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ad m * 11 v': of dfflffKVnaa taken the - P^wBcoursc. As tlie latter will un* i doubted ly become a law, and change the < v present condition of affairs, we lay it be* rare our reader*: a BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE BFFICtBKT GOVERNMENT OF THE INSURRECTIONARY 8TATK8. Whereas, The pretended State Governments of the late so called Confederate State* of Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkansas were set up without the sanction of the people ; and Whereas, The so pretended Governments afford no adeauate protection for life or properly, and countenance and encourage lawlessness and crime ; and Whereas, It is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in the soscaited States, until loyal and Re publican Governments can he legally es taonshe<l ; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlie United States of America in Congress assembled, That the so-called States shall be divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the ' United S'atesKas hereinafter prescribed ; and. for that purpose Virginia shall con stitute the 1st District ; North Carolina and South Carolina the 2d District; Georgia, Alabama and Florida the 3d District ; Mississippi and Arkansas the 4th District ; and Louisiana and Texas the 5th District, 3ec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duly of the General of the Army to assign to the command of each of said District an officer of the Regular Army not below the rank of Brigadier-General, and to detail a suffi cient military force to enable such of ficer to perform his duties and enforce his authority in the district to which he is assigned. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to puniah or cause to be punished all disturbers of the public peace and criminals; and to this end he may allow civil tribunals to take jinrsdiction of and to try offenders, or when, in bis judgment, it may be necessary for tbe trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize military commissions or tribunals for that purpose, anything in the Constitution and laws of the so called States to tbe contrary notwithstanding, and all legislative and judicial proceedings or processes to prevent or control the proceeding* of said military tiibunals, and all interference by said pretended State Governments with the exerci?e of.military authority tinder this Act, shall be void and of no effect. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Courts and Judicial officers of the United States shall not issue writs of habeas corpus in behalf of persons in military custody, unless some Commissioner or person on duty in the district when in the person is detained shall en dorse upon said p tition a statement cer tifying. upon honor, that he has knowl edge or information as to the cause and circumstances of the alleged detention, nd that he believes the same to be wrongful ; and further, that he believes that the endorsed petition is preferred in good faith and in furtherance of justice, and not to hinder or delay the punishment of crime. All persons put under military arreat by virtue of this act shall bo tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be indicted. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no sentence of any military Commission, Or tribunal, h<?reby authorized, aftoclin" the life or liberty of any person, shall be executed until it is approved by the superior officer in command of the District, and the law and regulations for the government of the army shall not be af fected by this act, except in no far a? they conflict with its provision*. The effect of this measure will be np parent. Martini law will be established, State Government v-ill be obliterated, fetters damped around our necks, and every man. woman 'and chjld in lh? land, be subject to the dictation of a re lenliess military power. On slight pretence, property .may be confiscated by individual* acting under mvsteiiouf orders." The cotton and rice planter after expending bis thousands