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* ' ^ jit'" **"? " ?i* L' '^v" j -J-JULl ?" L^_ VOLUME XIV. Ml-'- ' .*?! % -'. \_ O. F . TOWNEa, EDITOR. J. c. SAltrST, Pre'r, and Associate Sdlttf Nettie's With. ><*r5u : " I wish x ?wt? fairy, And bad ? magic i^and: Td make yon all so happy 1" Bald little Nettie Bond. ' 'Td change thta cot ao humble Into ft palace fair, -And SU tta walla ao lofty With treaanrea rich and rare. ** Papa ebonld leave hie work-shop j Mamma should lire at eaae ; And Ben should go to college, the darling roguish teaae! We'd have-euoh heaps of rtlrer, WUh gold In plenty, tool 0, wo?M we not he merry, < With no more work to do !" " My dear, the beet ?f fab-lee My little girl may be. And she can bring na dally " * Rl-h gilts moat fair to see? Kind tonka, and smitea so loving, And duties promptly done; O, these would make onr home-nest Ae cheerful as the aun. " Better than kingly palace, "Bettor than gold, my love, These precious plants ol kindness, Which take their root ?bovo ; They'd lighten father's laber, And soften mother's oaro ; And, twining round our heart-strings, They'd Uvom In beauty rare." "1 thatfk -yon, dearest mother; IH try your magic wand, ' And he a redl home-fairy,'* Said little Nettle Bond. "And tf we can't have riches, < We'll have what'a better far? HctHl full or low ?nd oubonino, "ilj pet!" chimed in manrma. , Important Order The "following Order from General Can by vm promulgated on the Slet: 1. Paragraph II of General Order X?i 10, from the headquarters of the 8eeon< Military District. dated April U, 18C7, i tnodifjed ae follower. Judgment* or decree* for the payment r money on causes of action arising in Nortl Carolina between the 20th of May, 1881 and the -20th day of April, 1888, and ii fionfh Carolina between tire I'fHh day c December, 1800, and the2tlh day of April M66, ahall not he enforced, try ex< cutior against the perron or property of the d< Cendant. Proceedings for such cruses t action now pending aball be stayed, an no eoit or proceaa ahall be Instituted c oommeneed on auoh causes of action unt after llie civil government of the respeetlv States shall be e?tahli*hed in accordant arlth the laws of the United State*. Paragraph HI of the utme Order ia mod fled as followa: Bberlff*, coronera and ennat ablea at hereby directed to auepend the aale of a property upon execution, or protect nnd< . say judgment or decree of a court of tli o-oalled Confederate States, or of tii State of North Carolina, rendered hatwee the 28th day of May, 1861, and the organ cation of the provisional government < mid State, under tlia President's proclaim lion of tba 28th day of April, 1866, or < the State of South Carolina, rendered h< tween the 16th day of December, 18(5' and the organisation of the provision! government of the raid State, under tti * President's proclamation of the 80th day < June. 1866, nnleaa the written consent < the defendant he enured of record, ar exeept in cases where the plaintiff or h attorney, upon oath, supported by eorro arative testimony, shall allege that the d fertile nt ie dlepeeing of. removing, or a bo to r?mof?, hie properly hojond the jurl diction of the courl, with Intent to defrat bla creditor-*: Pro*iJ*d, Tliat no auoh jud Client, to rendered, within the perioda afoi 1 eaid, ehatl be bar to the eommeneeniet in t State eourh of a new auit npon tl erne eaute of nation in any oaae in whie by law. the defendant may remove or a peal the aame to a court of the Unit ftUUa. Tha aala of real or personal property, 1 ' forecloeore of mortgage, la likewlae at pendod In tha eaaca embraced in pni ' *> graph# II and 111 of aatd Order No. 10 berve amended, eipept \n eaaea where I tereet money accruing eubaeqnanl to t Mth of April, 18fi5, akall not have be paid befpre tha day of aa|e, and all pi ?- ylona peep^ot'.ooe on yaoh aaloa are revoke paragraph IV of the aame Order la mr T ? iflpd by antwtilpUng ?b? 29th day of Api ? m*. for the 19th day of May, 1?6S. Paragraph V of tha aatna Order la mo. ft#4 ay foltqwa: A|l prpeeedlnga for the recovery of men on poptraot*. whether under aeal or by j rob tha yonaideraiioii of whieli was t parahaae of alavee, made aubaequant to t 4 let day of January, Igas, are responded, jodgenenly or <feoreee entered tor an eanaea of aelton ahall not bqanforeed. Paragraph VII of the asm# Order ia m< i?f ified aa follow*; In all aalea of property nnder e*eeuti. or by order ot any court, there ahall be nerved out ef the. property of eay defn M, who haa e famWy dependent npon - > ' s ' V' " A. 11EKL1 ?v*,. W/J'T .