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7"-The following touching lines were wrif tan during th? war, by tha Rot. i. L. Reytbras, bf South Carolina University, In.eommemoration of a beautiful Instance of woman a devotion, that ooeurred while the University' bnilriiog*, Columbia, South Carolina, were uaed as a hospital: The aoldier boy lay on his pallet In pain, Where the student his Tlgils ones kept. And there same with eaoh throb of his f? Tor parolied brain, Bwest memories of home, and he wept. fiot a-daughter of earth. In her womanly meekness, t)rew near Lira her vigils to kftep, And the -charm of her Toioe, in ita sisterly sweetness . , Beguiled the sad soldier to sleep. As her defloate hand bathed lile pain furrowed brow. And her fan plied its office of blessing, lis dreamed of the clime where the heavens endow The good with an an gel's carrrssing. Bis hard bed of straw seemed as light as ' the air ; An angel's wing rmtled above, On bia pale, sunken check, fell a tremulous Uar, , . And a Voioe whispered accents of lore. Bewildered and oharmed by the beautiful vision. Unconscious of place and of time. He deemed himself now in the regions ely - sis 11, And now in Ma childhood's fair clime. Thus calming the weeper, and soothing the ftngniehed, Hia Visitant watched at his aide, And the soldier boy turned from the bed where be languished, . \^1itl^j^aTntle^ojLh^?igel-?and^d|ed^^ Gov. Perry's Letter. The reader will find in this issue another letter from M?j. Perry, ott the political course of himself and others.? Like everything else emanating from Lira, where honesty and integrity Are concerned, a high sense of honor and manly tone pervades his entire letter. Although first and last for the Union, . Maj. Perry lias very little confidence or respect for the Radicals, or their government. With Gov. Perry, we hope there is sufficient patriotism in the . 1 American people to preserve the gov '' ernment of tbrir fathers ; although with us, it is almost hoping against hope. [Kcowct Courier. To the Editor of the Hev> Herald; , In your paper of the Olh instant you say t u The great obstacle in the South to restoration, is the old political and secession leaders. Such men as Wade Ilarapton, Governors Orr and Perry, of South Carolina, Stephens, of Georgia, Patton, of Alabama, Humphreys, of Mississippi, Worth, of North Carolina, jt tirs tr: !_?- ? uu ii ih! iii t Mgn.ia, are ins rem enem if 8 of the South. They lead the people astray ; they do not seem to understand the real issue ; they are still secessionists ; they are, 1n fact, in a state - secession, though not in armed rebellion." I beg leave to offer a few words in reply to this grave charge, so far as I myself am concerned. The other gentlemen are abundantly able to take care of themselves, and need no defence from me. I am not now, sir, nor nev er was a secessionist: I never believed In its policy, wisdom, constitutionality, or auccess. My whole political life attests the truth of what I say. In 1828, when the Srat symptoms of nullification and disunion were manifested in South Carolina, though a very young man, I threw myself in the breach, separated politically from my most personal friends and breasted the storm with all the power I could. Mr. Calhoun's great erpott of the doctrines of nullification, written for the adoDtion of (ha I*oi?l?tnr? wa? published about this time. I dissented from the doctrine* it promulgated, and pointed out their, fuinoua and fatal oot?sequences. In 18S3, I was a membei of the Stale Convention, called for the purpose of nullifying the tariff laws, and than and there raised my voice againsi those doctrines, which 1 believed so pernicious and furious. ? - In 1850, I was again a member o * the 8tete Convention, called for the pur pose of aeoeeding from the Union.? Again I opposed this inoveirent as rev elotioqary end destructive of the pesee happiness and prosperity of Sooth Car olina. All the newspapers in the St*t< having espoused the cause of secessioi and disunion, I proposed to a few friend . . j to start a Union paper at Greenville,an< tbatfl would edit it till the politicalstorn hlew over, or the State sunk uader It We eent to New York, purchased lb material, and put the prase in operation Instead of secession going by default,! fu checkmated nod postponed for i Ai ""B ~W l'j| 1 '' tg^"''B "? 'B* of slavery. rind t7io eslabi^h a military despotism. While acting a* Provisional Governor of South Carolina, in farewell address to the Legislature. 