in malur ing a crop, may find it swept from birr in a single night. A * arice, rei-klessnes1 and the spiri of p'under, will,reign supreme^ The last vestige of Constitu tional liberty will be wiped out, and tlx people of the South be reduced to i condition worse then that ofiheir forme slaves. The crushing work has com menced. Let it go ort. We may loos lifo and property, but let us at least re tain our honor.? Carolinian. It U said that Maine builds mor than one half of the vessels in the cotir t>y, and the annual, revenue tax paid b the ship builders in various ways is froi $1,200,000 to $ 1,500,000. Tlllt Rhode T?!and Legislature bi granted lire petition of a fastidon- iud vidual. who wi?h< d to leave ??tl the la third of hia name of Mason Mowry. I.e because be diduT like its r.bel ateucii tl ?!)*. ,/ J.? ' / Jfntrrfiri.tr Ofit re it note located onejfoor above the old Court House, up stairs, over (he auction rooms of Mr. Julius C. Smith, and opposite the Mansion House.? Entrance fa the corner. cr Advertisers will please hand in their favors by. 12, M. oo Wednesday. Latest Congressional News, Wasuisotok, February 19. The House of Representatives refused to eoucur in Srirmam's substitute?ayes 18 nays 98. The House ordered a Committee of Conference, Stkvbxs Chairman. The Senate refuted to concur, nnd adhered to the substitute. Tlie two Houtea ditagreeing, tbc Bill and all ainendmenta have failed. and the whole matter ir auppoaed to be dead for the Session. Congress meets again on the Slk March, and the question of reconstruction will again come up; but time is im|K>rtaut. The people of the North must find out that they arc grossly deceived as to the condition of things at the South ; and that we are just as quiet nnd ns jnuch the conservators of the legal rights of nil elates, colors, and persons of all shades of political opinions as they themselves. The consetvativee are jubilant -over the failure of Stevens' Bill, and he and the ultra Radicals in the.opposite temper, of course< The President has it now in his power to defeat any hill for this Session, that he may disapprove, as the ten days allowed for him to cons-idcf them will run out before it closes. The Louisiana Bill must share the same fits as this Military Bill. Tiik Bankrupt Kill has passed the Senate.. Some amendments, we believe, were made, I but it is thought it will unquestionably bei come a law. As it is a relief measure, the City of Charleston, nnd our ante-relief Legislature, and ail the papers of tbc State so much opposed to discussing tho debt quesllon, OUght to marshal tlioir forces ii/tmIujI it. The press of South Carolina, genernlly, regard ns unworthy comment the insignifi cant affair of the general pecuniary ruin and distress, and oppose everything looking to the lenst relief to the people. * Mills House, Charleston. "Wo take great pleasure in cnllfng attention to the change of advertisement of the Mills House, of Charleston, to be found in our advertising columns. Those who have ever visited it, need no persuasion to in .luce them to stop there when again in the city. Upon a \isit to Charleston, a few months since, we had the pleasure of enjoy* | ing the hospitalities of the House, and of what we speak, we know. Its reputation extends over North and Fouth, and is not surpassed, we doubt, in either. Its style and management is magnificent, nnd can't possibly (nil.short of the desires of the most opulent nnd fastidious Every thing ie in the gi nridcst order. The daily l>ilis of fare would satiate Encunus, himself, and eni< braces everything that could tend to satisfy the wants of the inner niau The. list of attaches are kind, gentlemanly nnd polite, doing everything in their power to render the stay of persons pleasant and ag-eenhle. An ong?t this number is Col. Titos, P. SntoRit, who is praticulnrly well suited for his place. We eonimen-J our friends, upen visiting Charleston, to the Mills House. The Old War Against Extravagant Dressing. Our readers, the ladies especially, will he well entertained we have no douht, if not profited by