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' '.fit iirifMkg* JHpmnMgro, and disfranchise*
' Wear eltlunt; i. >, all Ihoa* who j
"IkIra designated in tha third section of the ,
Constitutional Amendment. I
Said third taction reads as f< liows: "No '
person shall be a Senator or Representative
in Congress, or* Elector qf President end i
Vlce-Prcslden^ or hold any oflie*,' civil or
military, under the United Sfctes, or under
any State, who, having previously taken en
oath as a member of Congress or as an of
ficer of the United States, or as a member of I
auy State Legislature, or at an exeotivo or '
judicial officer of any State, to supj>ort the'
Constitution of the United Sta'ea, shall have <
engaged In insurrection or rebellion, or J
given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof.
Dut Congress may, by a vote of two ,
thirds of each House, remove such disabilr 1
' 1
Tins clause, 1t wool J seem, was drafted ,
with special reference to Article VI. of the <
Constitntion of the United .States, which '
reads as follows: "The Senators and Hep- '
resentotivca before mentioned, and the j
members of the aeyeral State Legislatures, I
nd all esecnti vo and judicial officers, both '
<Jf the Un itcd States and the several Slates, (
dhall be bouud by oath or affirmation to i
-support this Constitution." This provision '
has reference only to Governors, JudgPR,
Chancellors, efce.; and to such only it would
ueerii to tts the above section of the Consti- i
tutional Amendment refers.
Of State officers, therefore, this would ills- ,
franchise Members of the Legislature, the ,
^Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, the sever. .
jiI Judge* and Chancellors, but would not
effect any one else.
Theps are, however, various opinions as ,
Jto the .meaning of this section. The Wash- t
ngten correepohdent ot the Baltimore Sun '
writes as follows: ,
' As now constituted, fully one.tliird of i
'the white men of the Southern Stat< s will
ibs disqualified, not only f oni sitting in I lie I
-^constitutional conventions to be called, but
-even from voting for the members thereof.
Mr. Sherman said it would disfranchise ;
about t?M>00 only. Mr. Buckalew thought
*drt,00fi, but tho real number will not fall ,
muck short, if any, of 200,000 The debate i
which ensued on the mot ion to concur, was
Uengthy, but not generally of much inter- !
art. The two MflssaehnsettsSanatorstook directly
diverse ground. Mr, Sumner wanted !
*lUthe rebels disfranchised. Mr \\ iLsun |
wanted every man, white nnd black to have
lhe ballot, all the rebels nnd all (lie negroes, i
Mr. Cowan and Mr. lien ricks again staled
their objections to (he Bill. Mr. Johnson, j
in a 1 rief but most nffec.ing speech on the ,
m<1 aad desolate condition of the Southern 1
States, sud the utter hopelessness of their j '
being restored to the Union except, through I ]
the consent and on the terms of Congress, j (
expressed his entire disapproval of every |
feature of the Bill, but so anxious \va3 be j
to welcome those States back, and dispnir. ,
Ing of any other method than that iudiea- I
ed by the will of the majority, lie an- 1
nounced his intention of voting for the Bill. 1 '
Ii
Hie remarks produced a profound impres- | f
eioii, and Mr. Wilson and other Scntors came ' t
ap and pressed hie hand in silence." '
We do not think the number di-francliis- j J
d by the immediate woiking of the Bill j ,
will be much over 6,000 ; but this, after all,
la of no real importance ; ?ts by the spirit
both of the Constitutional Amendment and ' ^
the B ill just passed, all who have in any ! |
way participated in the lute war against, I
the United States will soon be disfranchised. v
Truly this is a sad hour for the South ; ol { [
humiliation and of bitterness. iTe can do j }
nothing hut submit. V<b vieOt is now at j
last coming home to us. c
There is now naturally great specula'i.n , n
as to thCprobah'o course of the l'rcddent. I !
Up hi a careful survey of events nt Wash-;
ingtou. and a consideration of the varioti? | '
conflicting statements that have emanated i
from that ouarter within thap.ist lew weeks, j \
we have coina to the collusion that MY. !
Johraon wMgive his sanction to tl?i? Bill.