1 said to them, frankly, fcnd with all sincerity, that there was not a man in America.at the seces ftion of the State*, who regretted more deeply than I did, the unfortunate move ment. I had opposed it with untiring real and perseverance, for thirty, year*, till I was left almost alone in the State. The District of Greenville, which had never failed to sustain me in any elec tion, when I was a candidate for more than the third of a century, at last repudiated my claims for a seat ia the disunion Convention of i860. When my native Srate, however, had seceded, and was followed t>y ten or twelve other States, I could not, with the Revolution of 1770 fresh in my memory, say that eight milliousof people bad not the revolutionary right to protect themselves against apprehended tytennv attd oppression,, bv "dissolving I lie political bonds which have connected them with i not her, and to assuma among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws oT nature and of nature's God entitle them," and instituting a new Gov* eminent, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. The declaration of American Independence had boldly proclaimed that " all governments derive their just pow ers from the consent of the governed " This principle had been held sacred by the American people. North and South. When the secession revolution was in augnrated with such unanimity in all of the Southern States, I felt it to be iny duty to stand by my country and home and friends, and fight with them instead of fighting against them, and share their fate, whatever that m'glit be. All my sympathies were, therefore, with the South, and I wit-bed her success as sin cerelv and as ardently, as I had op .1.- ? ~r >-- ' - I^OCU VIiK IllrtU^UI UIIV'll Ul Ilia ICVUIII tion. When a people have once estab* lished at regular government, I hold that no one has a right (o live within that government and be unfaithful to it. lie is a traitor who does i When lite Confederate States wore conquered, and had to give up those cherished principles for which they had made so many and such great sacrifices, and had defended for four long, bloody years, with a gallantry awd daring never surpassed in Grecian or Roman history, the people everywhere submitted in good faith, to the stern decrees of war on the field of battle. They determined to renew their allegiance to the United States, and once more pledged theii honor as a people to the National Government. Never was there a pledge given in better faith, or one which would have been kept by the people. In good faith, all the suggestions of the President, who was Commander inChief <>l the conqnering army, were carried out Slavery was abolished, two billions wort! of property was given up, the constitu* uonai amendment auousuing slavery was adopted by all of the Sou t her t States, their Slate Conslitutiona won reformed to suit their changed condition Senators and Representatives were elect ed to take their seats in Congress. Tbene groes were put on an equal fooling wit I white persons, as to their persons, prop erty and liberty. All this was dotu freely and cheei fully, because it couU be done bouorabiy and without self do , gradation. Instead of accepting thesi hard terms as satisfactory, and meetinj i their conquered foe with that genero?it; and magnanimity which always charac I tertze a bravo and honoraUo beople, tli Radical party North are proponing net . term*, dishonorable and dishonoring t< , the South, which every honorable xnai I scorns and spits upon, t, The proposed constitutional amebd ? raent was nob submitted to the Stat Legislature for their adoption in a con f stitulional way. It was never passed b . two-thirds of both Houses of Congrest . for the Representatives of eleven State . were excluded from Congress el ths , time, and those States the very ones t . be affected by the amendment. Ii wa a not sent to thePre?ident for his npprovi j or reieetioo, as the Constitution require i With great propriety the Souther ] States might refuse to consider th j amendment at all, ou these grounds. ^ , But the terms of the proposed anient B ment are dishonorable and. deetrueiiv i. to tbeSoutb. Np people-can be e*pec t ed to vote their own degradation an % ruin. The amendment makes eituei 0 ? * ' ... Jy . J ma? OJHt?F "plr l?2Hftv?ai* ilicqS of~>Da tJ'fawjship, witb<>Mp*fa^?to fitneH^Pf 1 ^i?tter * ^ 1 F or confer iljo right of suffrage OO^Th? negro 1 So do the first would be acknowledging their inferiority to the North, and a sacrifice of- their 'political rights as n Republican-people. To accept the.seond alternative qyould be destruction of the very end rif society and government. We are likewise required by this amendment to ostracise all the leading men of the South, all who have ever held, offices in any of the Southern States, from the chief magistrate |?