* 'tv^ v" or Ii?r labor, a dwelling boose 'and appor tcnancee,* and (If in the country) twenty j iMhi of land, or so much thereof that tiie . whole thai! not exceed in value the aurt) of 12,006 J and, la a todro bf eitj, the imHietliate lot upon which such dwelling houae W situated ; and necessary articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence and implements of husbandry, trade or other employment^ to the value of X>00^ The homestead ex* eruption shall Inure only to the benefit of f-rmiliea, In oilier cawi, the exemption k.tl ?U.S u .l,.lkl>. ...I ! 1? ments of trade or employment usually followed hy the defendant, of the value of $200. The exempt lona liareby made shelf not-be waived or defeated tLy the act of any defendant who hat a family dependent upon him or her for snpport, and the exempted property ahall he ascertained and defined hy the sheriff or other officer en forcing the execution, who ahall eall to hts aid two Impartial citixena, to make the neeo?sary approvement, and shall make report thoreof to the court. Paragraph X is hereby modified so as to authorise arrest in ciril actions cz contractu only in esses where tho demand is past due> and the defendant has boan guilty of a fraud ka contracting the debt sued for, or has removed or disposed of his property, or is about to do so, with iutcnt to defraud his creditors ?r is about to Icava the State with such intent. Paragraph XVI is amended hy adding thereto : . All proceedings in any court of North Car. olina, or ef South Carolina, recognising or sanctioning the investment of the funds of minor heirs, or of females, or of insano persons, in the securities of the lato rebel Government, or the securities of the States of North Carolina or 8outh Carolina, created for the purpose of carrying on war against the Uorornment of the United States, will be suspended until the question of the validity of such investments shall have been determined ? by the eourts of the United States, or by national legislation. And nothing in ihe provisions of this order, or of the Order No. 10 above " cited, shall be bcid to bar or biuder the recov* cry, by suit, of tho estate of any minor beir'^ >. female or inssne person, (cestui que trust,. '1 whether in the bends of executors, adminis s trators, trustees, guardians, masters or clerks of equity courts, and other fiduciary agents, f or invested by tbein in their fiduciary charaotcr. I( II. General Orders No. 2ft, of May 20, 1507f is rewoked : end on and after tho first dnv ol j -January, 1808, the distillation of splritou* | liquor* in thi* Military District, will b? suW' ject to such restriction* only as are imposed ' by tbe law* of tbe United Btatos, and of tbe *' State* of North and South Carolina, rospcct' >( ieely. ^ III. Paragraph* VI and VII of General Or'r ders No. 82, dated May .10, 1867, are revoked ^ ard tbe power to grant lieenoea for the sale of ' rpirituou* or intoxicating liquor* is remitted > to the proper local authorities, to take effect on and after the first day of January, 1868, i and te be subject to the following eondition* : 1 The municipal authorities in granting ^ the license, shall be answerable that the ij paitie* to whom such licens.* are granted, r together with their sureties, sha'.l he respon1# sihle persons, and of good moral standing ie in the community, and that both principal n and sureties shall be atile to qualify Indi I. viduaily in donblj the amount of the bond required, and that the bond shall be a Hen upon the personal property of both prlrcl9f pal and sureties, and upon proof of default g_ shall warrant tho summary seisure and sale 0, of so much of the property of either or both, i) as may he necessary to satisfy tha forfeiture i( or Ane and coat*. Df t. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on ?f the premises, ahull work the forfrtlurs ol ,d the license and of the penalty of the bond. jt 8. The owner and keeper of any har toom, sa*oon or other place at which intox icsting liquors are sold, and ail other per ut sons Interested or eonneeted therewith, shall he regarded aa principal* in any action o! damages growing out of any assault, Hot .-.