It Is Uflderttaod that Messrs. Sewi."d, Stanton
nod McCulh-ch are in fa tor of if. as a ( '
basis of settlement of the national difficult}". | '
It is known that a number of Democrats! '
eoted for it ; among then Senator Iteverdy a
lohniop, who is believed to he entirely in ! e
the President's confidence. The President tl
it is "aid, will do this to secure the peace <1
of the count'jr, while he, a"t ilie same tints, 1
rids himself of t'i? ini|>eaeht.ient spectre,- M
tliat has so long been harrnasing Him. A i
few days will determine the question. U
The following U the Bill ol Congress: j
Whereas, No legal Suite Government* or
adequate protection for ife or property h
now ejjsf. ip the fb.-l Sintes of Virginia, 1
North Caroline, y n?ih Carolina. Georgia,
Alabama, 5h?sissij.|?i, Lnuisiajin, Florida, j,
Texas and Arkansas; and whereas it is ^
necessary that peace ar.d good order should f
he cnforei'd in said States until loyn 1 and n
H i'Oii 111 win / io vcrn rut11! a cad hft !?? (
gallv erlrt1 dialled; therefore,
Jit \t <1, tie, That raid rehelStnte* I j
shall lie divided into military districts, and p
made Miujoct to the mijitaiy fliitikority of c
the United Slate*, as hereinafter prescribed, v
and for that purpose Virginia shall corn ,
etiiute th? tir?t district; North Carolina" j
pd South Carolina tlie aecond district ;
Georgia, Alabama end FloriUn the third
ui strict ; Mhshndppl and Arkansas ihe
fourth district, and Louisiana and Texas
the fifth rtfotiiat. ', J, ,
That, it rhall he the duty of lite '
Prwl'ltnt to a*eigri to the command of each '
of sjif l districts aii officer of the srrny roi '
below the rank <f lirigadhr (Jeocrftl, and
> deiail a gotficicnt military forjm In rim i
hie anch < fflrree to perform'his rfitiii and !
enforce Kie authority within tlfe district to <
trhicli lit- is assigned. V I <
Hp! |Hand?r tmsMl^MuH^^^Hj
8*0. 4. Tint nil person* put ualer military
arrest by vltlue ?t thi-< Act shall ho 1
IjKd without unnecessary delay, and no
i>rutfl or unusual punishment shall be inflicted,
and no' sentence of any military |
sommiseioo op tribunal hereby authorized,
iffecting the life or liberty of any person, '
iliall be executed .unti) it is approved by i
lie officer in counnaod of the district; and ]
liie laws and regulations for the government
of the army shall not be affected by '
ihis Act, except in so tor as they may oon-, *
Diet with its provisions. <
Ben. &. That when the people of any of j
mid rebel States shall have formed a con- ^
ititullon of government in conformity with
!hc Constitution of the United States. ln all '
respects, framed by a convention of dele- ?
gates eleeted by the mate citizens of said t
State, twenty-one years old and upward, of
whatever race, color or previous condition, *
who have been res-dent Ifl said State for *
>ne year previous to the day of such elec- 1
lion, except such as may be disfranchised
Tor participation in the rebellion or for fel-^
>ny at common law J and when euah eon
amnion snail proviile that tho elective 1
franchise shall be enjoyed by aII such per- <1
sons as hnre the qualification herein stated (
r<>r election of delegate*; and when such
constitution shall be ratified by a majority "
of the persons Toting on the question of rnt *
location who are qualified ns electors for <
delegates, nnd when such constitution sir nil s
have been submitted to Congress for examination
and approval, and Congress eliall *
liave approved the same; and -when said <
State, by a Vote of its Legislature elected 5
nnder said constitution, shall have adopted -\
tho amendment to the. Constitution, of tho
United States proposed by thft Thirty-ninOi '
Congress, and known as Article 14, and '
when said article shall have become a part t
of tho Constitution of the United Mates,
said State shall ho declared entitled to rep j
resentation in Congress, and Senators and
Represontat ives shall be admitted there- <
from on their taking the oath prescribed by ;
law, ami then nnd therenfter the preceding {
icctions of this Act shall be inoperative in v
said Slate. *
Then follows Wilson's amendment to this [
ectioti: " Provided that no nerion exclud- 1
i??l from the privilege of holding ollice hy f
aid.proposed nmendinent to the Constilnlion
of the United Mates shall be'cligihle to
dection as a member of the convention to r
Frame a constitution for any of said rebel i
states - nor shall auy such person vote for r
incrobers of such convention."
Mr. Sheliabarger's amendment makes sec *
lion 6. ' That until the peopleUf the sard t
rebel States shall by law be admitted to rep- <
resentntinn to Cmlgress of the United "States,
any civil government that may exist therein
diAII be deemed provisional only, and shall I
bo in till respects stihj'ct to the paramount i
authority of the Unite* States, at any time to ,
abolish, modify, control, and supersede the
same: and in all elections to.any ollice under
such provisional governments all persons 1
shall i>e entitled to vote, ami nenc olheia <
who are entitled to vote under the provi- ,
-ions of th?- fifth a-elion of this Act. And no ^
person shall be eligible to ony otHce tinder
Slicli provisional miv>Vnin,Miliu'l>.. ' '
disqualified ft'om holding olTioe under llic ]
prov isiotis of the l!iii<t at tide of said Condi |
lutioii.il amendment."?(Jharh*toii Xetr*.