> the constable.? In fact, the amendment is a Rill of attainder of all who have been honored by their fellow citizens. It is an exjwst facto law, ptrni-hing hundreds of thousands for past offences. The American Constitution wisely prohibits Rill of attainder and fx post faCto laws. The last section of the amendment utterly wipes out all tho rights of the States and centralizes all power in Congress. This . is done, pot openly, but covertly and insiduously. How can you expect, sir, a brave and honorable people to volun- | tarilv vote their oyn inferiority,-di-hon ( or and destruction I If we are to he j | disfranchised, dishonored, and have the I i seeds of our own detraction sown nmungstus, it must be done by others, and noi by ourselves. Let tne assure you, sir, that the people of the South have honor and sagacity enough to re* j"Ct with scorn and indignation this constitutional Amendment, without be ing led by any one. If it is impos&l on them by others they w ill have to submit to it, but they will not voluntarily impose it upon themselves. A man may not be able to prevent being robbed, but he will not voluntarily gi\e up his money to a rogue. lie may not be ablt to protect himself from nssansina lion, but this is no reason why he should cotnntil suicide. 1 am sure thisconrti' lutional amendment can ncV^r be adopt' ed by twenly-six State.*, and I do not believe the Radical leaders ever expected it would be adopted. Now, if adopted, 1 ; tu confident that 1 it would not sati-fy their malignity and revenge towards the South, or their love of power dishonorably and fraudulently obtained. Nothing will satisfy them but universal negro sotirago and the disfranchisement of a Inrominent South crn men, who do uot act wiih them in ^ 1 carrying our their nefarious purposes? 4 Their object is to establish the perm.-in ent rule of the Radical party, secure the , i next Presidential election, and exclude . Northern Democrats, as well as South' ,, i ern men, from all influence in (he Gov emment. Put I do not despair of the Republic. It cantidt be that one third , of- the American people will long coni tinue to rule and govern two thirds. I have confidence in the virtue and inteK I ligence of the people, and justice and I right must in the end prevail. ' x P. F. PERKY. L Penalty for Umtampeo Papers. I The last Stamp Duties Regulations I have the follow ing : A penally of fifty dollar* is imposed f upon every person who makes, signs, or issues or who causes to be made, sign ed or issued, any paper of any kinder discriplion whatever, or who accepts, ' negotiate, or pay* or. causes to be *c> ceirted. negotiated. or naid. anV hill of 5 exchange, drr.fi, or order, or promiiao* * ry note, for the payment of mouey, without the same being duly damped, or having thereupon an adhesive stamp 1 for denoting the iax chargeable thereon, cancelled to thb manner required by 6 law, with intent to evade the provisions J of the revenue act. s A penalty of two hundred dollars is H impo-ed upon every person who pays, ? negotiates or offers io payments of any i sum of money, drawn or purporting to * bo drawn in a foreign country, hut pay" able iu tha United State*, until the piop* er stamp has been affixed,thereto. 3 A penally of tlfiy dollars is imposed 1 upon every person t>ho frequently makes use of ao adhesive stamp to def note the duty requj^ed by the revenue e act, without effectually caucelling and i? abliterating the same iu the maimer re y quired by law. i, It is uot lawful to record any Instruis rnent, document, or paper required by tt law to bo stamped, or any copy thereof, 0 unless a stamp or stamps of the proper ts amount have been affixed and cancelled tl in the manner required by law; and s. such instrument or copy and the record n thereof are utterly noli and void and i6 cannot be used or admitted as evidence in any court until the defect has been 1 cared ae provided in section 158. a All wilfctVyioiationp of the law should t. be reported to the United States Div d trict Attorney within and for the die* is ' irist wliere tbey are tojowilted. v / ^ v_, .m/_* ,. ?1??? i sAw mm i - . JAROI.INA. JANUARY 31, Bxurting, or to be HadeI TheTUdicals in Congreas base thei? jbotitjtyujbal the Southern Slates are not jpaie^pp two grounds: Int. That by tb? war, tlieSlatee were abolished ; .tnd 2d. That theyliave not been legally re:f. The first groWl?that the war,a$o]i*hed (be Statea-?we have tbeanertioc to the erjtairary by Abjahnm Linffidb, the President of the U^led States,"find