the long article we take from the editorial o( the Ba/tbnore Episcopal Methodist, on the subject of dress, to be found on our fourth page. It is in admirable good temper, and is alike hltmoroni, anggestive, grave and lively, hut wot severe. If the ladies would adopt the concluding good advice of the Melhotlitt, the pi ice of finery would fall; but that would be a great temptation to return to the use of it. < .? Don't Hitch to Bhade Trees. We have been instructed by several of the j members of the Town Council, to stato that in 1 future Iho Town Ordinance in reference to the | hitching nf horses to the shade trees of the place, will be strictly enftreod. The Council 1 has wont to considerable expense and labor in I removing the old, unsightly trees that have stood so long, and in thejr places substituted young ones that will at some future da a to an ornament to the Town, provided they arc not , disturbed in their symmetrical formation, and , they, in good faith to the tax payers feel bound to carry out their purjioses, so connncndably i begun, to therr fullest power. The Marshals haver therefore, been instructed to show neither fear, favor or eflfoction in ' reporting all cases of the hitching of horses to i the shade trees,codling under their observation or knowledge. Persons riding into Town, must keep this , matter in mind. The line is five dollars. I ?? Tho Fair Next Week. As the time draw* near, tho interest in tbt 4 (jump* rair increases. r* c see i?y rhBAoncTiiu /{(ttmrr, that the fame of it ha? extended fo: I and wide, and we hope fo have the pleasure o seeing many visitor* from other Districts. ' Public Improvement in Oreenville. Our Town Council and sundry rMiaeui have -we rejeice to see, planted along Main Street where most needed, fine young Water 0?k? ** And from the pajifs tukrn, wc think thoro is I good ohanoe of them growing; to insure fc v they should'bo boxed. Garden Beede. Wtr arevner obligations to Air. V. It. Was sow fl?r a supply of gadkq seeds, kindly give ' us. lie 11.is a full variety, which gardenei ii.n i flu ir iiltention OStlled to. bf Kow ts the imie to commence gardenini x and* no ???. i'lioniM aegloct to Itssnieh Cfi gr *t t'^.ts.suAp' dl of a fiimiiy. holders are under oldigntionst^wTftrwo Council for (hit first class engUe, whose public spirit and interest for ibe welfare of the plaoe prompted its purchase. One of these engines is manned and officered bjr oitisens, W. H. Hover, Captain; the. other is under the charge of a part of osr colored population,' of -the better class, Adam Alkxakdeh, Captain, formerly owned by V. McBek, sod known as " Big Adam the whole nider the superYlaloa of Mr. JuWVs'C. Smitu a*President. On Saturday attention last., they paraded through our streets down to the river, lor the purpose or exerciung end testing the ; machines, where they nmainod some two hours or more. The waking of the engines wss not altogether sitisfactory. The only deficiency with Captain Hovkt's Company, was the dofioieney it the numbers of the corps, which we suppose will soon be remedied, as the Company's list is loorasing. The hose of Engit? No. 2, is sadly deficient, and needs replsckig by a new one. During the throwing of the water, it broke altogether, and ean be used to but little advantage. Can a new one not -bo obtained f We respectfully ask the consideration of the mutter, a* Greenville, with this deficiency supplied, would he pretty well prepared for any ordinary 5ne that might occur. , -.1 The colored uien take quite an interest in their organization, and seemed te obey the orders of the officers with alacrity. They number about eighty, and contain touch physical force. Wo always take a plcnsnro in recording matters that effect or interest tho Towu. Hon. Ellison Cdpors, Secretary of State. Wc lenrn that tho new Secretary of State of Sontli Carolina, lias entered upon tho discharge of his official duties, in Columbia, vrlicro all communications should bo addressed. , New Building. Mr. SwX.