, t <
A Literary Club Ims recently been estnn- '
lislied in Groe.iville, S. O. The l??*at lvn- ,
Reviews and L'eliodicils iu-e taken? 1
lU? Ini.-t Northern and tl.o best Southern?
111??v ore literary, religions, humorous. Each
periodica) remni alive days, in the rending I
room, accessible fo nil, then it can be taken |
uut lor neven'dr.ys nod rend at homo.
Alter n (into, tluj books nr? sold to the
lii??he>t bidder, and thus means are obtained I
to purchase a new supply. For five dollar a,
which is tho subscription price per year, it (
airmailed upwards of one bundled dollars
worth of the best rending of the Northern. 1
s.ou hern, and Kngliali lie views. They have 3
tmullily meetings, at which many useful <
adjects nro discussed. And nil tins liter A- *
aire, when sold; remains in the community,
ind thus families mo furnished, at half '
irice, with rending otntl r <>f the must use- '
"ill kind. Why enn't vc have such un in- j
tiiulion in Elbcrtoii? ,
[/ Jtberton (??a.) Gazette.
? s4?r
Uxtrr.R anything like a modern tariff, it 1
vouId he to the interest of the South i<> 0. ?
end strength in ngi icultiir.il pnr.-oit?.? | <
I'lli? lni'1 always been her cuatotp; uml it
vns because more money could bo made by '
limiting than by manufacturing, that so
. w factories were established in (heSouth. ^
fow, however, the South will be compelled
o mnk( every effort to mannfacture hr>
i*n. pro luce ami sell it to her own people
uid this condition of tilings must continue
Hitil the protectionist party in I bo North |
s compelled by the free traders of tbo v
\oi'thwest to remove the obstacles which I F
nive stood so long in the way of the truo ! v
ointnerei.il prosperity of the people of the ] ^
Jbiled Slates.? Ch<ivletlon Jlercuru.
v
Dw I.tNKn.-AVe learn that his Honor Mr. | '
list ice Inglis, hits declined to nc. opt the ! n
'rofessovsiiip tendered luni bytho Hoard of : v
.'ritslefs of the'University.. Upon an ex- : -j
m'uution of the question, he lias conelndd
Ihtft tl'.orc is a constitutional obstacle in H
lie way of holding n Professorship and a j o
udgesliip. We deeply r- gr< t this decision. j [,
'he reputation of Judge lnglia os a jiu ist ^
rould have very soon estahlished u high '
eputation for the Law School of the South e
Carolina University. .'F
We'learn that Dr. Clti.diolin 1ms also delined
i.hc l'rofessnr.hip of the School of
ledicine, tendered to bbn by the Hoard of
. .1 _ _ . - e ** 1 * #>
ru!*tec3 ai me same nine,-?#*??? .
"Tiik I'RAimpy Fii.ni>.?We />re requested n
y the lion. Wilijnni Aiken, jine of the .
rUrtees of the munificent donation "f. Mr. a
Jeor^o [Vnboily, to state-that no arvapge-'. a
"lent scan be mudetocarry into execution J he ^
urposes of tlie Trust until May next, \vln-n,
>y previous iifrrcetneiit, the Hoard will meet
n tlie city of Xew York, and mature ag?n: *
ral plan for tho organization of the sohnols u
ontempluted by'Mr. Pea body. Dire notice
v111 lie jgi'Veh to the public when Such aoion
shall have boon taken, and until then 0
t'will he useless for persona to Apply for 1
id in is.-ion to the benefit of the Trust. (
f UharleMon A Vie*.
1 - , (
Tiik congregation of the I'feshyterian
hwreh ?t Spartanburg Imvc Secured the '
>er\ie?t of the U*v. A. A. Porter, of York, ) 1
J, C,r and (he, reverend geiittcniiin ha* ft-: t
noted to that place with hie ffwnily. I.,
Antnt OnrrNrluE awi? Columbia I ,
ioao.?The Columbia' lT??JI?ix -annoonees !
hat Major tt? H. Walton, formerly Agetvt T '
tf th< National Fxprc.s CuwipanyrhHs been 1 1
>Ppointed w fill theet.oVv office. . ' i
. ' ( I
| H9 "era V) I I libft IklltvpTea?e hand TtilMw|
avors by 13, M. on Wednesday. i
The Military Btll-Foderal and Stato
,? , CfoTernmenta.
