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-t I I ' -M: ' J -i-U?1X.J 1?1?! VOLUME XIV. ?l . -I'llrti V.l1?L J t. ..'UJ? LJf?; <JK Jp m TO WN }2S, EDITOR. ] J. C. 3JAILET, Pro'r. and Auoclato Editor. Anv phtihkh kjsts inserted ?t the rates of < one dollar pet lujiiaro of twulre Minion lines ( (this ?Ucd type) or less for tho first insertion, fifty cents each for the second snd third insertions. rind twenty-fiva ecnts _ft>r subsequent | Va-?1? onnlrnnla \?iH I.O Hit\t\ AIL udvertlsetneMs must have I ho number of Insertion* tnatVotl on them, or they will bo inserted till ordered out, and charged for. ' lTnlc?s ordered otherwise, Advertisement* will invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matter* Inuring to to tba benefit of any boo, atw regarded as t?dverti*.niants. V. To My 9tparted Father. (The following bcaqtlfat verse* were wrlUcti by tba celebrated "Stonewall Jackson.") As die tba embers on the hearth And o'er tba floor tba *ha<U>ws fell. And ercepa the chirping cricket forth, And tieke tba death-watch on the wall, I see a form in yonder chair, That grows beneath tho waning light, There uro the wau, sad features?tbcro The pallid brow, and locks of white. My father! whan Ihey laid thee down, And henp'd the clay upon thy breast, And left thee sleeping all alone, tTpon thy narrow conch of rest; 1 know not why I could not weap. The toothing drops refused to roll, ?<{ ok I 'All yHrf i* wiW Mil <ierp W'hick untie* tntlU** ?N lie rout. Hut when I saw tby vacant chair, Thine idle hat upon the wall, Tha book?the pone'd'd passage?tlicre Thipo eye bad reeled last of all; 'The tree liencarth whose friendly shade "!?. ?? v..I r.Tll. < 1 IIJ IKIHWJI F TImj very print* tfioso fc<4. tout tnado Tfbon last they focVly trod tbo earth ; I thought while eountlosa *150* led < Tlijr vacant chair would meant stand, ITn worn thy hat, thy hook unroaJ, EfTacod thy footsteps from tbo sand-; And widow'd In tlds chocries# woitd The heart that garo it* love to thee; Torn fit* fkit vine ttkot tendril* turfed JJ-rrt clntrly rotmil tit fall try tree. Oh, father I then foe her and thoc, tsuah'd madly forth tiro sealdiug team, And oft, and long, and bitterly, Tbaio tear* bare gn*h'd in latter years; For aa tho world grvws cold around. And thing* nssuuiu their own real hue, Ti* sad to find tliatlovo is found Aloao ahoro tbo a tar* with you. The President'* Last Letter to Qe'neral Grant, and. Other Doonments. NVAf*niKpTO*. February II. The President, ?lii# aftarnoon, aent the following Ictlera to the House of R?p'?tentative*, in accordance with a resolution adopted yesterday ; BxKVTtvt Mansion, ) February 18, 18d8. ) The extraordinary character of your .letter of the 8-1 instant would #c?m to preclude any reply on my par* ; but the manner in vrhleh publicity has i?e?n given to the coireapondence. of which that letter forme a part?nink'ng it a question of Joe tic# tp my Self?Flak* tlilx mode of gi?'ng the proper s-qael to the eommunicatione jviileh have passed between ns, l?y pr?duc _ ing the statement# of five members of the Cabinet, who were present on the occasion of our conversation on the 14tli nit Copies of Uie letter# which they have addressed to , me tipon the subject arr accordingly here- ( willi nsliitsil Von anealr of mt I^tltP of the ]?t nit. reiterative of man? and groae uiUr-p'esentmiione contained in certain n*wi|Mptr urticln and roarecrt the con act* neaa of tlie statements made in your communication of the 26th ult. adding?(and I ivare glVa your own words, anything iu your reply lo it to the contrary notwithstanding)?"^Vhen controversies upon any . matter ot fact reach the point-to which this has been brought, further assertion or denial between the immediate parties sh-mld cease, especially when ut>on either side it loses character in a respectful discussion, which is required by the standing of the parties to oa*th other, and d-generafra in tons end temper." In such a case, it there ia nothing to rely upon hut opposing statements. conc'usione roust be drawn frchn thdee statements alone, and front whatever Intrinsic probabilities they afford in Mvnr or against either. The parties should n<>l shrink from this controversy j h?i fortunately it is not left to n? alone. There were S five Cabinet officers' prcscnt at tlie conver* saliva, details of whhih were given In roy lult.