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r v * 9- r% ^ t - -1 V - * K|l. # I j* I|^r^^=|'nt?tl)frn (?ntrr^risr. t?.m?ffi.u.-n.a... .;. :- 1 - >-? GRERNVILtE, S. C. * ' 1 . r - . WEDNESDAY, JA2TUART 90, I960. Th? Contention Epooch of A. J. WbtpporTha great matter of interest Is the Convention in Charleston and its proceedings.? Whilst wo cannot recognise the constitutional- i ity or jastico of Die Reconstruction Laws, yet, i tor weal or woe, they are upon ns. Whilst there is necessarily a lack of confidence in tho ; entire affair, so far as its legitimacy and right- , fulness of power in concernod, yet, it roust he admitted, that many of the niomhcre of the ( t'.mrention, of hotli races, have, so far, exbl I itvd a spirit of liberality, humanity and jwstiow to tbe wretched pooplo ift thU State, wbioh surpasses in magnanimity and wisdom, according to oui humble conceptions, ony ' thing that was exhibited by tbe majority of 1 the last legislative of thia Ptate.'who, to their ctsrnol reproach, wilfVtlly and deliberately < contlnuod In foreo, the law of inipriaonmcnt I for debt, the law* robbing ma'ried women of i their projierty to pay I ho dobta oi the hus> and, tho law* authorising creditors to roll every port of land a debtor possessed, nnd to I t-im his wifb and children into the public j roada or swnmps, tho laws which would well I the rory bonca of a debtor's father and mothef? wife and children, to Fatisfy a remorseless creditor, T.Tui who did all thev coufd to sharpen and expedite the tools and machinery of the 11* for hurrying on tbo oonsumation of pauperising the people generally of this State, Wo ore justified in these -assertions by the proceedings of the Convention so far, and wo are inclined to think that tho liberal policy will succeed, judging from the spirit nnd ability displayed by its advocates. There will be i a liberal homestead law and a larger exemp. i flon of personal property front execution provided for. Imprisonment for debt will be sbolished, and debts contracted for slaves ah. rotated, a; they deserve to bo, nnd as, in our opinion, the law itself and sound reason and jwetlce requires, but tho prejudice* of somo of PUT judges may require tlio aid of the Convention to prevont them from making people pay Money for a negro when the laws of the Vnitod States and of this State has set him tree, ar d mado the holding of hiih a crime, severely punishable. Tho proposition to com. pel payment for slavo property, is a proposition to compel people to pay for that which the law of the land constitutional, legislative, civil and military, declares to bo be a crime.? Pitch a proposition has novcr heretofore been enforced in the bitlnrj of jurisprudence, ?raiing civilised nations?enforcing n contract lor a cnu*id*ration inn do illegal nnd criminal > v public law; and if this Convention declare* that debts for slaves shall not be enforced under tho lows and Constitution of this State' it will uuly do what the Supremo Court of Louisiana bus already dono, and what tliB Conventions of otlior Stntes have dono liko? :*e. Thoy will have precedents both of Courts and Conventions, as well as justico and expediency, to sustain such action. As evincive of tho spirit actuating:, thus f?rj Ihe majority of tho members of the Convention, we give below the speech of W. J. Wnrrl'SB, colored, who is said to lie and evidently Is, a very intelligent man, and a good speaker. he speech is a reply to a certain member, T. J. J'.oUKRTsojt, wliifo, and others, who hud shown a disposition to stir lip revengeful feelings towaids the white population of tho State, in their arguments against a resolution which had been introduced, requesting (Jon. Caxby to suspend the enforcement of executions, Ac., for three months. Tho whole matter of rolio' measures was, moro or less, inciduutiiy in volvod in the discussion, and several took pmt' Wo rogret that wo have not room for a full presentation of the debate. B. 0. Dvxcar? white, of Newberry, mndo likewise a very aenstblo anil pointed speech on the same side W. J. Wbipper hoped the matter would be discussed frankly and fairlr, a'l the fants elicited that could he produced and the resolution pa?sed. Ho was scrty to see ! anything like crimination at>d reerimiua ! tlon among the members. It ha l been j very ingeniously stamped ns nstuy liw. It i- not a stay law, hit "imply n resolution - , a*l^pg the Commanding Central to stay l?in executions for a given time. It is ' Yo afford relief to certain purl it s I lint must ' necessarily be distressed by these rxecu ?