The Bill which has pawed Congress will
>e found io our -eolumns^taken from tho
Charleston with a fair exposition of
U provision^ If the mcssure becomes a
aw by .a two thlgjs rote, which is most
vobable, then It a 111, be subjected t<l the
Uclsion, We suppose, of the United States
Court. It is generally thought, by the op?onents
of iho Bill, both North and South,
hat it will bo doe'.ai-ed unconstitutional;
i it ^ ?
. .. ? uvt, >mu an uie souniern mates,
sxcept Tennessee, will be placed at the mersy
of the military commanders, whom they
riease they may set op, whom thay please
hey may^ut down; and the South will no
onger h'ave any rights but by sufferance.
We have neither space nor disposition to
iomment. We hop# the people will con?
H^e to contradiej, by their sober and prulent
law abiding conduct, all the false ?c
ideations of our enemies and tlioir <lupe%
tnd we arc confident that such will he
heir conduct. The condition of the people I
>f South Carolina, "seems to be worse, in
ome respects, than any other. They are
iqually subjected to all the evils of the
leepotio mensuios aimed at all the Southern
states, and our own State Oovernment has
JCen merciless, unfeeling and oppressive,
ind has shown,' in the last session of the Leg'
slature, nob the slightest regard* for the
uin and misery thtt afflict the laud. Ths
governments of the other Southern . States,
lave acted otherwise. The people, therefore,
>f South Carolina, are the silfTdrers from
>ot!? Federal and State authority. We must
xcept from this change tho conduct of the
State towards the negro population; liberal
rotcctlon and perfect equnlityp before the
aw hns been extended to them, and they,
ire clear of debt. Not so with the whites.
In many, very many cases, so far as the
v. ...s ... ^ kuuvTuicu, i iic inie em VP
* vnstly better ofF than the late master or
nistress. The one can use, for liisown bun(tit,
the proceeds of his labor and toil; the
ilhers may have it Snatched (lotu then) by
sredilors, for the rcmniner of their Ibv-'S,
itnl, if nged or tecble, become helpless paupers
; ami our State Government., so far n*
t bus had the power, has hurried ou this
condition of things.
The Stnte Government of South Caroline,
irresta her oppressed1 citizens for their
lebts, and is gt hiding them to paurperi?m,
tml starvation; robs he"pleas women ol
their houses nnd boni-s, and only allows
ttie judgment debtor, for himself nud family,
ten dollars' worth of provision?, if .he
ins it. As we have said heretofore, ten
lollars worth of provisions is the turn lol>il
?f support, which this State will allow the
sued man for his share of (he crop 11 -xt fill
We charge this ojrpres.-ion, direct!y on the
State Government, lieeanse it directly noIhoriscs
it?the same that we would charge
that ru in with mu>dor, who would give a
loaded gun to a mnira: inclined to shoot
ie n.pl e.
We accuse no man's motive, we state
'acts. TheTiCfjbl.ilurc of South Carolina,
vt the on<1 of a long, bloody war, and
( cars of dearth, has shown no mercy, how
vcr nonoraoio me men. ilie tact remains
["hat holy ha 1 the power to have accou*
dished mneh for the relief of the people
?y an Amelioration of the laws. In sundry
Particulars, and did it not, but rather
whetted every instrument of legal torture
tod extortion. History will write telrl
tpon it, and good men may not wonder,, in
rears to come, that "thy Kingdom wnstak n
a??) ami given to the Aledes and Ptrians
" of our time.
Pho Ladies Fair, and Fair Ladios--The
Various Wonders of Inventive Genius?Groat
Uuccesfl? Burlcqucs-Gyascutus,
<5te.
We Itnvc witnessed the Foil*; who 1m?
tot? We despair of describing tilings; it
vns truly a fairy scene. Many Fairs have
tfon hefl before in onr Stalo, but we
enture to say, none bave ever surpassed ;
bat held in the Court House Hall, in (Ireen
ille, during the present week. The Shows, ,
he amusements, the mu?ie, each departaent
of (ho many entertaining exhibitions,
rat> worth more titan the entrance money,
lie ladies never looked prettier at k Fair,
nd none ever excelled in faithful services
n nueft an occasion. The eontrihut ions and
elp from the preenvilfe ladies, without
islinction of CSmr< i.e*, has l>c?n most gen*
rous and liberal. The patronage of the
'nip li.ia Won universal; nnd? wo believe,
Jl have (ell llxmselves compensated by the
esull*. Certainly there hhe never been
njoyod. at any almilar gathering, more inlocert
entertainment, nn?l real amusements.