-r of the 2Hll? ult You allow yourself to say' that it AtuMilned many and groat mlsreprsssn t*lions.. These gentlemen heard that conversation and read mo statement Tbey speak far themselves, and 1 leave the proof without -Word of comment. I de?m H pfoper, before eonelnd'ag-thiaoommOalcation, to notice some statement* contained In yottr Jettsf- ^ Yon rajy the perfnrtiUnse of the prom leas alleged to hps bs?> niade by yCo to tha IVeaidvnt would have Involved rcMsianae to the law and th*dlleict?nr|e? with tha whole history of rov food Won with the suspension of lis. Wanton. Y?u U?a atnte f that you bad fear# the Prrri\leM would, in t . the removal sf dif. tkapton, Appqinl, gome one la hie place who would emharraae the %Z?- - JJfliN. '~*r ' ? - ft * - * , ? :' ;"? -r I . -1 - ? ? - rvtary of War ad intrtiifi. hot foP the pitr * pi n of enabling you to get rid of Mr. 8l?? Ion by my hold ng it front him, in oppoet. ? lion to law, or, not doing 90 myself, surr< n. '< ilrrlng it t<> one who would. a* statements tl ?n?l assumptInn# in your communication c would plainly indicate, sought, first, nil you t here admit from the rrry beginning of what * you term the whole history of your coonec h lion with Mr. 3'auton's suspension. You P Mendtd to circumvent the President. It ri was to catry out that intent that you ae < -pied the appointment, and thia was in d four mind at the tlm- of your acceptance- r< [t was not, then in ohediena* to orders from u rottr supeiior, as has heretofore heen sup- e >o#ed, and tl>at when yon aasuotod the du F liea-of the office you knew it was lha Preai ? I em's purpose to prevent Mr. Stanton from 0 tsanmiDg the duties of the office as Scri%< ' i*iy of War, and you intended to defeat tha t purpose when yon aceepted the office, no*. *> in the Interert of the President, hut of Mr h Manion ; and if this purine, so entertained " jy yon, had heen confined to yourself; if ! when .accepting the offloe, you had done so t! witli the mental reservation to frua'rnte the ' ^resident. It would have been deception in i" uma persona. Either cnurse Would have >een aliowalde, hut you cennol stand, even " ipon that questionable ground. Your eon- 11 i?etion with this transaction, at written hy 1'* ronrseif, plane* yon In a snfltviant prediea- tt nent to ahow that yon not only couCenleJ P1 our dfsigna from tha Pieddent, hut in d! lueed him to suppose Ihfct you wmtld carry r? Mil III* purpose mul keep Mr. Stsnton out }' if office bv retaining it yourself. I now w five tlini part of the story as it wna written P" ij* youme!f iu your Irtlor of the 18th ult., ?* vhlch war sometime after 1 ?imii?ci1 the tin *>' is* of Secretary of War oil intfriiiu The hi 'resident aek?d my views aa to the oouiee 5' >lr, Stanton would hare pursued in eaaa ^ ha Senate ehould not concur hi his tuopcn 111 Ion. My reply was in substance tlint Mr. Itnntoo would hare lo appeal to the cotirta T u r-lndate him, illustrating my position by tc filing the ground I had taken in the esse '' n the Baltini~"e cominleaionera po'ifj".? M Tow, at that time, as you admit in your a rtter of the 8d, you held the office for the ^ rcry ol jeet of defeating the appeal to lh? lourts; yon say in accepting the ofllce one Motive was to prevent I lie President from '' ippoiuting some other person who would ' eiwin the ptws anion, and thus utakc judi V lial proceeding* neci srary. You know thai d' lie Ihvsldent wns unwilling to trust the ot- e' lea with any one who could not by holding w t eompel Mr. Siymton to resort to the h louits. You perfectly uudtustood in tlii* 01 ntervicw, soma lime after you ae?-pted the c< 'flic*, that the President, not content with 11 ,'onr silence, desired an expression of your I1 lis wo, and yon atiawered him. Mr. 8<nn- 9 op would have appealed to the courts. If ha President had repoa-d CO' fideuce ha >ra ha knew your views, and that confi- ^ lonoe had bean violated. It might have been laid that ha made a mistake, but in viola, ion of ilia confidence reposed after that I'1 lonvsrsatian, there was no mistake of hi" *' lor yours. This fact only needs to be " italad. At the date of this conversation h |OU did not intend to hold office with a lilt n<)?P of for*?it?tr Mr HtaniAn iniA n uut yo > did hold it then, end had accepted U it to prevent that court* front Uing curried d jut. In other word#. you tuiid to the Pr*#- il ident, that ia a pinper course, and you said ft lo yourself, I have aco*pl*d thia office and now hold it to defeat that course. You changed your views aa to what would l>a a proper course. That had nothing to do with the point now under consideration.? The jKtint ia b?foie you. You changed the ^ ?ie*i you had aeereily det?