the uoifolm and unvatvinc declaration of the Congress of (he iWsSK From President Lipcolu's first Proclamation celling for tropps, to hie last,- he announced ihat there was an 'insurrettion " in the Southern States, which be was bound to suppress, lie never re* oognized the right of secession. If the Southern Stale#.had a right to secede from the Union of the United States, iherfi could be no " insurrection " with* in them, against the Uniied Sta'es.? They were independent States, rightful ly controlling their own destinies and people, over whom the Government of the United Stales had no authoiity. The Uniied Stales might make war up on them, as any people may, with, Dr without good cause, on any other people ; but there could be no " insur* reel ion " unless, indeed, there was re? tistaiico to the authority of the States, by auy portion of the people of the States. Dul in that event, the " incur* reclion " would he against the Southern States by a portion of their people, not tgainsl the Uniled Slates. In this view, t* tho Southern States look nothing from ;he United States, hut simply urn ierlouk to govern themselves separately by secessiou, a logical conclusion might be drawn, that the war against them was a wrong?in inception?in continuance, and now,.in any nets or pretentions of conliul. 11 ut President Lin...i.. ?... -i ! ?... i luiii, uv v.euving mm a rotate couiu rightluily secede from the Union, avoid "J all these consequences. lie lujisud upon it, <hat the Southern States were tlill in the Union of the United States, tinder the Constitution of the United Stales; and that, then fore, the resist itice to the Constitution and laws of the United States, in the Southern States, by virtue of their secession, was nolhng but " insurrection." And as by the JoDAtitulion of tlie United States, the Government of the United Slates was luiborited to " to suj.precs insurrections" 11 the Stales, ho only obeyed the manlaten of tho Const*, .ition, in striving to put insurrection down in the Southern States, in order that they may be liberated from the disturbances it produced, ?nd be competent and-free to discharge heir obligations, and participate in tbu benefit* tiie Union and the Constitution jf the United States conferred. These were President Lincoln's positions in junification of the war. '1 he/ ull go upon the presumption that secession was a nulitv as a riyht, and merely crested an insurrection; and that the Southern States were Slates within the Union, and under tkn Constitution ?>i the United States, and had not changed and could Dot change by secession these States, as Slates of ilia United States. Did Congress support apd ratify these views of l'resideni Lincoln ? Every Act of Congress to carry on the war affirmed thenv. The very first act to raise troops to carry on the war, recites thai an 44 insurrection " exists in the Southern Stales, which the Government :>f the United States is boond 10 sup press. The Southern States are cull?-d " insurrectionary States," and by resolutions passed unanimously by both brandies of Congress, they distinctly re pudiate any design of subjugation, and aim only al restoration of the Southern States, liberated from 41 insurrection " to the rights and privileges of the Union of theTJnited States. T* _ ! 1-^. T I t _.?.l il I x rebuieui juunson uas ncieu upon me principles avowed, Trom the opening of the war to its close, toy President Lin* coin and the Congress cf tho United States. As it was President Lincoln's prerogative and duty under the Constitution, as the Executive of (he United Sts'.es, to declare that " insurrection " existed against the authority and Government of the United Slated?so it was Pre?idoht Johnson's prerogative and duty to announce when the " insurrection M was suppressed. This, President Johnson bas done. Ilis proclamation declaring that the " insurrection " has been suppressed, did not, in the slightest degree, affect the Stnlasof the Southern Stales. It did not restore them to the Union. They had never been oui of it. It was simply an announcement that the obstacles which " insurrection " had produced against the regular and order ly exercise by the Southern Slates, of their relations and duties as members of the United States, were now removed. From the day tbis proclamation was Issued, according fo tire only theory by which the war oun be justified, every Southern State bad a right to every privilege any other States of the United States possessed,. That the Government of the United States, in discharging its duly to a State under the Constitution, to suppress an insurrection " raging i within