The line hjvll of the new Court House, i?
dmirably suited fop aueb an exhibition as
. fair ; it ml tho unrivalled (arte of Col, E.,
General Superintendent, made the very
?est nse of the entire surrounding*. 'The
rails-wera ornamented with elegant ^ami
lioice pointing*, kindly loaned for the ?easion
by eundry persona. The atolls were
ilalprntely decorated, and occupied by
dooming ladies, of whiqhsort of ornament*
iroenville can boast As mneb as nny plaoe
if its aire in America. Haiti more has *
eputclion for beautiful women ; Greenville
only the smaller flower garden, compared
o'tbp larger. Wjt heard the remark made,
lot long.*w?e, l?jr an accomplished gmtleruin,
who hat travelled both in ICnr.ope
iml Aeia, chat hp could aeo almost any
Tair day in Greentiljc, finer apeeimen* of
female beauty than he had met any wheu'in
" V , . ' [ - * ,
? a * -!
attempted to be ?hn*u, fair the first time io
America. Way out In y?4think
it was, a Yanke'entfflBoot of
traveling, and stopped witUWAtHSpaniofl
at a certain wall peopled town. He reresolved
to jrtiow thoflynsoutua. Handbills
wSre struck off, ported and circulated, de
aoribing the monster that was to arrive, his
fierceness and dangerous qualities, and the
difficulty of ctfaflning him, were particularly
dwelt on. , Expectation roae to the highest
pitch; several hundred dollars
worth of tickets were sold. The evening
arrived. At the far end of the great hall
the plat form was erected for the exhibition^
communicating with the back door. At
tBe appointed hour the gathered spec*
tators were greatly excited on hearing the
how's and horrid noise of the creature be"
hind the great curtain, and the rattling of
chains that bound him?the excited exclamations
of the keeper trying to control
him. The curtain did not quito reach the
platform, and the crowd could see the hairy
legs of the animal in motion, and the great
| chains that confined him. Suddenly the
, ehowman rushed to the front of the curtain,
the picture of " horror plumed," and ex
claimed, in the most- affrighted tbnes:
"Gentlemen and ladies, the Uyascutus has
broke loose 1 Tho confusion and rush for
I the streets was overwhelming. The Yankee
and his associate made their escape the
back way, nm\ nothing has been seen of
them or the Gyascutus /in that town, from
i thst day to this; but it is evident he has
i been caught nonlewhere, and was exhibited
at the Fair in Greenville, lie must be
slight 1y tamed naw, bat isetrll a wonderful,
I terrible creature, and is obliged to be hcavi
ly chained, as we Judge" from the rattling
ifiat was heard and the fierce sounds he
made behind the eurtnin. We leave onr
renders, who did not see, to imagine the
actual appearanoe of the beast. We cannot
do justice to it,
| The Pony 8ong. Perhaps tho very most
perfect invention of the Fair, .was the Pony
Song, performed by two sweet, little girls,
I with uncommon sweet voices, and musical
gifts, who wore mounted on nice hobbies.
It was a pleasing sight to witness the immense
chattering throng, of a sudden, become
quiet, and " still as night, or summer s
nonntido air," and listen in perfect silence"j
to the pretty little song. Such was the effect
of the exhibition.
The receipts of the Fair have been very i
handsome, v.ry near two thousand dollars,
astonishingly s<>, cotttiJeriny the difference
between post helium and nnte helium..
Altogether, we hnve never known ati oo '
casion of t Ite Wind, llinlnfforJeti-more pleas
uiennd enjoyment to the person* attending,
nil;! almost everybody was there, nnJ a nnin
her of gentlemen and ladie* from other Dts-1
trie's, honored the Fair witti their presence.
All seemed to catch the soci.il animation
which prevailed, and lhf? company resembled
more some great collection of guests,
at a wotLJing party, than the ordinary assembly
at fairs; nor was there anything,
howjevor amusing, inconsutont with rellgious
propriety, in the conduct of th? Fair;
no milling, or anything of the sort; which
many eel ions persons condemn.
Aro The Furehasora of Slaves Still Liable
for tho Debt ?