*1i??ns. Right h' re, he wished to reply to the n<emb< r front Charleston, (Rev. F. L Cordvza,) who said iiire-tenths of the debt* were contracted for slaves, and tlint the parties having purchased that kind of property, knowing ita precarious tenure, they should suffer. ITe di I not know but this might lie the true Ci.rl>'*i?n freling. hut it did not comport with ITU idea of Clnisli. anity. although he hud Dot put oD t? J>rofe? I slonal garb. F. L. Cardozn asked whether tha speaker ! thought it comported with the dignify of the c'ericai garb to regard the Seller of ho. ' man flesh. W. J. Whippcr said he was not prcparrd to say just how much dignity attaches to the clerical garb. It did comport with bis own idea of Christianity to forgive a innn whentrer he believed that man was repentant. Willi regard fo these debts being for slave nronertv that was one of the stromrest reasona wliy they should endeavor to suspend, at leaet for the present, thee-* execution!. F<>r it is not the parties who d?*'l in human flesh who brought, slaves to this country, and wh"?e province it was to seij to the man who cultivated the land, who is to suffer, if they have not succeeded in obtaining their money, I am not rie*irons to assist them in getting it. Hut he was nnx ions that the innoecnt shonid not suffer and the helpless children turned ont of doors mid thrown npon the charities of the world. Tha Convention has alraidy before it an ordinance setting aside a't debts where tha oonaidcration was for slaves, and ? hen that meast r i coroaa up they would be prepar? d to eay whether it shall para; but until that question was decided, they might surely isalc that judgment a for slave property should . ttsu. iu..s*?<jk.tj|ty . 'J '-!J_ .'.... U. JJ 1J_JL_i...1 ..IIP ' T H ? 8 i slaves to go on tilling and enforcing their I exnculiona before the 4ih ol February?? Why not let th?m nil wait nt.tH thr* knew just exnelly what position the Contention will t??ke with regard to that elata of debts f Why allow hundreds of people t,o be thrown r?ut of doom who had no nmre I# do w'lh I lift buying and telling for which tlir drbts were Inouriod than .the gentleman fiom Ohnileston ? Many wiver, daughters, and joine who linvo been brought into existence eince, have to suffer alike with the man ^h? purchased slaves years ago. I>oen this Idea of distressing Innocent ohlldren horn ilrtce the debt has created, of distressing women who hnd nothing to do with the matter of compelling them to pay those lebts, cnm|w>ri with the cenllcmait'* idea of el'-ricnl dignity t Who U it t" be paid tof It ia to he paid to the men who traded all Ills Hfs In sl.w. -i? ?j- .i.-? --- - ... 1'it'^ii), wu?? iimue 111 fir J money by It, nnd who secured tU<> passage c,f thatodious fwghlve eleven* which en aided tliem to go N^j-th, hunt down freomm, nnd hiirig tVit m to South Carolina end sell IIii-ib. It it these men who ere lo be ben.Died Viy the rcdbvery of d<d>tr> whrit the consideration whs for slave property. The opponents of the resolution had eleo 1 Inliorcd hard and zealously by an appenl to the persione of the | om man, to fhow that this in en sure was ngninst hit interest, nnd ihnt if adopted It would be agnimt him.? lit could not reo bow or in what way tlie poor of Pontli Carolina, white or hlncV, were to be benefited by the sale of large landed estates at this lime. At a tima when, perhaps, there Is not one man out of ten, who has the ?n? nns of livinir comfort a. hly, wlil'a* there are hundred' and llioij. ?nnd* living only by nbl obtained from charitable institutions nnd the assistance of the Government, it would be perfect lolly to entertain tlie opinion that in the preen* miserable destitution of tlie South 'be poor pi-opte will beeonie tlie owners of tlie *??t tincts of land if thrown into the market.? Tliis land will bceoma the properly of Northern capitalists, ninny of them nonresident a, sp<culaiots who will be laigo land monopolist*. fihon'd llirt course he ado) ted the total ruin of the State will l-e accomplished. The great land monopolist* of tha West had done more to rctaid Its progress than any other cause. He knew this fs"in ten years'experience. They earn. In wherever the cite for a ennty town wr? preeeribed, purchased all the Iniol around, i.rcrs*ai ily compelling the emigiant to bay from Ihe.n, un 1 when tlio land rise# in value, by tin* labor of ill' piigi nnl, thev ."ell at rliofnioiiii price*. If tluit is the class of men witntrd lore ns lirii?