> mined to do ^ hy the aurrender of the office to Mr. Stan ?? ton. You may not bar* changed your ^ views ae to the law, hut ymi did ehauge your views aa to the courae you marked out ? (or yourself from lite beginning. I will only notice one more statement. In your letter of the ttd instant, I ha performance of tba promise which, it ia alleged, was made l>y you, that would have involved you In remittance to tlia law. I know of no atalute that would have (wen violated had you carried out your promise in g<x?d faith, and tendertd your resignation when you con- t eluded not to he made a j*rty in any of the a legal proceedings. You add, that I am, in | a in ensure, confirmed in the conclusion that a hy yonr recent orders to disobey the orders [ from the Secretary of War?my superior j and your subordinate?without having f countermanded hla authority, that the same a order# I am to disobey. On the 24lh tilt., you addressed a note to Ilia President, re. questing, in writing, an order given to ynu vet bully Ave days before, to disregard or. del# from Mr, Slant on ae Secretary of W sr. until you kntWron) Uw President himself ^ that-they wr/f^ie orders. On the ftth > ult, In compliance wi'.h yeur reqaeat, I did give instruction# in writing net to obey any 5 orders from the Wef It-pertinent, acaumed ' to i>e issued l>y the President, unless sush | ? rder wee knows hy the (laCeral CommanJ fug the Ai tnrea ef the United States to J kava heee autherieed by the RseenitvawThere are aqwie order* which a Secretary of . War <pey i??? without authority from the President; there ago other* which ha km use simply ? the agsnt of the President, and ^ which purport to be by hie direction; for , aueh ordeio the President la responsible. ' m?? :x of i3c L ..'J JLi GUKRNVlIif.K. SOIJTTT l' "'"f , ? 'Union's letter of the 4 It luvtanl, which ccmpanied the published correspondence ill It ihr President since the 1Stli August set, he itirtlier says " that since he resumed he duties of the oiKot, he continued to dis barge then* without any peraonM or writ* >n communication with tlie President," nd adds tliat * no orders hare be*n issued rom this Department in the name of the 'resident with my knowledge, and I have eceiveri no orders from him." It thus seme that Mr Stanton now disohaig?a the uii?ti of the War department without any eferenee to the '1'recident and without sing his name. My order only had tefernee to orJers assumed to be issued l?y tlie resident, It would appear from Mr. Stan>ti's letter I list you have received no surh rders from him. In your note to tlie PreS' ietit., dated '21st ult., in which you ac nnvrlcdge the reception of a wrltteu order f the V9th of January, you ray J'ou " have een informed by Mr. Stanton thai Its has ot received any order limiting his authory to issue orders to the army according to le practice of the Departmentami stats, while this authority to the War Departicnt is not countermanded, it will be satis, ctory eVldoncs tv me that any orders la ted from the War Dcpaittuent, by direcoil of'the President, are authoria-d ly the xeoullvc.'' The President issues an order yon to obey no oider from the War Detriment, purporting to be made hy the ircclinn of the President 'Until you have iferred It to him for approval. You reply >u have received the President's order and ill not o!>sy it, but will obey orders pur fling to be given by his direction. If it >mes from ilia W?lr Department you will ley no direct order from the President, it, will obey bis indirect order. If, as iu say there has been a pi act ice in the nr Department of issuing orders in the ime of the President, without his direc n, does the precise order you have re tested and isoeivcd chantre the practice as > a General in tlie aimy t Could not the resident countermand any cttcli order is. ted iu the tiatnl of the President f !)<>? s tpeci d set and an order directly from ihe resident bimsell not do the act f 1s there iy douhl which j ou arc to obey? You !.< n..,.lUn .1. .., .... ... _ i.. >k. wr,^. ...? ? .... ...... J.