\dai.b, tLo enterprising owner and host of tho .Mansion House, tliat most neat ami comfortable am. elegant Hotel so wi-l| known at home and abroad, is now erecting u fine, largo store house on his lot opposite tho Mansion. Tho upper story is designed for a public llnll, aud will be rathor larger than the Mc Bee's Hall, which was lately destroyed by fire. Near Tlr? Depot. The new store houst erected npnr the de . 1 V. . ... ..I t... \l - ur.. T A ............ p*?i, un? uvcu vpi:?ivu an. 11 aj. i. non^unk, who will deal' in dry gocris, groceries, provisions, Ac., and it will prove to l>e a great convenience to those in that vicinity, lie has not yet received n full stock, but expects to receive the remainder in few lays. When you buy provisions, Ac., give him t call. Closing Out. Messrs. Lf..-tkh A- HrotiiRbs, who have been keeping a retail dry goods and provi. sltm store, opposite Mesirs. Giubt, PkkOu sos A Mili.kii, are selling off at cost, for the purpose of closing out. Dr. Buiat. Wo cannot refrain from publishing tiro annexed extract, copied from the Lou'rentvilh flemhl, which speaks so kindly and flatteringly of our inuoh esteemed friend and Reverend townsman, Dr. E. T. Rcibt, as ite/inee1 that bis learning and good senso arc appreci ated by othor than his immediate no ghhors "'A Literary Club?We take the follow ing article from the Southern L'ntfrprite and commend it to the attention *ot nut renders, many of whom will recognise" tit < initials, " E T. B ," as those over whfel many articles of practical suggestion ami sound philosophy have appeared in tlx Herald, in times past.* W? never knew | anything to flow lr?n? " E. T. B.'s " pen'bul what was practical, sound, and gnshini with freshness from (ho laboratory of i trainer! and thinking aiind, necustonicd te I drink deep of the Pierian spring. " It lias been suggested t|mt w<- form a lit ernry club, here. Why not t Do we nil be long to the " grting to ' family! No 0111 doubts the Usefulness oT n club, as recoin mended by " J2. T. II." Among the deplor able consequences of the war, nothing strike us AM more deplorable than the inability j left us to educate the youth of the Anuntrj Thousands who would have received a c?>l ! legist* education in the circtlmatNjisea' w< I were before the. wnr, now Can be ba-ply af ' ford-d the rudiments of our own language j The dissemioatihn in the land ?.f health; I literature i* a great educator, and reeom i mends the eluli plan from economy towhicl , we are all compelled to look now. I.et u 1 ha\'o a club here. Its influence will n<> 1 atop with the members of it, but its whole ! eotne effect will prove the pebble throwi ' into the -water, the influence of whicl spreads indeiiuitcly wide," On evkuv sine tbe congratulation were exchanged upon iho happy ,ad ' vent of an era of belter feeling in lb country, and the early and final rostorn lion of lite Union to ks former condi tion of pence and union, with tbe proi poet of ever advancing power and proi ' pcri'.y, _ ' It is positively asserted here that th r advont of \fr (ranrcra P*nhn?lv. and th f expression of his good wishes for lb South, as well ft* hie benefactions. hi softened the feeling* of tlie Radical ei tremistft, end will lend the way to a '' ultimate restoration of the exclude ' States, and fhe general prospority of tl whole country. Simultaneously wit the promulgation of the greftt benefa tlon oX Mr. Peabody, was. the defeatthe extreme Radical party as led I Mr. Thaddeua Stevens in the Ilou.e. r Thia, loo, opens to us a new and plea a ing prospect. .The Conservatives rail ra | The Radical* divide and disperse. | Tew we/ lm, if rhs present good "feelir |( | prevail, will lead tie ii.to tho jrop J It reck, to rssJon'ioTi, Wjion . Iionorat - Lto, 11'04k (Jox{rUrl tf * \ t< * :'. 4. v'v:v ? * i Union Railrfl^N^ftfia*4<, ud i?wi* f>>v | ] miles lnto^Wp^^HH|ncV^^^K|>I!| turned by a route^BMFV 'ew Spartanburg C. H. $Hl((F?f>penraree on(H| farms and plantatlops, on the road wrp traveled, is mora enoouraging than we { l.