-r calculated lo ilrvrlnp' ihe rumi: oc? of (lie country, ilien lliey had better d-fcnt tlic rcsu'tition, and invite lh?-tn to I lice slmr? i He took the jjrnnnd thai wherever nonletlilrtili of th? State purchase 'arge tract' of land it I' against tl.e I e.?t Interest a of the Slate ; whencrer n?nml hy enpilali't* in New Voik, Ih?lnn or elsewhere ; whenever tlint elate of 'hinps esiat, then ore the pros ports of the State Mr.Sti d. The men who hold Ihe land lire wrddol to it hy nil tliut endear* a man to any | or lion of eonntiy. It i' their hi toe, the Inrol of tlieir birth, nn-l nil the r <lo?ret nssocia., lions nre here. Their wen) d. penile upon the prosperity t?f the Stole. Over tln-m to lny hang execution* for ilrl.te, m-iny per h p* just, and nhou'd he pnl>l. Hut. it wa? not tlo-ir desire to have their lutide eol.l under the hammer of the atiel ion?sr, when the whole proceed' of sale will hardly pn> the expense' of sale. If they ndoptnl seme measure of telief until these hinds C'tiM he seld at a reneioi.iVde value, parties living in lltu Slate may. hy Hint time, he uli'e to ptncliase. If so d now th?y will l e sold in large treels to Northern enpitnlhla The harangue mailyi-nleiduy 'list the poor man c? ul.I buy them wan 'imply for fTeet. It may defeat Ilia purpose of the resolution, lint every man who i? deceived bv not getting land, w ill ren'iae that lie has I een made a poppet merely for a purpose. It will teeoil on those who defeated tlie resolution. Tlore has alie'Jldy In en loo much holding out tM? idea whereby * | Oor man shall boa land owner without ary help of his own. The resolution does not bjore the poor man. It. does net prevent Mtn front collect, injj debts hon?stly owing him The nrgu? metit of the coiiMitutionnlilv or uncon?ti'u (lonelily of the Mieaanre is simply (.aMfrIt i* only a reqtieit that the order be i#*ued by the military authority to a fiord relief. The gentleman from Chnrleaton sabl y< $ ter>lay that nnyti,.'"? I Ma ConYcntton doer ?111 not linve any effeef niil'l the C? "Atim lion is mtifleil. He irooU ?ny lore that nn ordinance passed by tliia Conv? n i.?n i? of force from the data of it* passage. and U flnt fe? be antin.ilted to the people. The fomt'tntior. ia to bo submitted to tbe poo. I pb-. but the ordinances are not to be lied fa ( Unit Coi.a!"Million 1 lie ordiuaneee arc en tirely separate. and are only n part of tin i civil government tbaf tbia body feela it 1 niodinrj for flic protection and relief i< I the people. Till the great olj-e'of thia Convenllot U to frame a Con si it ul inn aoe) eiril govern 1 rnent wliicli w ill ten I In the prosperity o : nil Ilia people of tli?> Slot*, hlm-k or wliita ! For God*? rnfco Kt llo-in rnqnirr chdkr ! llic pnMAite of llml rrroliiiion in for the lie* in*>-<0"t? of |li? Slate. There it nothing ii it tfmt look* likr rlnM ( (tirlnt 'on. I'wnwl< h* n lamentable rtate of affairs indeed, in dtfAlive of n in <-rnl>|? feline on I lie par if the Convention if anybody eoold ** that nttlera a eolori <1 man, a Ittilicul or rc?l hmlrd innn he relieved we won)< withhold the mm of prolactins. Tl?en w would indeed fall f?r limit of our mi.oion lie hoped all prrjmlie** would he quasha? far a* I'pi Intion I* oot.ceiiird H iwnuM nffmU frni kly h? had entertain* KW*ifm rot xv*n<-' 0 J i?s??a^am??i??mm 8 B TWB B B I was past, and tht time for v?ngt|tic? or rs: crimination he* pert. All tliea* thing* I should' btr forgotten Tor the general good ? They *?r not h?r? to Incorporate Ihelr prejudices or hatred into, the Constitution or oriHuaners they adopt tVe are ?