This question will come heforo t-ie highest
judicial trihunals of the States, and per
haps of the United States for final decision.Chaneellor
Jonxsoji.of this State, has decidC?}t
that the debts are binding. Dut we
j have seen a decision of Judge OatsS of Lotii
sinna exactly to the contrary, founded, in
our opinion, upon a more correct consideration
of the coee'tn nlj its bearings,
A newspaper d'S'ueaion of the question
cannot settle it. An it, therefore, we shall
not undertake an argument in tho matter,
hut we are froo to express the opinion, that
our Courts wi'l Ultimately he bounil, upon
every prinotple of sound -logic; reason nni\
justice, to decile that tho purchasers of
slaves cannot be made liable beyond |he
value of the hire, or the interest to,the time ot
emancipation. Our Courts, JuJges and Juries
must rise to the height of sound reason on
the Hubjoot, and let common sense control
the too great fondness for technical anl narrow
Ugal views of a little, or more law
learning, add low practice. There is no
precedent.for these cases in the hooks that
we know of; but even if there was, what is a
precedent, one w^y or tlio other, unless
founded upon sound reason ? There is certainly
no precedent for the facta of the coseas
wc hove .them in every Southern State
Tho Highest sovereign power yf each, has
declared that negroes are not property. I1
seems to us, that a Judge, acting under and
by virtue of tho acme authority, cannot
J rent potes gircrt for them as of an^ mora
property vnnio man me emancipated ne
gre. It w?uld be reversing the action of
the Convention. 1
But we tint! ourselves running into a dis
CUfe'tori not intended. We append the ah
tract of the opinion of Judge GaT?*. W*
to confident the Tjouieiana decision will,
become the fixed construction, in all aiinilav
eases in every tftate. It van l?e enforced by
argument*, v(0 Ihwk, iHot Will prove ir-reaUtnhle
with enlightened judges. We
' have pubHihed the decision of Judge Oats*,
on the flirt p*ge of our paper.
Taa-WKATnxa ?The weathvrfor the.pact
'few weeks h??heen vflry changeable, from
warm rn e?M, aod from cold to Wind, and
from Wind to rain. The ruin is pattering
now agaluel the window pane.
i - . Z'~."'<?/y' ?
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?red w* >? tic ipe to * Ilak
They wilnioSgHplcSig^ftl* sights and
amusements hlgmy, ana be well compeasated
by going
New Advertisements.
Hie especial Attention ol our readers is
called to. the following new advertisements,
which appear for the first time in this issue;
rroclsomtico.?Gov. Jamks L. OaR.
Notice.?lout? A. Waonkb.
Removal.?John D. AeituonK.
^ Fai* Notice.?Wh. Cox. \ > .
Fair Notice.?W. A. IIdpson.
as i
jut. jreaDoay.
Our readers have seen from onr extracts,
that Mr. Pesbody has giveu to the people
of the Southern States for purposes of
charity, one milion of'dollars, and one million
three hundred thousand dollars in
bonds due by the Slpto of Mississippi, be ]
iog irt all two million three hundred thou
annd dollars. The bonds are perfectly good,
although not now at'par; but by keeping
them a few -years, which doubtless the
Trustees will do, their full amount with interest
will be realized. .
. At any tlnr.e, such a donation, from a private
citizen, would be an act'worthy of a
heart, most exalted in its henfevolonce j-hut
at the present time, when thaSoulhern pen
pla arc siilfcring all the pvils which war and
unpropitious seasons, and a Government at
Washington worse than war and famine,
| can produce?there ia a touch of generous
sympathy in this princely donation, whioh
| our ordinary humanity seldom experiences
It js u rebuke to lite blind hate en<\ fanaticism
with which he is surronuJed at.tbe
I North ; whilst at the same lime, it manifests
the real spirit of th.e'Christlan and patriot.
'Other localities like London or'BoK
timore, which have been bltwed by his
abounding charities, were the commercial
arenas where lie fought the battle of life,
and won the victories of bis most remark
able success; but we of the South have
never seen or known hitn. From being one
of the i ichest, we are now one of the poorest
people in the civilized world. With a
spiiit intent on doing good, and an elevat
eu generosity, which s<eks fellowship with
distress father than avoid it, he visits re,
witlr the noblest benefuctiona. Other re-v
cipioots of the charities of 4iris good man,
may bo able to testify their sense of liis
kindness and bounty, in tnore imposing
forms than the Southern people; but by
none will lie be longer rememherd, as a
sympathizing friend, a large hearted patriot,
and noble, Christian benefactor.
[ Cfiar/riton Jfrrcuriy.
The Two Armies.