(Tray or other disorder occurring on the premises, or directly traceable thereto. >f, 4. All bar rooms, saloons or oilier placei he at * liicli intoxicating liquors ere sold, shall h, be closed on the day or days of any general p* or local e!eeiion, and for the twelve houn ed next preceding the opening and next sue needing the closing of the polls at suet by election; and the sheriffs of Counties an<! i(. Distrlc's, and the chief of puliee of cltici a. and towns, shall have power to direct th' as closing of bar rooms and other places foi |n. the sale of intoxicating liquors, whenever i be may be necessary in their judgment to pre en serve order and quiet, re 6. T'?e proceed* of all licensee, forfeiture d. gnd fines, under the local regulations, 01 d- under the provisions ol military orders, wil be devoted to the support of the poor, anr as soon as realised, will be turned over U ibe eommierioiipni or overeeer# of the poo ol the District, County, elty or town, ii ey whieh they accrued, and the commissioner >a- or overseers wil), at the end of each month he report to the 1'rovoet tlarshal-Qenera he of the Dietrlot, tlia amount received b; ~ them during the month, epeoifying th ich names of tho parties from whom it was re eeived. ?d- 6. The penalties imposed hy this ordet or by any local police regulations, may b on. enforced in any alvll or military court, an< re- i|{K>s con vie1 ion, the eourt may award t ,d- the informer, a sum not exceeding fifty pe his sent, of tho forfeiture or floe.' And it i \ BHHHK' V;' ' * tlifl # sx ojet p?c GHEENV1LLE. SOUTH ' i ' mad* the duly of all sheriff*, constable*, and coroner* of Counties and DiMriett, and tH* police of elite* and town*, to be ttgilant In the enforcement of the po Hoe regulation*, and lh* provisions of tbls order in relation to the aal* of lutoxleating liquor. The provisions of this paragraph will be held to apply to such Iioensesgranted under General Orders No. S3, to lun-keepera, a* remain unexpired after the 1st of January, 1,1868. IV. To promote the speedy trial of prls oners confined for minor oftencss, and dt. ralnish iLe coat of their maintenance, al 1 committing magistrates will, on the 16th and laat dnya of each month, report to the judge of their County or District Court, all commitments made hy them during the preceding half month, specifying the dale o' commitments, the names of tho prisoner*, and the offences for which they were committed, to the end that '.lie judges niny, whene ver in their opinion the number of prisoners or Other considerations of public Interest call for it, hold special terms of thoir courts, for the purpose of disposing of such cases. The additions! expense of holding such special term*, will he a charge upon the State Treasury, and the accounts therefor will b? audited and paid as accounts of a similar character are now audited and paid, nnd If the^s>lnriia now paid the judges should be inadequate, in view of the additional labor performed by them, a icasonable addition, upon proper representations through the Governor of the State, will be allowed. V. The pil otagc regulations now existing in the States of North snd South Carolina, ere so far modified, that on and after the first day of March, 1868, all passenger steam vessels, regulated hy the laws of.tiie United States, and carrying a pilot commissioned by the United States Commissioners, shall bs exempt from the compulsory payment of pilotage. VI. So much of the Act of the Genera' Assembly of the State of North Carolinaentitled " An Act to rabe monies," ratified on the 2flih day of February, 18(17, as makes it "the duty of all persona nnd corporations to list and pay the (poll) lax of such persons liable ti the same, as are in their employment, on the 1st day of April of each year, as laborers," is rescinded, and hcreafU-r all individual taxes will be assessed direetly upon and collected directly from the individuals from whom they are i due; provided, that ths provisions of this order shall not apply to the taxes levied for the current year, except that double poll tax shall not ba enforced, if the original-tax ue pnm on or before tlie 1st day or March, ISM. Earthquakes. During the last three months of the year iu*t closed, there hat heen a coincident occurrence of earthquake*, hurricanes and volcanic eruption*, which have led many minds to the conclusion, more especially at the same coincidence has heen observed bes fore, that they are effects of one general eau?o. Among tho enriont theories of the cause of enrthquakos is one l?y a French gentleman, M. Alexis I'erry, who has for many years made this a special study, and prepared voluminous tables of such earthquakes as have taken place. lie cornea to the conclusion that tlioy are periodical, and that there is a relation between the frequency of earthquakes snd Ilia rotation of the in?on. lie inaieU thai this relation is one of cause and effect; the moon, he argues, " attracts the eentral nucleus of the globe; the nucleut