>ol to 1 para lane to reap vengeance or withhold relief. It would ha giving the opposition the cue witfl wMrk to whip us he rafter. . On motion of Mr. Most*, the Committee rose Rjid reported progreaac Pr. MneVey re?nntvd ?ha Chair, when Mr. Boo ;er made tha report, and the hooaa ad* journad. Tha next day after this deheto, (11th day,) J. J. WitioiiT, colored, offered a resolution requesting Qen. Cabby, to protact from levy and sole 100 acres of a debtors land for fbrr months, tho object bdoj to secure bomssteads till tha Constitution is put in fores, that will provide for them nermonenlle. Ttin mover tinted that it was the aim of the Con cntlon, before It adjournod, to secure every iuni> a homestead. L. S. LasVilt, colored favored the resolution. It. II. Caix defined his position as emphatically in favor of tho mcasnre and other nieaaurc-s of .ellef arid " disclaimed all vindictive* ness tc any elu.'s." We hnro uot room for the entire speech; it Has of m liberal and Christian spirit. The botnertend resolution w?s adopted without serious opposition. One hundred acres average land in this 6tate is little enough for a homestead, and in tho condition in which the lands of the State aro almost nntrer vlly found, \00 norcs here is K-ns (npahio of supporting a family, pasturage, .tc., then 20 acres In Ohio; here land is worth iYo.n one to fivo dollars. There it is worth from fifty-to one hundred. Our own opinion is thnt oue hundred and sixty acres* | \rould be tho most reasonable limit for a homestead. F. J. Moans, Jr., made a long speech in fnvor of his resolution requesting Clon. CAsav to protect property from Sheriff's levy for three months. Ho urged ninny strong views in support of tho nieasuro. avowed a generous and libci.il spirit to all classes of the population in this State. This resolution was finally ad* pted by a vote of 57 to 52. Confiscation and repudiation disavowed, and a willingness to favor messnros of relief u (Tuned. Mr. B. F. WniTTr.Moaa offered the following. which was unanimously adopted : While we, the members of this Convention^ will Pot fnvor ah.v rehcino for the repudiation of dat.ts, (ho violation of the obligation of cuntrarts, or the taking of lands from the lawful owners ol tho same without reasonable compensation, yet we are willing to consider and further nny monsuro of relief consistent willi tho powers delegated to us by the Reconstruction Acts of Congress. On motion, the Convention adjourned, Mr Ai-I.t:*, of Ureenville, lint submitted a proposition, to provide for a homestead law and suspension of ShcrifTs levy. Referred to appropriate committees. J. M. Kukiox submitted resolutions to provide for the election of all District ..filers by llis people. We shall l>o ablo, from our file* Clmrlulcn paper*, to present nil tbe material proceedings of the Conrention. Manilny was takin up with questions of finance.? There wns ?( mo excitement occasioned, after adjnurt mcnl, by nn nttnek of yonng Mackkt upon a reporter of the Charleston J/o-csry . occasioned ly an article which appeared in that paper, particulars not yet puhlishad. Iniprtsonrnet for Debt is Disapproved st last in Charleston. Alone among the newspapers of South CarI olina. the Southern Kulrrjtrite, since the war tins seriously assailed the hnrhcrous law of holding to hail and imprisonment tor debt*.? V>*e repeatedly urged the consideration of its injustice ai d opprossiveness ; and also took especial pains to impress upon the attention of iho business mou of Charleston the injurious eiTects which it was oalculaled to have upon ths trade of that city and endeavored to bring also to their attention the superior sagacity of New Yoik, Philadelphia uud other cities, in freeing themselves from hail writs, in ordinary cases of debt, so that no man from any State, or region of the world, feared (list ba would l>o arrested among them, ou an old dobt, whilst visiting either for plensurw or traffic.? Wo ventured to distribute a few of our articles amongst some of the business men of Charleston. The press there did not deign to notice i the subject, hut copied from a eotemporary a perverted (tntruieiit representing tho Enter, /trite attacking tho husinur* men of Charleston hi ? class for illihcralily, Ac., Ac. Our ex. plcnntion and refutation of the rbargo wti not enpiod or noticed, because, wo suppose, il contained a reiteration of the argument in favor of abolishing imprisonment fur debt. Wo do not affirm that any thing wo may hare raid hit* had iiiflucnro with guntlotner in Charleston, I ut wc are gratified to see thai tho Hoard of Trndo hat fully embraced lh< opinion* wo liavo long publicly expressed and at last the Cunrier and A'etr* hare em ilphatK**!'