also Bluf*ten Wharfage, moat IM pre-|iiid. For Freight or Passage, apply to 'x~ JOBS FflBGUbON, Accommodation WbsrA January 18_ ??QJ?? FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA, J VIA SAVANNAH, Fl- R^ANDLNA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. : . o. . m ."TT-?fr? STEAMIES DIf TAIOB AND ?agSgSCcilY POINT, will leave Cnwleston every Tuesday and Friday Evenings, at 9 o'olMK. for above i laces, and Sa va nah every Wednesday tad Saturday, at 3 o'clock'P. M. Steamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. Coxurran, sails Tuesday Evening. fjj."c;-; ;.". Ste mer CITY POINT, Capt & ADEPTS, tails FW day Evad? g. C?o.??t - For Freight or Passagespnly cn board or atomoe of J. D. AIKEN ft CO., Agents, Januarys South Atlantic Whart DIE CI I.ARLE STOMER ZEITUNG, (A GERMAN WEEKLY) IS PUBLISHED EVEEX WEDNESDAY, BY C G. BECKMANN ft CO., No. 3 Broad-street Being the only German paper In benth ?nd North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, lt has now a large circulation In thojo States, and wuuld, there? fore be a aesirable medium of ?oo?aiail?almf with the Germans in those state* in their vernacular. Subscription-S3 per unnum. 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