la thusdra vn towards the moon, r and presses against the inside of the outer crust of I lie earth. This crust does not yield readily to the pressure ; sometimes it gives way and breaks, or, in other words, an earthquake occurs. Regard being had to the earth's orbital motion, earthquakes are more frequent at the winter solstice than at the summer." However numerous and di ' verse the explanations of the efficient cause of these shock*, it is known that various agents are at work in the interior of the 1 earth, producing chemical changes which 1 act with great violence, ejecting from vol ' canoes, rocks of vast magnitude, and devoU 1 oping a power even beneath the bed of the " oeean, that communicates a shock to vessel* 1 passing over the snrfaoe. One spot in the ' Atlantic Ocean is spoken of, near the eqna> tor, and about midway between Guinea and 1 Brazil, where earthquake shocks are almost r always felt by vessels, passing over, and the I .f ?1.1.1. ... r.?.a >. ?n..i to sudden and extreme variations. Indeed there is no region cf the earth in which * considerable earthquake* have not been r recorded, unless it lie in Guinea and SouthI crn Afiica ; and it Is thought that probably ) not a day perse* without the occurrence > aornewhere of a aeuaible dirttu banca of thie r kind. * The Baltimore Hun call* attention to the * fact that the earthquake which virited ' a?me part* of tha North at an early hour on ' the morning of Beeetnber 18, ia raid to have i been flrat felt at Belleville, in Western Can* ada, at 2.40 m.; at Montreal, where the "* shock waa quite strong, about 8 a m., and at Albany, New York, where the laat per >, eeptihle tremor was felt, at 8.16 a. m. The o vIbtatious lasted generally from thirty sea d ondafri two minuter, though at Perth, in o Canada, two severe shocks wers felt, exr tending through nearly five minutes. In ,s ome places, heavy buildings were shaken ? - . I H I H Ittn j ^9 j t | H 11 j HI 1 Hu I / j IB {I Dn?xjLA-H CAROLINA.. JANUARY 8. to their foundation*, but no serious damage resulted at any point It (a reported tlmt the courre o( tlie vibrations, though not In a direct line, aeemrd to extend fiom the North-west to the Honth-wcet. There hocks in the West Indies and the United Slates are simultaneous witli the usual activity of the volcanic fires in Mount Yean* vim. in I BOS and 1859, the Mine concur, rcnoc of volcanic eruption*, hurricanes and earthquake* was observed, extending to the continent The most important earthquake that ever occurred in this country was that ef New Madrid, Missouri, below St. Louis, on the Mississippi, in 1811. The quaking of the ground continued without iutermlssion for several months, and over an extent of territory 300 miles in length, the earth rose and fell like the waves of the sea, leaving behind it chasms which have given to that locality the name ol the " sunk country." A phenomenon witnessed ono evening by the inhabitants of New Madrid, about this time, was a continued g'ars of .lightning and inoessant roars of thunder from a cloudless sky, and which appeared to proceed from below the horizon. There are reoorJs of nearly 6,000 earthquakes in different paitsof the globe?some of them involving an appalling loss of human life, and affording Impressive Illustrations of the immense powsr of the explosive material* which seem to be in such a const sr. t state of unrest beneath the crust of our planet. [rh<enix. Good News from Alabama ! The Montgomery Loyal Leaguer* Proteet a go in at the Hmlical Contttmtion ? The Leagxiere Breaking up oIt orer the State?The Black opening their tyee and Joining the Coneerratir*.,. The Montgomery Advertisor of Thursday last contains the preamble and resolutions adopted hy the Montgomery Council of the Union I.oyal League, denouncing the new Constitution and culling on tho colored leaguers to aid in defeating it. It declares thnt the delogutcs to tho Convention wont far beyond the province of their duties and instructions, and framed a Constitution disfranchising and proscribing a largo portion of the most intelligent and law-abiding citizens of Alabama, and characterized in every feature by a fiendish motive of revenge and hatred.? They resolve, First. That in the opinion of this Council the said Constitution is an infamous fraud upon the rights of tho people of this State, and will, if ratified, inovitnb'y result in the debasement of tho white race and destruction of tho black. Socond. That we cannot, consistently with our obligations as members of tho Uuiou Loyal League of America, give aid or support, in any