The following silicic is from Debow's
Ilcview :
Iler? stand* a Federal etunp. A' tlion:
nnnd And ten thousand snow-while t6nts,
farther the ey^mty reach, "flic Star
Spangled lianner r.C richest nintecial. Host*
on the Iwoer.c, which swells with the "Hail
Colnmldn " or '* Yankee Doodle of some
grand brass hand which has figured in the
Minolta of the metropolitan cities. Sleek
and well fed war hors?* neigh ntid prance,
gr-'at herds ol .lowing cattle ar^eean'iu the
t rear.- In yondW-tent officers wit h hinging
insignia and rich broadcloth send the-Jeef
around overall the viands of -Fulton market
nnd wines of France. The champagne
pops. The fume of regalias scent the air.
Velvety mats and cushions and cunningly
devised csmp equipage .are spread Around.
Hook", newspapers nnd stationery, maps, |
ohr.rts and pictures! F.nter again. litis
time you are in the soldier's tent. What
comfortnldo "blankets. and oil clouts, nnd
overcoats which mights defy the snows of1
Greenland ; what well filled haversacks; a
little stove, warm* him, good coffee cheers
him; all of those oxen bleed for him, and
well baked hread crowns 1?is hosrdf See
that yellow flag. It covers the hospital.?
Kuter if you please. There are piles - of
bandages, pills and potions nnd specifics inj
neat boxes and vessels of glass crown tho
shelve*. 11i?n?e cases ore the most exouis
itely. lints instruments of surgery. Those
surgeons and aufaos are pructiced and ex!
pert. There are cordials and wines in those
. bottles. There are lemons and ice nnd all
| the delicieies of the tropics in those enI
ejosnres. Tliose sick men are clothed in
! tine linen nul repose on genial conches
I That body la being eubaliued to be sent
home. ?
** Oli, dreary contract 1 VTn nr?,nnw In a
Confederate Camp; no tents are hero : war
i has worn them out. No silken banner
| floats?it is in shreds an<l patches and can
not he replaced. -The solitary fife and
drum discourse the inspiring strains of
"Itixie." Ijink and worn the war horse
plucks the leaves and harks the trees; a
i few cow?, tough and old and attenttiated
Await their fate. Under the tree grey
frocks. Jaded and worn, with some laco And
embroidery", an o'd newspaper printed on
one side, an old map and a spy glass which
was used in the Mexican war, toll th t
Stonewall Jackson or Forrest are there.?
Around the tire, smoke dried, reclining on
the naked earth, two on three on a blanket,
as a matter of economy ; the overcoat is in
tatters, the haversack is turned jnside out,
tiie canteen has been traded for from Vankee
prisoners, the clonk has been picked
up on a'h'at.tle tiehl?you have the Canted
crate soldier I* Those boots gape and fct in
the cold a,d rnin ; Jlhal hut lias keen shot
to pieces; those .pantaloons have lost six
' inches oflhe extremity?btU when can the.y
be replaced! The.soldier cooks his hard
nirol bread and toasts his bacon on the
entbers, and In his tin yup lie has'eontlived
A substitute for ? ffee w lii. K U lint knfiera.1
! )>y either milk or sugar.-- Nobis soldier! ?
lie ia not cursing the . croinmisrary or the
quartermaster, but recounting the ad VCOt
in C3 of yesterday in which many a deaf
controde w?-nt <k>wtn, telHng toAgh joVM of
th* day/or rejoicing in thsr glorious cOnflint
of arms which the morrow Will bring
forth.
Bui we have raid nothing of our hospitals.
Seek not to ncjr'l^ylKt sickening (do
turn. At rlrst we diiV very Well, hot rddt*
even -ordinary comfort* w.-re lnq>r?ctienlde
"?nd thousand* d'ed Ibqqi tit* mere.want of
those rninlltr ifiopa < ! men mine ami genial
stimulants wirtcft It became Impassible to
'* #.x? &
. " W * > A- J. r
% A*\
I ShorcQon a hi!] cnrae up, A rnotfH
was made tb inrtbe Wlfole matter^jrah ^
when Mr. Stokee attcrojftfr$fc^'?, .
mpi despatch ha had rtte?iv?;1w*^S|iE^i
hrawBSMe; but vu eHed dpwti; >
tr>te on ibo motion to conerir waa"7W^a w^^
08. Tbe motion for a Committee cfC|
Conference was agreed to without d\*f~r
aioD. Stevens, Shellaberger and Blaine
are the committee.