-a 1 f?nim 1 ? <tcnl I . " ? ?U|>|nWU, ? . land broken up raady for planting, wmc j new cabin*, many new roffe, and here and ? there a new dwelling, built recently, or in ( the eonree of erection. [ The change of weather had eet people. * generally to gardening,and soiq.9to-plsnb i ing Iri*h potato**, .^UK^g^jtjoro^jd rettifrfl^ I if we could, cverybodj^ln the State,' tjo 1 plant more liberally Uejktrwmal of thi? <m^| I aa a great resource against the scareity of 1 breed the coming summer ; tbey who have f a large Irish potato crop, according to size * of the family, need not fe^jr actual suffering s for food in tli9 summer moltth* however J high the price of corn mtfy be. It has al- c ways been a fault with us in this State, j thot we hav? planted more little garden r patches of Irish potatoes and used them f rather as a table luxury than as a subetan- n tial part of food, both for man and beast, j as they are calculated for. The altered J condition of things certainly calls for a \ change in our praOtice in this and other respects. "CAHRAOB. ' | Going through Spartanburg, wo observed , not a few fine cabbages remaining in Hie j gardens. They have been preserved perfect f ly during the.past winter, by leaning down , the heads, and putting a little, earth over thorn, snd usually shielding them from rain . and frost by a covering of pfae'baric, and j a little earth to hold the bork in its place, the tops of the heads beinjf left visible.? We nowhere saw the old fashion oabhnge pens wiili |.?nt? topa, or other brush, as used to bo the custom. We Inouired as to the direction of leaning the heads. bv)t there was no uniformity, in some Hardens, all pointed south, others north, but none pointed the cast. One gentleman informed us that ho easily promoted his cabbage front the destructive worm, that so j often riddles them In the summer, by sprink" Hug frequently, ashes or lime upon them ; soot is said to answer the Emtio purpose.? 1-ast year, however, owing to the dry weather, or some other cause, the cabbage worms did not make their nppenrnnce. It is to be hoped that the seed of these evil doers may he cut off for some years to come, if not forever. nr.bt Ari'k.tn.txcE ok sraixc?wheat cnor. On reaching the flat of Sliolton's Ferry,on Wednesday, waiting the ferryman's voyngowcro** lli<> Broad 'liver, the hum of bees saluted our ears, and looking overhead, we saw the maple tops all budded taud blooming, wi'h their dull red, pendent flowers, and the busy bees visible as well as audible. We felt to be all of a sudden, in ft more Southern clime, many weeka remov1 ed from the intense cold of the preceding Sunday, which had hound everything in ice from the mountains to the sen const (we will not say " sea board, the phrnse has j been so much used that the board is about worn out ) The wheat fields, too, began to show the,grccn of spring; and it is grat itying to observe that the stand of wheat Is . uncommonly good on Che average, A con. . siderable quantity 6f wlu-nt lias been sow. od, and there is hope of a good erop. Our farmers sow loo little, or rather expend too r little labor and expense in preparing lands ( for wheat. From observation, as well as | inquiries long prosecuted, we believe that s the best mode of wheat culture that .can be pursued in the country, io loaow It on land , that hits been in oats preceding the sow i ing. Tliis should bo turned over, or well > broken up, in the latter part of summer, or early in the /all, and wlvent sowed and liarroWed in, or drilled with the machine ? for that purpose ; which, by the way, our farmers have not yet supplied themselves | with to any extent. This mods', of wheat growing, except the drilling, 'we have : ' known practiced very successful^- in Greenville years ngo, by n gentleman who learned ' t he custom from I hp part of Kentucky where L he was raised ; it is eonimonjin Ponnaylva |i nia. * The great matter for a wheat crop, however, ns everybody knows, is to have' ^ good land well prepared, manure ns much I as possible; a free use of Peruvinn guano ! seldom disappoints when other maudres are JJ not procurable. - rasrrcmxa uni>&. - > ? ' If we were called on to point out the de 8 fcets of farm management in the country, we should mention close pasturing of stubble fields as one.of the worftj it injures the ? land, both by tho.treading and eating off k the grass, and leaving it bare, parched and is sua baked- f early all the stubble field* i we saw on the road had been -evidently .. overpastured. This arises from'two causes, "we suppose, overstock and tinderaowing as e to quantity of (and. If the-farmer >/??