manner whatever, to this nefarious scheme to destroy at one fell swoop the peace, happiucss and prosperity for all tiina.tpcome of tho wbolo people of tho State of Alabama. Third. That we, as Union Republicans and as memliers of the Montgomery Council of the League ot America, cull on all latt-abidiug and Union-loving colored men of Alabama to unite with ns in our efforts to defeat the adoption of ttiis Constitution, which embodies principles dangerous to constitutional liberty, promotive of eivtl war between the two races, and destructive of all the end* of good gov. I eminent. Fourth. That wo dcnounco ns+?ontcmptiblo an effort on the part of a few of tho members of this Council, who are moro political adventurer*, to break op tho same because they have failed to rnako it subservient to their vile | political scheme*. The above resolution* are pot for'h by authority of the Lcagno a* a truo copy of the minutes of the Council and stgnod by its Secretary. Serious division* in the Radical rank* are taking place in other sections of the State.? The Advertiser of to-morrow will contain a statement substantially, and from the authority of citiiens of Autauga county, that Loyal Leagues hare boon irreconcilably split.? Cuuso: the objectionable features of the Constitution framed by the Convention, and tho caucus of members of tho Convention, who nominated for State officers all whites, and nearly all tnotnbor* of tho Convention, loaving the blacks out in the cold. At tho eounty site of Kingston but two Loyal Leaguers are left, both white men. So far a* hoard from, a split of the Leagues has also taken place in liullock, Piko and Harbour counties, from the same causes. Tho Conservative* aro organising clubs throughout tho State to defeat the Constitution at the coining election, nnd certain sections are recoiving large accessions of tho colorod element. In Prattville, Autauga county, on Saturday ovor fllty colored men joined the Conservative Club, uniting with the whites in denouncing the Constitution. A call has been signed by tho colored mon for the formation of a colored Conservative club here. It declares it* ohjoct shall be: r irst. i no cultivation oj a ?|nrn or mutual confidence ami good feeling between the two race* in tho South, without which there can be neither peace nor prosperity nor repose to either. Second. To support, in the approaching election, the policy of our own tried people, neighbors and friends, whose capital furnishes us employment and whose roofs shelter us, in preference to that inaugurated by strangers and their allies. Third. To diseouraga by all moans in our power that war of raoes, which evil counsel* and ignorance seem to be hastooing, and which onoe inaugurated will result in our sudden and speedy destruction. [ TalUk'tutt* yioridian. tr 80,000,000 of people eroised tlie New York hsirics hussar.. k J > B'V'jENTS t86a L??J ! 1. - I- - J J The Burning of Colombia. A correspondent if tho Ijouiarille Courier furnishes, in the following extract, aotne official evidence of tha spirit which animated the anthnrltiee at Washington, aa well aa the commander of tha artny, at tbe time of Qeneral 8berman'a campaign through Qeorg a and the Caroiinaa i I hare lately boat) rending Bborman'a report to the "Joint Committee on tho conduct of tbe war," and am atruek with the total absence of all deipatchea in regard to Columbia' 8. C. Up to the 13th ol February, 1805, hla daily ordera, Ac., to hia subordinate* are ?l?. en verbatim, bat when he gets to that date ml' ore left out, with the exception of two seem* ttiyfy unimportant one*, until he reaches Winnsboro, on the 2l?t of Febrnarjr. No mention?not a line?not a word hardly?la tnado of Columbia's being burnt. No mention of the place for a day or two before he takos 't?nothing afterward. Strange 1 Hut maybe it was best left ont. His last order of any importance, before taking Columbia, is, " in tho field, twonty-ono miles from Columbia, February 13, 1804"-?then coinos tho two soemingty unimportant ones of the 10th, one of wbiob I will copy directly, and then a clean jump tnado to tbo 21st, at Winnsboro, S. U., beyond Columbia. On page 287 of tbisjwork, (" Conduct of tbo War?Supplement-?Part I,") will bo found these words, concluding a despatch from llalie^k to Sherman, and dated at Washington, December 18, 1861, and addressed to " Major-General W. T. Sherman," written when Sherman's plans woro decided : " Should you capturo Charleston, 1 hope that by some accident the place may be destroyed; and If a little salt be sown upon its site, It may prevent