/ approved the anmo views. I | Charleston bad come to our assistance tw< | year* ago, t'uu J<egir'?iure of the State wooh hare doua that whiOU 0?n CaXBT lia* accona pllthrd. The Charleston Conritr, not long *inee ( alluding to the action of the Hoard o i Trade, In that city, in appointing a eom iniitee to mownrinllze Oen. Caxiiy on th< stCjeet of bail, pire* the brief report o the Chalrn nn, Mr. Hasti*, with comment ' .re follow* : y " ' Tbo Committee appointed l>y th Hoard ot Trade of Charleston to addrree memorial to Maj. Oeneral Canhy, upon th ( expediency of holding resident* of eiste State* to bail upon Gliding them within th j I lord ere of till* Slate,* respectfully re|>oi I that they fulfilled their ndeeion, and ha? ^ lha ptmiur* lu alalr that In Uanaral O No 161, (mm Uriilqn?rt>r Y Il-rambir SI, 1807, Ik* quaition I* fair! I mat. ' Impriaooniaitt for Jaht, exoaptiny I t mora of lr*n<l, it abolithrd.' No r**id*nt of a ?'?? or Slat* ran no' (j l>e held lo bail on lha affidavit ol kia cr> 4 ' itor that h* U about lo laara tliia Slat* f (| h>a own bom* or alaawhat a. ? ' Wc congralula!e tha Board npon th* I fHrrm fH"?-j*futniu'aa I . ? * ? ^ . .. y. ? v - ' ' i? i sitI?P V . . , ^ - ', ...... , ? I ?frvin the lintbs of 111* h<n>e?t debtor, and placrt our S!kU In foil communion will) the spirit of tk? age in wbieh wo llvo. " W'e would invite nil our old friend* and debtor* wiil? whom wo have had dealing* before the war, te^f i?it to Charleston, pledg lag for <aoh of them a friendly greeting and free leave to depart at their pKaiure.*' Iinprianatnent for debt, we are *nre, I* ?v<D now effectually abolished in South Carolina, and fnlure legislation and C<>nsll. tations will bury this monster ain of our old law deeper and deeper beneath the juet abhorreuce of th? people of all olaasea. Preparatory Department of Farm an Unl? varsity. Parent*, guardian*, and the pnblle gen erally, will bear in mind that tlie Preparatory Department of Furman Univ. rally, which is still under the efficient manage msnt of Capt. J. I). Patsic*, will open the 10th February next, several daya earlier than the Collegiate Department. From the success Cnpt. 1*. has heretofore mat, HD<i he encomiums elicited In his behnlf from those capable of judging of his superior qualifications mi a disciplinarian and Instructor of boya and youth, we have no doubt that bia Department will receive thnt aupport which its reputation la entitled to We learn from the Principal, and take pleasure in noting the fact, that the aervicea oi Mr. J. n. HnMutaW have been secured to L'ive two courses of instruction in vocal music: one during the Spring, the other during the Fall Session. Thia eervica will be rendered without any additional expense to the patrons, and wilt not, in the slightest degree, interfere with the regular court* of Vuat ruction. Tiiia la a feature that will add to the *x erciaes, and relieve, f? r a time, the monot* ony usually incident to our academies! school*. It will be rimen.bered Ibat the I'riiaslans, who have the licet systems of education of any country of Europe, practice vocal music in all of their schools for boya nnd girls?in fact, it constitutes n large part In their Institutionav which proves bciiffioiaj in ntany ways. Wa also state that Mr. D. C. Attncnsox, a giaduate ot the University, who has had e*>v?ral years expel leuoe in teaching, will be associated with tho Principal of this I>e' partmciit, rice Mr. A. 8. Towns*. resigned. This latter gentleman has vacated his place in tnnnection with the University in view of attending one ol the Universities of fier inuiiv, for the purpose of mora thoroughly qualifying himself for the profession of teaching. lie contemplates leaving Green* ville for Europe early in the coming Spring A Colored Woman Killed. A shocking a flair t"ok | lnc<*, liot Monday night. on Biuie<>m*>e Street, a n**gro woman natm d Lkaii tu killed hjr a to pro man named IIkc Itiaiv, l>eii g slabbed in scvernl pl?cra with a knife. Tlic man was next morning ai levied and put in jail to await hia trial. A Cornm r'a inqtieat ?at lield over tlie body yeel etday, and the verdict rrinl- rol according to the fnet. The body wna found n?