*/ / pasture hie oats, rye and wheat field*, let itj ' , 10 him sow down a larger quantify, ami the stouk will Injufa it-lea*. The true rule for t j improving farmv, we have learned from ^ j every source, is not to cultivate in gniumor ,fj 1 more than onothi*d o( the fickle, and have )e ' at least two thirds tn small grain,or grass; 1, : wltji this eye\?-m, (he hind sould be kept 0. ; up and protected, In ? great nifssare, frorr t,f wishing aifay. With the saayelty of la ty bor bow talkod of,-this systenp'-bfosTnes wtil' rrtora Important #nd profitable, whethei is- for the groin former or the sottoo planter y. To pk*>gh awtf ho^ a yaat area oT their land1 A e*pn?sf of hired Jabov, and tntli , or hot?wpoW4< can'.never more Be pnjfte <er b|c in the eowiif^ wheteff r ft mijfhl bar bwafc olMrtna: ?v formyrUwiW-ot *Uv> i? Uft Z i*t M ?*> < Ob $ -Jt \ '? ?' : - "V a * # * ^ 7?*r a teWWoTOW^Weeew the sign* of *t> empts to stop gullies by filling them with >ine brush. There is often much labor iselessly expended in trying to step gullies. )ne tenUi of t(tet bestowed would suoeeed >atter if people would plaee the brush ohtrucUoBs ?t-intervale, .instead of partially s^ffUly tasy be checked by ^soing fc pCtiveni the (low of w?Lr Com formlrig a new gully around tbo obIructlon, .aa U would do. if the bed of tonea, toga, or what not, form a straight Ine or are elevated in.the oentre, In ontmon style. This seems very simple, ret "if ia strangely overlooked by ninety, line out of a hundred. A man may ride or daye sometimes, along the highways, ind never see a really judicious gully stop?age. As our subject Is not poetical, we ?ope the want of ehphony In our phrases rill not detract from tho merit of our facts. . KXGMsn null*. .. A skilful and experienced farmer and jnrdenef, and a worthy old gentleman, at vhose bouse we staid a night,'in Falr6eld district, had been sowing peas that day, md mentioned that he planted them deep; ve asked the reason, and inquired if they (ante up well when so<planted ; he said al ways, hut more slowly. His reasons were hat the peavlne stpod a drouth far better, ind bore longer, by planting de.ep j-hla-reuark was, that they were seldom planted loop onongh.* ' In our climate, where too nueh heat and drougljt Is, the great ditR sulty or raising peas, especially late in the leason ; this, fact is wortlj heeding. " A fine Carolina gentleman, All of the olden time." TTon. Rodkbt bkarria, well fiPs the Idea qf the distictch quoted. HtW large estate, troops of contented negroes, tho kind wel oonie bestowed on bis friends, and Strang crs, who may visit Ins hospital mansion, anil the manifest plenty for nun nn?l beast the premises afford. Wo spent a pleasnpt night and morning at Colonel Bkattik's.? We found him a decided opponent of negro emigration, and no wonder, for he manages thing* with spch good judgment^ and. so successfully, that there is still great value in (he negro population to .him, and ito trouble more than formerly; mastmf his own former servants uml their families remain still with him, and we saw the same appearance of negro families and babies that heretofore flourished, but which freedom is fast diminishing. .Col, Bkattu made last year three hundred bags of cotton, a full half crop, the season was bad.? lie had no difficulty with his freed men, neither ho nor they ever calhd on "till Bureau " in ft single Instance. IIt* supply of corn seems ample, and there was s strik ing fact reminding one of the good old days, that his erib door stays unlocked, day ?nd night. He killed this winter mor? than tWo hundred fine heirs for hacon : h( remarked that be had none stolen by tlx