it, CNfl be justified iu excluding a I Slate from the Latoo, or converting her ^ Into a Territory, is a moral and logical ** % ' ' , . . " m Richrnond, mi nn^ijcinLnarar IOT rew^r ows ftnd orphans of the Southern States. We find the following in the proceedings of the Richmond City Council last week : " Gen. Rosser being introduced to the Council, after paying a handscme tribute to the people of Baliimpre?the buties especially?mentioned the formation of a Southern Orphan Association there, with the object qf establishing an asyfemn for the orphans of Southern soldiers and snilois. After duo delibeialion on the part of the members of the Association, it was determined to make Richmond the place for the asylumn. He had been sent on as a managing director, to make a proposition to the Council, by which the funds of the Association could be considerably enhanced. The house formerly occupied by Mr. JoflVrson Davis, was owned by the City of Richmond, and the proposition in view was that the property be turned over to the Association at a slip ulated prico. and upon stated terms.? The Association could, after getting possession of the property, ihfile il oil at a great profit, lie (Gen. Rosser) commit nicatcd with the ladies of the Association in Baltimore, and they succeeded in securing the efforts of a gentleman of influence at W'asbingion. That gentleman had written him a note, lellintr I im that there was a good chance for the release of the property in sixteen or .eighteen days. Duiing the discussion, it was shown thnt the. home, lot and fur ni:tire had cost the city, in 1801, $42,200 ? ?7,200 of which had been paid for the furniture The property had boen.asf-essed at $28."700 in 1801. Seva ral propositions were put to the Council and rejected, and I lie motion of Mr. Saunders, making a sale of the properly to Gen. Uosser, as agent for the Orphan Association, for $40,000, or $35,000 without the furnituro, was carried." The plan for founding this as\lumn is ns follows : 500,000 certificates, of $1 each, will ha sold, and on the 1st May next, or before, if all the tickets are d'spo.?ed of sooner, a drawing w ill he held in ttie City of Richmond, under the superintendence of the Mayor and a committee of the Council, at which 2,000 prir.es, none of less than $100, will be awarded. Among the prizes to be awarded is the above named mansion, valued at $40,000 ; the Stretford llouse, with 1, 000 Hltrit-' (if I:l!lft tlx. linmutlo.il .if (l?f? Lee family, and the birth-place of lien. Lec, valued at 120,000 ; 1,000 acres of lano, adjoining the name tract, valued at i $5 000. Besides these, there are prites of HUO.pianos, 200 inelodeons. 500 gold watches, 100 cotton gins, and 600 sewing machines. Ueu? liosser has been cho;-en manager. We hope the people of the South will give this enterprise their cordial support.? Columbia Phoctnjt. ?- ? Mkpals for Gkktlkmp.n.? Wo mentioned, a ftfw weeks since, that Mr. f eonard W. Jerome, of New York, had made a donation of $5,000 to Princeton College, of which the interest was to ho devoted to the presentation of medals to members of the senior class. Mr. Jerome, jn making this gift, wrote to the President of the College as follows ; I'shall be obliged if you will arrange that the interest on these bonds may he annually expended in the purchase of a medal to be awarded to the graduating Snnior, who shall bo dcclaied by a vote of his classmates to bo the first geutle man hi ois Class. . 1 know you aro surprised, dear Doctor, at the novelty of this request, but you will be still more so when I tell you that you nre the cause of it. 1 have not forgotten the remark you made upon a certain occasion to my class: ? u Young gentlemen, with all your getting, 1 advise you to get a little manners." I am right, then, to offer a pre mium to carry out your views. I think the most pressing necessity of Young America just now, is the ar licle you recommended. We have plenty of science and are pretty well up, considering our years, in art, but our manners I must say are rather rough. If (he trifle I offer shall have the effect to stimulate me young gentlemen under your charge to improvement in this respect, I shall feel that 1 have done them and the country a service. The character of a gentleman I consider within the capacity of all?at least it requires no extraordinary intellect. A due regard for the feelings of others is, in my judgment, its found ation. ? ThkM h*vc been 1.000 divorces granted in Massachusetts in the last six y?*rs. > V- ' *; * -v.