-., ... ?..? resident in your letter of the Rd instant. The Secretary of War ia tny *up.-Hnr and >or auhordlna'e," and yet you refu?e obe. ience to your eup-rirtr. Without further mmcnt on the inauhordinute attitude hich you have nwtirtiol, I am at a 1<>?? to now how you can relieve yourae!' from rders of the Prcfi lent, who ia made hv the institution, commander-in-chief of the riny and navy, and, therefore, ollioial illt rior a* well as General ot the army and . cretary of War. lUapectfolly youra, APf!>ttKW JOHNSON. 0 Genera] U. S. Grant. Commanding U. S. A , Washington? D C. Title letter of tho President waa accomfinied hy letter* from the Secretaries of the nvy. Transit y. Interior and State Denart. lent a, and Postmaster Oeutial, supporting Is position. Accompanying the letter from General rant, and ainee Ills transmission to the [cure, a New York communication of this ate waa submitted to the l!o-:se aa part of i? correspondence referred U> in the reao1 lion of the lOlli. [Signed] ANDREW JOHNSON. Exntrnvr. Maxmon, ) WAantxflTox, February 6, 18*8. ) Sir : The Chronicle of tnia morning eon* lit * a correspondence between ihe IVeri. ent und General Grant, reporla.1 from I be Var Department, in answer to a resolution f the Ilo'iftf. 1 b< g to call jonr attention 0 that e'nrreepnudenee, and e?pecially that art of It whieh ref.-rr to the conversation ?l?'tn the President and General Grant, 1 a CaMnct meeting on Tuesday, the 14th f January, and to req?e?t you to alate iliat waa Mid in that conversation. Yery reapeetfnlly, yon re, ANOKEW JOHNSON. WaanisoTojr. February 8. Sib: Your note of thia data waa handed o me Ihle evening. Mr recollection of a lonvcraaiiun at a Cat io?t meeting on Ilia 4th of Janoary, correspond* with yonr of it in a letter of the Slrt ult.? n tl poMUhed correspondence the three oiliU ?|>e?itle<l in Hint latter giVro your ecollcctionaof th<cOD??raat)on correctly, aa tatad Very reepec: fully. OIDKOX WELI.B4, To tha Prcaident. T?r*m?ar T>?rAtrrukxr, > February 0, 1 Hr>S. f l*lo? 1 haee Tecelred your note of lha * ? 0?U, calling my attention to lha cenferaoea tatwern ynweelf and General Grant, aa luMlahad la the Chronicle of yerterday? specially to that part af U which relate# to hat oaou/rad in lha Cabinet marling oa ha 14th ult., and requesting ma to atata that waa aald U the eonrrmtion referred A I MMMt undertake to atata the precise anguaga nttsred, hut I haca no haaitaliou n any tag that y4ur aoooimt of tha oonceaintian, a* give* ia your latter to Genara) Irani on tha Oat oH., substantially, in all jnfiortaitt partlaulart, aot-ords with my raaollaatla* af it. I I If I - 3PTJLA.ll CAROLINA. JWHItUARY" ; . . . ? . , Then f??llo-jr? the letter? to the President front AuXAXbM Powell, Po?im*?tef-Generkl, O. fl IIhowmno, Depm tment of the Interior, eiutninitig. likewise, the Pr-.ii!ei,t'? stnUttients, and Mr. HkwAftD al?o writes long letter, Indirtetiy, hut substantially ana. luluing the President's AceoUnt, but his letter if very cautionsly written. The President rent to the House, the letter Inst received from General Quart, with the following brief statement t General Grant's letter rent to the Iluuse Of Representatives to-day, was as follow*: To the /tome of Hepreeentntiret The accompanying letter from General Grant, received since the transmission to tho Bouse of Representatives of my eoinmunioa* tion of this-date, is ruhmitted to the House as a part of the correspondence re furred to in the rcsolntion of the 10th instant. ANDKKW JOHNSON. Washington, D. C., Februaty 11, 1863. IIsAnnuARTRnn Armt or ins 1 Usitkd Status, ? WAsnisaros, February 11, 1868. j ttla Excellency A. Johtimn, /VoWoif n/ the f'niteil S'tntcn : Fta?I have the honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your communication of the lfith Inst., aeeompnnied by statements of five Cabinet Ministers ef thoir recollection of what occurred in Cabinet mooting on the 14th or January. Without admitting ar.y thing in these where they differ from any thing heretofore stated by utc, I propose to notice only that portion of your communication Wherein I am charted with insubordiustiun, I think It witl be plain to the reader of my letter of the 30th of Jan* unry, that 1 did not propose to disobey any legal order of tho President, distinctly girom but only gavu an Interpretation