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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
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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.-?
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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*
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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A^nin wo call attention lo oar ommn
Behoof mlTartiwutODU, fro* the humblem to a
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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>
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 *
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