freedmen. All this shows his liberal ami wise management of the laborers employed on lits plantations. Col. Brattie, "? Sena, tor for his District, has, to our knowledge filled his place with admirable judgment,and patriotic faithfulness, to bin constituents.? ITo has shown himself an enlightened friend, of ovoiy rt-nm.nnblo and constitu tionul measure, of relief to the people it these distressing limes; and it is to bo re gretted, that many other Districts could no he represented in both branches of the I.eg islature, by men of his sound sense and in depebdent character. CArr. ANDRTCW WOODRtTK. * "We stRid all night with our friend.Capt Wpprir.trr, and-found him and his omiabl lady, as usual, the happy oecnpapta of th same hospitable abode as formerly. Capt WooDRurv.is, at present, one of the represen tatives of his District in the Legislature And no District can bpast of one more con seient.ione, and determined on doing hi whole duty, aecordirig to his holiest con victions ; unostentatious and quiet in man ner, he fulfils the character of a citizen, neighbor, a gentlemqp, and above all. Christian, in such a way as to challenge th respect, love and confidence of all wh know him. -lie Commended a eompao through the late war with distinguUhe honor ; ke left home a temperance roan i hie hnliite, and notwithstanding the direi temptations. and seeming propriety at tint* to depart from thin rule, he preserved tli same habits of absolute abstinence .in tb camp, and on the march. Mid upon " tl foughtoa field," Capt. Wbofeaorr aota as magistrate in his beat, and i% highly use hi a real justice of the pence; ho settle* stri by i pier posing kindness and good o<rtias? more thou-by the band of law, * He It promoter of every good wor^ end go< , work in the community where he live*, ai r is at present, engaged in aiding the youj men of bis neighborhood, itf forming | Christian Association, fla has nochihln , of lii^ own, bnt, Lbs obijdrsn of His fello' cilitnns wjll rise up Around him" sud ?< I him bloased, ami to honor 6is mentor r when he sbqlt- be promoted *9 #i rewn higher I ban srijr earlhiy honor. * ? ' ' 9 . ' J JL a. ? , tim , ?'! t y, Passing from ShelumVFerry on tfnr tn i- to Uhk?u a, lij, ww hoc tme i&lspfy reoiir ej fctf-tHoi* it .return day wei?k far it >-| pJsCrtW, by meat in* ?evrral, dfj>nty sheri k-j ?f\1 J mi Ika spfttg UP Lrbion Itistrr ' vy- * ? r " I eietUly ruined. - E?iM?g | day, we were |th? TlUege by I defend***' houMi, neighbor on tha road, amoSH ihf widow A., for whom ha haowj* and one for tha -wldow'a ton, WWjfcpH "^fbllM! Nkhkmiad could be called up for a laagl\Hp'^S to these daya. Union Tillage presorrea still a noat ;_s rather thriving appearanoe, notwithaUtid?.^^^^i| log the ruin of tha war, and woobeertad . ] an Immense now livery stable in the proem I of building. The population of the District ':, could formerly boietmuch wealth and high eplrH; the latter, we trust, it will ever re- " tafn.- It has furnished many distinguished' ^1 lawyers and pnblio men. Ex-Governor 3 Onrr and Judge Da wains are residents of Union. Wallace Tuowreow, Esquire, 11--. 1 . ,_ ,t. ?i-?- -1 1L- 1 ui cue uiurfi iBjrjvn 141 wu? ow^, venerable ag? of seventyLseVen, still parsties the practice with youthful vigor. Tho nnciont an J ubiquitous order of Freemasons, held a lodge meeting id Union, on Friday night, which trade the lodgers in 9aXdkm? Hotel inconveniently nomihous, as we found by being carried to a rather half furnished room, by one of " the black sluggards " o! llio house, who told us the others were preoccupied ; but at our suggestion the aeeommodations were improved, and weps:=cd. cry comfortable night. scoot.rropona. , "We heard a very intelligent gentleman at Union (Dr. II.) discussing the merltgof the buggy plough. He was familiar with their performance?, and is satisfied that one of these plhughe with two mules and a single ploiighmon, will accomplish fully the work of six mules and six ploughmen, taking it 'lo the old single file manner.' The driver sits in the b'-ggy. seat, drives his tWo mules with six ploughs attaehsd, which they draw with ease. There is a contrivance to spring any of the ploughs over a stump or large stone. 