of what would he regarded as satisfactory evidence of tho Prcridont's sanction to ordors oommunicsted by tho Secretary of War. I will say here Ilia' your letter of tho 16th inst. contains the first intimation I have had that you did not accept that interpretation. Now for reasons for giring lhat Interpretation. It was clear to me, beforo my letter Of January 30lh was written, that t, tho person having uioro public businesa to transact with tho Socrclury of War than any other of the President's subordinates, was the only ono who bad hcon inst rusted to disregard tho an tumii r hi iui. oiniiinii wucn: nm iiuuinriij denied as ugont of the President. On the 27tb of January I retired * letter from the Secretary of War (copy herewith) directing mo to fbrnish escort to public treasury from tlto Rio (1 rondo to New Orleans, Ac. At the request of tho Sccretaiy of tho Treasury, to him, I also send two other enclosures, showing recognition of Mr. Btauton, as Secretary, hy both the Secret try of tho Treasury and tho Postuisstcr-tlencrut, in all of which cases tho Sac ret ivy of War bad to call upon mo to niako tho orders requested, or give the information desired, and where his authority t? do so is dent ed in uiy view as agent of the President. , . With an order so clearly ambiguous as that of the President hero referred to, it was toy duty to inform the President of my interpre' tation " of it and to ol-ldo by that interpret;!* tion until I received other orders. Disclaiming any ihtuntion now or heretofore of disobeying any legal order of tho President, distinctly coiutnunieatod. I remain, very respectfully, yotif obedient servant, U. 8. <>UANT, Gent rat. The letters accompanying aro from the Poat-oflieo Department, asking for information with respect to change of Military Postr, in order to tho protection of tho mails. The nett is a letter from tho Treasurv De partincnt, asking a military escort for tlio transition of puMie moneys, to provont tlioir fulling into the hand* of rohbers. On too 27th of January, Secretary Stanton wriies a letter addressed to Ocueral Oranr, asking him to detail a force to protect puhPa moneys in Texas. A Statfox ix Sroxr.?The Princess lath, daughter of Charles J.f lies hnriud in New|M>rt Church, in the Itlo of Wight. A mnrhle monument, erected hy the gracious Queen Victoria, record* in a touching say the manner of her death. She languished in Cariebrook Castle during the unhappy Common wealth wars, a prisoner, alone and separate from all the companion* of her youth, until death ret her free. She was found dead one day with her head leaning on Iter Bible, and the Bilde open at the words, " Come uolo me. nil ye that J-I -- 1 I. ?....1 T u ill >! >"'< *'" m,r- * * * yon te*l." The monument In Newport Church teeorda this fact. It consists of a female figure reclining her head on a marble book, with the teat already quoted en* graven on the book. Think, reader, what n fr'imnn in atone that monument preaoht'l Think what a standirg memorial it afford* of the ut*er inability of rank and high hi' th to confer certain happineia. Tkink what a t<#tinmoy it heara to tha le??oo be fore you thia day?the mighty le*aoa thw^ there ia no true real for any on* except in Christ! Happy will it he fur your auul if tbet lesson is never forgotten I Tor Toronto militia were terribly frightened the other day hy finding a p.see oi Iron eluck through the d??or of the old fort, and imotrdlatriy the guard was doubled, under apprehension that tha Fenians were eoaiing by telegraph. Bomb ladies of o?w aeqnalutanee my that if the " stay law " ta not aneonstltutional. It liiiiNMMtftfi EVENTS ac. 1868. '.ml . m r1. .. - - Frou* the Charleston Mercury. Letter of Governor Pony. Ed i Ion: Tho apathy and indifference of the pooplo of South Carolina, to the Impending degradation, Infamy anil ruin, which await tiicin, politically, socially and pa ouniarily, aro indeed appalling. .They are now Mantling, as it wsre, on a inngaxine of powder, whirh a spark toay at i>ny time, ignite and blow them into eternity. There is in our midst n blnok volcano, whoso upheaving? and partially smothered throes, are unmistakable of a terrific explosion. And yet no one seems alarmed or thiuks of making the slightest effort to rescue himself, his family or country from tho tbrcntonod destruction. Nero's fiddling whilst Homo