the growth of future crops ot nullification and secession." Now boar Sherman's reply, (copied from page 201,) dated " In the field, Savannah, Dee. 21, 1864," which, taken in conjunction with this unimportant order of the 18tli of February, 1864, will explain who burnt Columbia, and wbo allowed it, if lie did not order it.? Listen all ye who " hanker arter crow " I will bear in mind your bint as to Charleston, and don't think salt will be necessary. When I raovo, the Fijleenth Corp* will bo on the right of the right wing, and their position will bring them uaturally into Charleston first ; and if you have watched tho history of that corps, you will have remarked that they gcncrully do their work up pretty wall. The truth is, tho whole army is Intro tag with an insatiablo desire to wreak vens gcatu-e upon South Carolina. I almost tremble at her fate, but feel site deserves all that seems in storo for her. I look upon Columbia as quite as bad as Charleston." Now for tbo littlo despatch of the 16th of February, tho night before Columbia was plundered, pillaged and burned. It is addressed to General Howard, (tbo Christian soldi or (7) to whom an insulted Georgia woman of his own name said, upon his claiming relationship with her : "No kin! I thank God, ' (lie blood uf all the Howards' is not in my veins" :) *" Dear Oeneral : I seo the bridge ovor Hroad burning. It is very important that you effect a crossing to-night. If necessary, get over tho Saluda tho bulk of the (look out ' crow eaters') Fifteenth Corps, then take up onougb pontoons to finish one Across the Broad." The Fifteenth Corps was the first to enter tho city, anil went by Sherman's order and burned tho city, cither by his order or bis want of order. . ? - -?*> - ? ? HKAiwjuARiKns or th* Afcfciv, Awx-Tast, ORxkkai.'s Osncie. Washington, December 28, 18(17.? Omrral Order* Aro. 104.?By direction of the President of the United States, the following orders are made. First Hrevet M*j. Oen. E. O. C. Ord will turn over the command of the 4th Military Dstrict. to Brevet Mej. Oen. A. C. Gillem, and proceed to Sen Francisco, California, to take command of the Department of Cali foriiin. Second, On being relieved liy Brevet M?j. Oen. Ord, Brevet Mnj. Oen. Irvin McDowell will proceed to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and reliove Oen. Oillem, in coin" maud of the4th Military Division. Third' Brevet Mnj, Gen John l'ope is hereby relieved of the command of the 8d Military District, and will report, without delay, at the Headquarters of the Army, for further order??turning over Ids command to the next senior officer, until the .arrival of his succ-ssor. Fourth. MaJ. Oen. George O. Meade is assigned to liie command of the 3d Military District, and will assume it without delay. The Department of the East will he commanded hy the senior of ficer now on duty in it, uutil a commander | is named by tho President. Fifth. Offio-r* assigned in Ihe foregoing orders to the command of Military Districts will exercise therein any and all powers conferred by Acts of Congress upon District Comma riders, and also any and all powers pertaining to Military Department Commanders. Sixth. Brevet Msj. (len. Mager Hwnj'ne, Colonel of the 4'ith United States Infantryris hereby relieved from duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freednien and Abandoned Lund*, and will proceed to Nashville, Tetineato-, and assume command of his regiment. By eommand of (jen. Grant. E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. Cuar.i KHToN, Deeemhcr 31. Gen. Canby has issued an order suspend ing executions and staying proceeding* in all eases arising during the war, suspending ^falea under foreclosuie, and providing f?i a homestead exemption. Gen. Sickles' order, prohibiting the distillation of liquors and granting of licenses to bar rooms, in revoked, and lbs proceeds of such licenses ara to ba used for tbe support of the poor. i |i. ' ' i| NO. 33. Mastiff, December 28. I Dlrtr'ct Attorney I* V. B. Martin m?t I Judge Busteed, of the United States District I Court, this morning, in front of the Coetona I House, and said: "Judge, will yoa allow I that indietment against mo to take lk I course T" Busteed replied : " Sir, the law I must take its course." Martin then drew 4 I revolver and fired three shota, Bustee'. I fell, with a ball below the breast bone aa<W Another in hie right leg. Martin bad been indicted by the United States Grand Jury for revenue fraud* and extortion. He in now in jail. Judge Bnsteed'e wounds are not considered mortal. New Oklkanb, December 