*ar the limine where the negro mill lived villi hi- wife lie confessed the killing, alleging, however, ihnt he mietook ilie ihcaavd for a thief ntt mpting to enter he hottre ; loil aa the oi<ctimaiaoeee will he fully in veetigiited, wo for lour comment. Auction Sales. Without 11 tending to disparage the claims or merit* of any one, wo nutal say that we think Mr. Jn it 8 C. Sji tii I* a m excellent and energctie Auctioneer. In all n| his sa'es, he U z-alous in promoting, in a proper ami legitimate way, the into eat of thoae for whom he doe* business, In gaining reasonable ptica for nrtivlea to he koocksd down, taking care always to let the town and country he informed of what he ha* on hand and when Ilia vendue occurs. And we have noticed that at his sales, as a gen* rrat thing, fair rates have been r?a'lz-d. We allude to these thing* an that the public may bear them in mind when they ha>( property to he a?ctlon?d off. Business Proatrattor. The manufacturing and commercial hush nfw of thf North and North writ, in fuel, all kind* of limine**, acema to b? catching the lnfrnti<>n of decay and dilapidation front theafflioled Sooth. Tltna realizing the predict ion* th.it CvttfreM could not injure and retard the prosperity of the South n^r ! oppress iu people hy c??tt?n !? ?, and revolutionary Iaw* without making the North off. r like wiee. If we are all member* of , tha time body, it must follow, in the j t esse of tha Chin oh iteelf, that w hen one ? aoffers, all will suffer. If t lie Southern limbs , mortify and decay, gangrene and death will overtake the Northern breast, arm* and f head. 1 - - . I To Fubliahcrs. We take occasion to aay to thone publish era who may wish anything in tha line of P .latere' material#, that Mr. Jo>iru Wan* j in. Agent, of Charleston, ia most reliable and expedition* In tilling order*, lie ha* v given U* aatlefaction, and w* eomtnond him if to our brethren, lie ia loeated at No. 9> a Broad Street. , Stopped Landing Our Ksohangaa. n> ?? uaia iuc<iiircilirilM? (MirariveS |i t r quently by Itmling our Eschenfes to friends, w? lil*? ItffD forced to discontinue (Xj niiitlng them to ho carried out of the rt office. IV irons wlto Dior wish to resd f Miem, however. weleoin* to do so, in r the office. Adrastlaers' Oaeettn. ' Thie newspaper ie published In New " York, In the ioteresta of advertisers and newspaper publishers. There is aach la9 , formal ion In it that will inf real aewspapst * I men, as also the ere ft of rrlstenfSMrsllj ?r Oao. P Rowru Jk Co. are the publishers. I* the January number w* tad n v?rj Is jjwr< at IWt of the Journals published it HHHMi v' I % e . . V ?V *ii" v; z < K'- ** A % II 8 S E V Oogreeslonal News. There boa been nothing dons m yet in the Senate npon the new Reconstruction-Oraotd(e tutor bill. A great debate tin tho bill is going on | Senator Dodiittli baa made an able speeob against it, and baa boon replied to by Senator Warson in favor of it, who, of course, denounced Doolitik's apeeob as very wlokcd. Jonnkon, of Maryland, made a powerful Constitutional argument against the bill. It is thought the debate in tho Senate will tart ten days. The bill requiring two-thirds of tba Supremo Court to deoide Constitutional questions, baa n?t been vqted on in the 8enet*. Stivers' lieeonslrucllon Committee, by a vote nf four to three, bare reported a new bill to the House, ebsolntely forbidding the Unl eU States Court from deciding upon any ol the Reconstruction laws of Congress. W, suppose it is intended to narry that through tho House by party rota, a* usual. Stbvsxs and bis associates are dotormlned to retnore all impediments of suoh things as courts and constitntlons out tbs way or their programme. Itut they are loosing ground at the North.? Even the Republican press is divided on these latter measures. The Staktom affair is quieted, the PacsiJent treats him with entire disregard, -and nercr rails him to a Cabinet meeting. The Charleston J/rreary Insists that lion. Oil ast and Stantou, Instead of damaging tho President by patting the latter back into the office af Secretary of War, bavo really done him a laror, and saved him from a direct conflict with Congress, which, it was supposed, tbo majority of that body was anxious to bring nbnut through the War Office difficulty. A bill has born introduced defining the rights ol American naturalised oitlscus when found abroad, and practically denying the old English doctrine of perpetual allegiance. ?