was burning is prudence and virtue to.our present Inscnsiblo and voluntary stupor and indifference. There is a great party at the North, struggling for our salvation, and. doing all that heroic and pntriotic men can do, to rescue the pcoplo of tho South and the Kopuhllc from tyranny, dishonor and death, wh 1st wo are not raising a hand to help them In this fonrful, | mortal conflict. Arc the Southern people lost I to all shamo, Insensible to all honor and indif* fcrcnt to ths safety of themaelvos, their families und country ? If they arc aro not, it behoove* them to bo up and doing I cfore it is too late. Let tjioro lie, at onre, in this State, in every district, town, village and neighborhood in the Pluto, formed and organised a Democratic psrly to aflillnto with, and act in concert witli tho National Democratic party in the Northern States. This wall strengthen them, and encourage them in their noble and patriotic resistance to the tyranny of a reck" less Congress, whose sole purpose seems to be, to destroy the liberties of their country, and establish a negro despot inn in tho South, Tho Kndiral parly, through the instrumentality of vile emissaries, outcasts of society rrom the fiorth, and poor, ignorant mid dolud cd negroes, aro tbnroa|lil; organised through, out the South, in every Statu, district and neighborhood. Tlicir secret Union Lehgue* arc everywhere, and through them they hare deceived the negro And tonight up nicnii and unprincipled whites, hy the temptation of office from that of governor down to constable* Tn this Way they have got control of the Sfutc, Whilst the honorable, patriotic, intelligent nnd virtuous hnre been supinely inactive and indifferent. This runs! not ho so any longer.? If the Conservative men of the State will organ ir-o every where, nnd exert their inQuonce> tbey tuny yet often lite eyes of the negroes, to this inevitable destruction which awaits the si as a race and peoplo. They may control, nt least, the best portion of theiu, nnd iuduce tinui to vote aguinst the ratification of the Constitution, or stay nway from the poNs.? Intelligence, virtue and wealth must exert a powerful influence over any and every people ' where properly applied. lly organising Democratic cluha, in cvory neighborhood, and having n edhtral club, at tlio Courthouse, sending delegates to meet convention, ut Columbia, the Conservative Democracy may act 1,? concert all over the State, and in harumtiy with the National Conservative Democracy, throughout the United ' I UK'S. rUCII IITI lir^lUIIKIIMMl H l|UPUiUl?IJ llfC* essary in tlie|corning Presidential election. Wc must liavo it, Ui send delegates to tliu National Democratic Convention, which will assemble (ii Mn_v, to uuminiitc candidate* Tor President anil Vice-President of tbu United State*. lVc timet have it for the purpisc of nominating and electing elector* of President and Viie-lVfuiJont, f?t South Carolina. Wu must have it for the purpose of nominating and electing Governor* and all Stat* officers, should the ncgro-Yiiukee constitution bn ratitied in South Curelinu, which God in Ilia mercy arrest. ltut above gU we must have b Democratic organisation lor suit.defence and protection, in this wild fanatical revolution which is now goiug on ill our beloved auJ or.ee honored State. Let ovtry one, who regard* hi* own life, the honor of hi* family, and the preservation of his property and liberty, set to work immediately in the formation of theso associations, iir his immediate neighborhood. Let htm draw up a written constitution for the as* eociatiot), founded on Democratic principle*, and get all to sign it who will, Loth black and white, pledging themselvo to act ill concert with tba National Democracy, in preserving the Constitution, Union and liberty of the Republic, the protection of ail, equally, in the enjoy moot of lifo, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness, before the luw and in uhudienee to the law. The present condition of society in Sonth Carolina, is uiduad, a most wretched, miserable one. Evory night wo hear of conflagrations, murders and rubber'.