48. The following wnl adopted by the Convention a* the eeeond article of the Constitution, after two day's diseneeion: All persons, without regard to raee, color or previous condition, born or naturalised rn the United States, residents of this State one year, arc citizen* of the State ; they ehall enjoy the same civil, political and pwblie rights and privileges, and be eobjnet to thesame palna and penalties The Cbnveattasi. adjourned until Monday. To-day wee the twenty sixth day of the session of the Cbwvent ion, and they have progressed as far m the second artioi* of the Constitution. Haiti Ami, with htl nine lira*- of > east, with an ambition that dofles spv sew inoaa comes to the front, on the world's-slaps, the other day bo was the lonely, exile, tide from his " watch-tower of St. Thomas" sea reported to look upon all things tui m stria ll with the eye o( a inau sick of tin world. At little later bo was found plottiagr to pot hha>. self at the head of Mcxieo; a<!HM* later yvit a prisoner, then a convicted State orlmiirale?finally reported shot and buried. Coming *ylife, he again resumes his rota-of ex He, smdl now is proclaimed Dictator- of Yneetair.-? What coils upon eoils of intrigue/, what bribing* and hullyings and beseeching**. have aaatricated him from his perils and' s4arte<f tidem afresh, no one but himself known. Wonder (iff the one-legged hero is orer annoyed by^ ttsen spirits of tbo unfortunate Texan*/ nrasdawuti by his direction at the Alamo. DiSci'SstKO the recent removatA, the Stow York Triliune says: "The Pltsiidrnt cessfully plays the game of political' chess?. The President removes every mso who flavors reconstruction under any otllei* pi torn than his own. The game goes on?HAWPresident winking all the time? nor do< waled to see that the power which strengthen* him, i* that of Gen. Grant- Titers is no us* of conciliating or avoiding fhiir fact?Gwna Grant is au instrument of Mr. JV>hnson>"ai will." Charles II. Carman, fireman on ft lotftt*motivo on th# New York and Erie Ro?rt\. waft accidentally knocked uft hi? ertgiu<r? la?t week, while flying at lightning apeedt. 1I? shot through the open timber* of as bridge, (ell thirty fret, broke through tfr? ice, scrambled out, to<>k ft diagnosis of hhnfrself, and found only ft scratch orr his BeeHc and his watch stopped. Oca Mechanic*.?There is an absurd notion prevalent now a days, that mechanical pursuits are less " respnctable " than pro fessiona. The lirighteat names which notr adorn the annals of all countries a re of the best mechanic*, who have blessed mankind with the productions of their genius, All that is beautiful and grand is the resotl of improvement in mechanics. Ths pendtt)um, the main-spring, the barometer, thermometer, printing preS*, steam engine, sewing machine, telescope?all, all a fa the result of mechanic arts. Uearri.Incurvation.- An excellent hotiickeeper was ovei heard lamenting that ft crack had been made in hor cooking store. For the benefit of all such, we publish the following ready mode of mending cracks ft# stoves and iron ovens, as practiced in Get* many: " When a crack is Jiseovered in a atofff* through which the fire or smoke penetrates* the aperture may be completely elOMed hi ? moment, with a composition Consisting of wood ashes and common salt, mads tip hr ft paste with a bttle water,- and plastered otev the Crack. The good effect la erj italic eer-tain whether the atcve be hot or 0>h!. ' Tint curt of the Paraguayan w*T i* announced?the Paraguayans, Completely e?haustod, having asked for *?r*pensloW of" hontili*lee. After a eonterf Af fWA ft*** and a half, which ha* freqitrefcfly tety bloody, this war r* hsrppily at tin ami, with the restoration of peaee, of #twfc there ia so fair a prosper*, It i* stated rhett the free navigation of all ll.C HrsrWiiVW waters is to he open to the world. Gas. Csaav Anorr to A?of,?si* t#* fUra Wrtt Paoca**.?-It is understood fhat Gen. I Canity will issno shortly aW order modifying | Gen. Sickles' famous, order, No.- TO, and detlitilely setting aside the bail Writ process, which, Under the InW* of 9?Wth fan.haw, a creditor has had the power to arrest and held to ball hi* debtor within the Ptwte, hy making affidavit that ssid debtor Was ahoat to- leave tho State.? Churl<?f?.n A'rtrs. A ncaar. journal has a letter describing Dickens' readings, in which this remarkable comparison occur*: " Mr. Dickons lias a heavy gray moustnebn ' and gonteo, tbo latter spreading out like n 1 broom, which, when ho speaks, has that rapid 1 motion peculiar to a he-goat when oiLUie^ j gtrew."