- 1 Tlis District Court. The Conrt has been in reunion this week, and occupied exclusively iu toe trial of crimes and nv?d? meanors. A man named Ciiahlka Sisra.N was convicted in Iwoetaes of horse stealing, ?? Harnkt in one esse a* accessory. The latter will apnea). The other cases were of a l. ee grado. Several case* of trifling aarault and battery. -sdSke To School Teachers. W? would info Til the varb-n* leathers whose notices app-ar In our columa. that we are prepared to print neallv and expeditiously S?-hool Reports, and would take pleasure in filling all ordere that may I e sent us. We print at low rates for the cash. Tbs Wrstber. Fur the part several days, the streets have been very muddy. Slid those who arc compelled to walk them, say that it is anything Iml agreeable ; and the clouds have been gloomy, ai d aerm to be undecided whether to mln, enow or c'eitr away. The Utt-r woulil n??w lie Ihe rnoet .irceptaMr. After Mteml cloudy, rainy days, thU afternoon, commenced a hriek fall of Snow which ia fast whitening the ground. Ahvertimc, elioul.l Ito the motto of every iimn Imvlug or carrying on any kind of hu rin?-s*. Advertising haa made fortune* for many of llinae who have seen and appre. eiatvd im |M>teiioy. To advertise ia real'y a | nrl of one's liunlnrw, and we watt onr people to '* shake off that drowsy sleep death's counterfeit," yclept indifference to letting their trade and wares lie known, and tell the people all shout their bu?inra*. Tha K*trrpriu has a good circulation in both town and" country. Crimea and Outrages. We aee reports of many crime* and shocking occurrences in the nawspnpere We make it a general rule not to publish them, as wa believe there evil examples have a tendency to reproduce themselves by setting ihe minde of scoundrels to dwell u|?on them when they hear them talked about ? It waa remarked by llruvss, \hvt every instance of a allocking crime, when published, acted like a great heap of mtnurs spies I out on ground con'aining s< a Is of noxious weeds; it makes them sprout and gr0w# when thej might otherwise lie dormant. ptf Tha publie debt is now on the in rea tiik aoirTHBi x bntbrpbub. Two Names on the B<>ech On th# doping t.u'ik* of the oM milt Wheie ihe weteia gently flow, With Kiumt like eofliy whimpered wordi, As 1 heard lb?m long ago. Long ago, whan tha heart <u blithe and It" J. When my step wa? light and free, When no thoughla, nave thoughts ot joy ware waked, By I ha wavaa* soft m-lodf. I u?ed to ait on the moeay rock', Whera tha eunlll wavelets glide. Win re the old br*ck tret ita shadows east. With Willi hy my aide. And we'd gnyly talk in childiah glee, Till the dny-god'a bean* had rt d, And the moon?aweetgoddess of the night? Waa abiding over head. Ah I 1 little thought I noon would sigh. For I hone days too bright to leal. And no vainly weap o'ar Wll.ie'a grave, For the happy, happy past. And, now, those names are another link, 1 Whicl. binds ma doner mill, w,>t \ 1 And anakaa to me e'en dearer yat Th* old bf*.ck trn Ay 'A? milt. m All I rich nmplt norm In that grannfut " J I? vnry donr in im, And n troup of ploMant iwontl* iW, | Ai tight ol tlmt rounded " B." > Thu hoorjr b???h any toon <t*cny. . f And crumbU from (k? rpoV, But lb* mmm nrt trkiUfe on mnmory PM*. f And rnwwnf It for ft I R08B RtOXKT. - BmdtJhWnAynuiirri unain.t m y, . % . .*-( * # e * k ' - . fi ... . * r . .>? w. - - - * Y*v 4*.V j1 :;** -, w; - * * v * * * ~~7??' - ' ' ? Bohoola. ' A^nin wo call attention lo oar ommn Behoof mlTartiwutODU, fro* the humblem to a Uolvoraitjr. - "Wv " ' * Standing Committee of the Convention. 1. ( omwltUt on ? Bill of Rights.?B. F Whtllcroore, Darlington; A. Charleston ; L. R Johnson, Pickeor; R. B" Elliot, Edg-fleidW. J. MnKinlfljr, Otanga- ? . hurt?; K. J. Donaldson, Chesterfield; W. B. Nasi*, Richland ; T. J. Cogltlan, Sumter; Jame* Henderson, Newberry. 2. Committee on the Lryietalive Port of the Conetitvtion.?J. M. IlutlnnJ, Fairfield ; B, O. Duncan, Newberry ; W. J. Whipper,* Beaufort ; R W. M. Mackey, Orangebnrg _ W o. MoK inlay, Charleston; J. ,H G?t?' Union; Hani. Johnson, Anderson; Jesse S* . Craig, Colleton ; Wilson Cook, Greenville. 