'The turning is easily managed. The apparatus may be used either for breaking up land or oultivating it after it Is planted, either cotton or oorn. The axle is elevated in the centre so thfct corn can be ploughed over without injpry till laid by. The Doctor was a great alvocate of the buggy plough, am] all labor-saving maohlnery in agriculture. We have no doubt, ourselves, that the people in this State must come to use such things as well as the Yankees. W. .. 1 1 I .... .,k.. _,t. . " u m? rr biivi iicbiu vi uiaujr uwi?i iu??* ters worth noting, but we fear onr trip i* becoming tedious tatki reader, and w? tuapend for the present at Ica^t. FOB THE SOUTHERN ENTlltriltl r. The Excelsior Reading Club. This is an est abiislied institution of Orsen* ville, and reflects great credit upon its found* crs and members. It Is a step in th? right direction, and shows much progress in refinetnent and literature. As the Parthenon has made Athens, for all time, the Mistress , of Tsste, so this Society crowns Oreen ville with the laurels of Parnassus, and makes her the abode of tlie Muses. I It.consists of tweniy-slz members; on* r half of whom are ladies, and tbo other half , gentlemen. It. meets weekly, at the houses , of members? all take a share hi the read* , ing, and it is well and punctually attended. I A committee selects the reading, generally, I and already the best plays of Shakspeara and other dramatists have been road, and * ' pieces from our Tery beat authors. Ones a [ month, each member selects a piece to their own taste, and reads it. Thus, muehchoice I and varied reading is enjoyed. *. , . It has s President-, Secretary and Oritie . ' 1 and kind and courteous comments are made ; on the>e*pective readers, and much plcaa* t ant humor and wit flow from it. Reading ie a very high accomplishment, and it is as rare as it is high; very few good readers, are to be found in our professional walks of life. It is more difficult than' speaking, acting, painting, performing on musical in* - strumonts, and requires more skill/ taste, 6 practice, than all or either of them. Yet e the members of this Club have made great ~ ' nrnirr?i. and attained a biirh nlaea In this difficult art. A lew, whom thi writer of ' this will not name, read so oorreotly, juetly, ' intellectually, that the thoughts arc before * yon, a? "tableaux vivanlee," distinct and r clear, and all alieo. May the Eaeelsior Reading Club flourish a and grow graen. May they always hay a R such an ofator as Dr. l^roaddaa, whoa* * kinils cheers?whose humor sodthes?whosa " wit enliven?whose learning adorns? y whose thoughts springs np so goals), fresh, a?d chivflrie, that If ha ware not a gifted n Divine,, would be a helmetod Kntght, shield* . rt_ ing the Mueoe at the fouutaioa of Halla^a !* or sheltering them la t|ta rale of Temps, * x a * ? T IWI ' ' W Aaawgiox, Teh/nary . A Sherman's' substitute was parsed at half* ilr past a o'clock this nrtornfng?to 10. This Is substantially librine'a ainendmcat, which , i* As follows: ^ , !l' Gicc, 9. And le it further enacted, Thai * when Jho constitutions? amendment pro* ?d p?w*d at artidfc fourteen hy^ tha ThlrtyNinth Oongress shatl harebecoipg ?f * i ss?s?sr * J ?## fpr??en iu ^ gwjKh* ?*??*?y n> ; one-of (ha ) (? eotonflea Coiriederate 8tat?a - f ahnil hate t?? ***** UMhVeamo and ,. ' conformed Up wwnetltUlioo and lawatherato 11 in air reapecf*, And when H (hall hareptor ; elded hy it* Oonatilgtion that Qi* ) ?}? r<] franchise ahnll bar enjoyed equally and jm'terUCKy l)j all Aiale eittxana of the United.-' V HtaUta, twenty-ori* yeara old and upw?tdt .without regard to rare, eoldf, on pravloo* ay oooditlon-of servitude, except each at njay . |(a he dlefrAnehfod f<-r participating In (M ' tale r?l*Ui >rf, nhfl when ?aid aonel}tnU<>? '** efcalf have bean submitted to the voter* <4 ff< raid State, aathoa Jetiaed, far ratification et, or rajeitioivond whan the feonsllluUon, It % . ym' **'?r " ; * ^ * # - \