Tho report of the Conference Commit*
tee on the tenure of office bill wae adopt* ' > .a
ed?118 to 40. H includes Cabinet of-? ?M
ticere among thove whom the President '
cannot remove. . i
The death of Samuel Downing, the
Iaet; Revolutionary soldier, was an*
1 _
iiyiHiinik v gM
Tbo militia bill, giving a standing
army of two regiments to eRch district,
came up: The Democrat* filibustered
through the hour assigned it, and it
goes over. Tbo House, then went into
committee a? the military appropria
lion. It gives the Freedmen'a Bureau,
for various items, $3,830,300. The second
section makes the Oenoral of the
army's hcndijuarteis in Washington;
and that he shall not be removed, suspended,
relievod or ordered elsewhere,
without tbo approval of the Senate.-?
Any porson issuing orders contrary to
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable with irapris- .
eminent not less than two nor more than
thirty years.
In the Senate, the action of the House
on Sherman's substitute was reported.
Williams moved that the Senate insist
on it* amendment. Conness objected '
?as be tbought.it too important to entrust
to committees of conference. The ""
dilTerence between iho two Houses wae
a fundamental one, and a conference
committee could give no further light. '
The revolt in the. House arose from the
bad faith of past friends of the measure,
lie was in favor of laying on the table,
to tnke up the Louisiana bill and apply
it to all the Southern States.
- Sumner and Pomeroy advocated a k
conference committee. Howard said
there should bo no compromising or
trafficking in such an important matter.
Sherman held that they could not rc;
concile .thvUouse without abandoning
I the principle of the bill. Opposition
came from extreme aides?one folding -V
that the States were entitled to repres
seniation. and-the other that it was too
liberal. Hendricks didn't think the
President. would idirink from acting, If
the hill reached him. I'dtneroy repeated
his belief that it would not become a
i law this session, oilher by conference or
i otherwise. Lano opposed a comnrftlee ;
(ho difference was elemental?fundamental?and
ho was unwilling to abandon
the Senato's position. Wade
1 thought the matter too grave to entrust
to a com mittee at this stage of the session,
and preferrjd beginning the matter
again. Alluding to Fessenden,
Wade said Fe6sendeu's course?being
silent here, then going to the House to
try to defea*. the hill?might be honor*
:?l>lo, hut Wade did not think it. '
The diecussion proceeded at great
length, hut was mostly of a personal
character. Owing to the utter want of
harmony, the Senate finally insisted on
its amendment and refused a committee,
without division.
Our Proposed Status.
The hilt which now awaits .the actios of
the President, is a Compound of the aevera)
! propositions which have briefly keen made
| familiar to our raaders through telegram*. The
HfsL section divides the Southern
i States into military districts, Virginia cou-,
| diluting the first district, North and 8?uth'
! Carolina the second district, Georgia, Ala!
banin, ami Florida the third district, Missis-sippi
and Arkansas the fourth district, and
; Louisiana and Toxus the fifth district. The
. second section makes it the duty of tho ,
President to appoint an officer of the army
{ to the corpmanrt of these districts, By the
third reciion, the. military ofiiocrs are au?
thorized to punish, or cause to he punished,
l all disturbers of the public peace and crlmi
inals ; and to this end they may allow local
and civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of,
and trv offenders, or when. In their judg*
I ment. It may be tiec-saary for the trial of
offenders, they shall have power to organize
military commissions or tribunals .Toe that
purpose; and all-interference .under
color of -fitato authority with the exercise
of military authority under this act, sbpll .
be-null and void'. By the fourth section, it
is provided that all persons under military
1 arrest shall-be tried.-without unnecessary-J
.1? L i- i . - *
uri.iT, nuu k??on iiiip ueciaren mil untie
\citlzcns of th<ii now unrepresented SUtw,
twenty-one years old and upward, of what- * "
i ever race, colpr, or prevlmm condition, shall
' be entidi'd to vote; and after proVhliog
' other details with reference to the framing t
{ of a constitution, ohisesdy announcing that '
j when any one of the " rebel " States shall, !
by a vote of its Legislature elected under
said constitution, Adopt the rimendment to
, the Constitution of the United States proposed*
By the Thirty-ninth Congress, and
known ae article 14 r and when said article "*
shaR l>ave become a part of the Constitution
| of the United State* said State shall be
j elared CntUlvd to representation in Ongiwas.
aud. Senatort ifl Representatives .
hall be admitted, therefrom on tholr taking
| the oath prescribed by law, and then ana
thereafter.* the preceding section! vfthfc
act shall be inoperative in said State. * At
<S' ' J'' V ' {OorofHritj, %Qk. y
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ATI A*TA, Fetirnary W, ?x-Oor.
Brown-Publishes in the rffdrttlrtg '
paper* a throe oOlurflo^ett#, rsviewing thai \
situation sad' failing the people of Georgia
to aeeapt the teipns imposed by the bUl
raeantl;parte-fby Congress. '.*>, /'*'
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