8. Committee on Executive Port of the Con?litHtion.?F. J. Motes, Jr, Sumter; J. -U. Rainey, Georgetown; R O- Holmes, Beaufort ; C. M. Wilder, Richland; S. Corley, Lexington ; A. Clinton, Lancaster; J, M. Runion, Oreonvilla; W. U. W. Gray, Berkalr}'; M Mauldin. Pick *s. 4. Committee w the Judiciary,??. C. Bowen, Charleston ; J. J. Wilght, Beaufort; D. H. Chamberlain. Berkeley ; A. Mi Idle ton, BaArwelt; A. J. Newell, Anderson; Wot. E Johnson, Bumter ; J. P. P. Oamps^ Spartnnliurg; P. R. Rivers, E lgefield ; John A. Hunter, Abbeville. 6. Committee on Franehite and Elect!one. R. C. DvLanre. Charleston; James D. Ml, Beaufort; C. P. Leslie, Barnwell; fsase Itrockeniou, Darlington; Elias Dixon, Clafendon ; J. A. Chrenut, Kershaw; H. W. Wobb. Georgetown ; *M. P. Becker, Berkeley; Jultn S. Gtntry, Spartanburg. 8. ^Committee on Finance,?N, G. Parker. Bnrnwell; T. J. Robertson, Riuliland ; Robert Smalls, Beaufort; C. M. Olson, Wil- S . liamsbiirg; Joint Bonum, Edgefield; William Perry, Anderson; T. Alexander, Chester; George Jackson, Marlboro; J. II. White, York. 7. Committee on Education.? P. L. Cni d->11, Cbaileston : J, K. Jillson, Krrsliaw ; L. S. Lantfley, Beaulort; J 0 Keagls, Vork ; li. E. Ilayne. Marlon; P. P. Miller, George, town ; H. L Shrewsbury, Chealerfield,; Alex. Bsyce. Pickens; Davbl Harris, Edge. , field 8. Committee on Petilinni.?'Wm S. Rot*,j Y ark ; T. K. Snsportas, Orangeburg ; Prank Atnaim, Edgefield ; S. B Tkouipaon. Richland ; Y. J. P Owens. I.nurens; L-? Nance, N<- wherry ; J. II. Jetiks, Berk ley ; Wm, M. Thompson, Colleton; II. D. Edwards, Fairfio'd. 9. Committee on Unlet anil RcnuJatiani ? P. A. Swiulf, WilHsmaluirg; 8, G. W. Dill Krrchnv ; O. FilUliure. 'Charleston; G-o" Berkeley; Henry Jones, Htyrjul John Wi?oley, ; Win. 8 Collins, M*rlMi; J. K. Terry, Colleton; II. J. Lniosi, Ahlicrlllr. - * . 1 * . 10. Committee on the A/i*rrllaneont Pro. r !*! ?* of the Con*titnl>on. ? L Bonier. I?eiinginn; 11. F. ''in-loljili. Ornn^bniy; Joe. Crews, Lauren* ; ft. II. Cain, Ch?rli?lt>n ; F. K. Wilier, Beaufort; J. A. Hay we, Barnwell ; Itailey Milfunl, AM'aville; J. M., Allen, Greenville; Benjamin Byn?, BrrkeUy> ? . rffik ' * 11. Committee on Iievi<v? and Coneoli'Ulion of the Cim*titnt'on o* a HTuJe.?L. . ^ < Bomee, Lexington ; B. F. Wnlltentore, Dnr* lingion ; F. L. Cardura, Charleston ; F. J. Moses. Sumter; R. C. DeLarg?\ Charleston ; Win. K. Hose, York; J. M. RuiImhI. Fairfielil; C. G. Ilvwrn, Charleston; 8. A. *)wniU, William*'.org; N G. Parker, Ilarnwei'. Lawyers, editors, and idiot* are e*. mp'.ed from serving on juries in Montana. *\ iv." . r * Vnlnc the friendship of him wlio.^atand* In' you in tha storm ; sviarma of insect* will turrour.d you in the sun shine. * - -i ". A work of art-?a widow trying to get n hualxtnd. ? Tiik Pka wtyib-tr is stated that I 1 VT ?? 1 _ - - - ? me in" jer>flv mttrKot ganlener* prevent lite pea wevll from destroying (lie germ in the early pen* whiqfr they winter for ?eed by ajwinkling tlie heap with spirit* of tuipenline Mfter ^winnowing and before storing in bin*. One quart >?f turpentine i? sufficient for 6f:ten or . twenty bunbela of pea*. An enraged husband in Omah rought to Inke ihe life of liia wife by loading a stick of firewood with gunpowder, lie managed to blow the honae up, but the wife till lieea to ponhh him. tj la tt Pormibur I?John Nance wa? banged in Knoxville on Friday. . He i waa convicted for robbing an ex Confederate soldier named W. McBee, and Go*. Brow alow refuaed to pardon him. - ... ' The ice in New York harbor ie increasing in qnaniiy and thickness, *o mnoh *o that navigation ia at tituM aU most *tt*peud?d. Another Lilliputian marriago ia announced, that of -Commodore Nut* and Mi->* Minnie the combined fortune* of the pair amount to $2&0,000. Hon. Alb?" G. Green, the author of " Old Grime* ie Doxtl,'* died'io Cle*e-s lanrl. I ?lii<\ U*l week. 11 ' ' COMERC1AT,. ' 'Htf Ciiavuwit*.*. Jonuory 9ft. rj Cotton quiet i buyers h*?14 (ftt? rni<idli n @ 1H1 ?ki**jiflo bob* < r*c?ij?u ao?o. Avootva. Janitor y 96. n Co?ton market firmer ; eotee HI bole- i rwfi|>U VSO?tnUldllng 1A|. S>V|M4?, Junuorj 9ft. Ottm? oetlv*; ltgHt Itn?k n?l rMtrictoJ boeineae; eeleo 2,118 bale# ; receipt* 4,081, M??i is, k*Hrj 9ft. Solea of cotton 9,90* bol**; mtrlirt born *, nf cotton ; ln>ib??i3dllo| Hi (& 16|; feeipl* 440. Now Yoo*. Jennory tl * i. r) MtU Wfo*? ?t ls|. *