- -j, ^ . n HBm -^^wcasaMi i * ii r NO.Pretty Sharp and Decided We copy the following paragraph from' Friday's Constitutional Union, .ptthliehed at Washington. The editor of the Union, Col. Thos. Florence, in fenown to be a very intimate friend of the ' f*r?!-ddent, and, perhaps, ipeake "fronr^Uok,.". r S The New York Herald, of the I7fh Wy7)t,htla, t#oiftf8teson the subject | of the impeachment of the President, which for malignity and falsification of history have no parrallel in jjurnalism. While red-handed treason held the pen, bitter and unrelenting enmity to the Constitution and our form of Govern* ment fired (be brain which was bold and wicked enough to say to the world that what it call* the " misdemeanors'* of the President " render him liable to impeachment." The transparent design of these arlteles is to move the minds of weak* kneed Jacobin Republicans up to their woik. Let tbem take this ad rice, proceed in their wicked designs, and some morning, in other places and m new condition, they will realize the bitter consequences. Indeed, as the IleralJ says, " the struggle is still going on."?"The great Union movement of the war will run its course," bat not as the Ilerald applies it?to utterly destroy the Government, but to save it, and if necessary, its strong and iron band will be invoked to stay the course and pres rent the consummation of Radical treason. The great oath of the President to proieci nn?i attend the Constitution will not bo forgotten, and tbo people who sustain him, with their five hundred thousand majority of the voting population, Noiih and South, will not forget bim. The Herald cares not for consequences. Nothing would please it so much as to see ruin and anarchy rampant. Let those who would takj its adGee beware. t'l'ON WHOM CAN CONGRESS CALL? Events have already brought the Government to the very verge of another revolution. If the Radical majority in Congress pursues its treasonable course much longer, the Government, in order to sustain itself, will have to arm its supporters At the call of the Presi* dent, all his friends, North end South, and the army and the navy will respond. In such a cot)lest the issue cannot be doubful. Congressmen may be valiant fighters on the floor of Congress, but when they come to lead their cohorts into the field it will bo another thing. The real armies iad great soldiers of the Republic will be found fighting under the Flag! We advise the opposition of the determined and fixed fact that Andrew Johnson will serve out his constitutionalteim of office. ? A Menagcrio-of Drunkards. The moat foolish predicament a man can gel into is to get drunk. In drunkenness every man show* his strongest and most ardent passion, There, are six kinds of drunkards And if you ^ ill go into a city diinking place, whero there are a dozen men under the influence of liquor, you will be sum to find the-e six different animals. The first is ape-drunk. He leaps, and sings, and yells, and dances, mak~ ing all sorts of grimaces, and cutting up all sorts of " monkey shUtes " to excite the laughter of his fellows 1 O, terribly billy is tbo drunkard clowm. The second is tiger diunk. He breaks the hotlfes, breaks the cb?irs, breaks tbo heads of fellow-rarousers, and is full of blood and (bunder. His eyes are fired with vengeance, and bi?soul raves willi murderous fury. Of this ?orl are those who abuse their families. The third is hog drunk. lie rolls In the dirt on the floor, slobbers and grunts* and goiug into the street makes his bed in the first ditch or filthy corner he may happen to fall into. He is heavy, lumpish, and sleepy, and cries in a grunting way for a little more to drink. The fourth Is puppy drunk. He will weep for kindness, and whine his love and hgg you in his aims, and kiss you with his slobbery lips, and proclaim bow much he loves you.? ^ You are the best man he ever savr, and will lay down his mouey or life for you. The fifth Is owl-drunk. lie is wise i in his own conceit. No man must differ with him, for his word is law.? He is true in politics, and all matter must be taken as authority. His arm is the strongest, his voice the sweetest, his horse the fleetest, bis turnips the largest, his town the finest of all iu the room or land. The sixth and last animal of our menagerie ia the fox drunkman. lie ia ciafty, teady to tmdo borsee and cheat if he cat). Keen to strike a bargain, leering around with low canning, peeping through cracks, listening under the eaves, watching for some suspicious thing, sly as a fox, sneaking as a wolf, he is the meanest drunkard of thorn all. .A tol'KO ladt is charged with having said that if a cart wheel has nine , fellers, it's a pity a pretty girl like htf can't have one.