** ! In too Reconstruction Acta of Congress ll la expressly staled that (bo military uuthoriticsarc *uut amougst us to protect life, properly and preserve the peace ?f society. Rut iustcnd of tbi* being done, oriuio has increased Unfold in our inidst, since the advent at our military profc>ctors, ami la atill frightfully increasing. It tnay be aald that we aro in the midst of a savage war, and the savage within our own poarer"' na, believing himself protected by the government. It dooa aeem that the day la not far distant whoa the white race will have to work hard to support the grown negroee la our Jails and penitentiary, and their children in free avboola and the poofhouset. W-hat a eouijaeutary oa Republican institutUne is that ualawfal and usurped assembly now sluing in your Club House,.forming a constitution for the ouce proud, glerioua and honored Statu of South Carolina. Composed, ae It U, of negroes, unprincipled and Ignorant white wen, traitors to their taco and country, outcasts of Sorlbern society, and-advuntnrers, iMililittitfiiiiiM V If - -i. ^- i ' # . 4 * ?. Ty.v.fteS.^.v, vWL *. ' '*> 4 " -') i ' - ?T > ' - > ' &' i. > -:,... - Vr' ' NO. 40. - - - - mJtma wrlifin ht i/itim I>*?i?*nn? Wn?4).* ? 1 ist, an<l sent here Tor adoption. It uodor those circumstances tho people of this Plate will not exert themselves, la eonrort with the National Democracy and the President of tbo United States, to prevent this rile and putrid patchwork of a govern meat being scddlod on tbcin and their posterity then they deserve their fate, and are worthy of being the slave# of negrooa and the onteaste of Northern society. But never, never een X belleVe such a calumny and Slander. I feS| assurod erory nowspapor hi the State will sonnd the alarm, and go to work oarnestly end ftealonsly in vo good a eanso, and that every prominent man rn his neighborhood will exert himself, and that even the good negroes will lend tjiclr Old in protecting themselves and their country. There it a alee* of whit* men in South Carolina who are seekiag ofleo that we may expect no eld or sympathy from. The finger of acorn will ever here alter bo pointed at them and their posterity in all time to coino, as tho Judas Isrartnts of their race. In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, let tae make this further suggestion as to tho formation of these societies or Democratic elubs all over the Statu. There should be a President and Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer elected by the soeieSy. They should meet as often as convenient, and each member should consider himself a com. mitteo to induce others to join. Every ono should endeavor to disseminate Democratic newspapers and speeches and essays in hie neighborhood, and procure his neighbors to subscribe for such papers and documents. As many as can should luuut at the courthons* monthly aud report progress to the central society. These central societies should make reports to the general society at the seat of governtrcut or capital of the State. Every member rhoubl consider himself a sort of eon* scrvator of the peace for tho sapprasslon of vieo and crime, and see that offenders arw brought to justice in our courts. They shoaid aid the civil and military authorities in ferret"' ing out evil doers, aud protecting the innocent from lawlessness aud wrong. And for this purpose, tboy should be prepared to defend tboiusolvcs when unlawfully assailed, in their persons or property. Good uion aro always bravo and gebcroue, and bad men arc general* ly cowards. If tho Suuthorn Stales will organlxo as t propose, they may carry the entire RuUlh In tho coming Presidential election, and defeat the ratification of sll tbo bogus constitutions which have been formed by Northern Radicals and adopted by negro convontiooe. Then onr u 'ni.i.on muiiir;' ? in unco inure nana ronoom" I, regenerated and disenthralled of Radical rule nnd military despotism. This great model republic will bo again governed by the constitution, and niado perpetual fur a froe, unl'tod uni! happy people. P. F. PKKRY. Oreenrlllo, S. C., February 11, 18C7. Kkkp y<iar feet dry, it sound Shd wboictoir.o advice* Here is something that will help you to accomplish this desirable object t " I hare had throe pair of boots for the last six year*) (no shoes,) and I think I shall not require any mora for the next six years to comc. The reason is that I treat them in the following manner: I put a pound of tallow and a half a pound of rosin ill a pot ob the firo; when melted and mixed, I warm the hoots and apply the hot stuff With a painter's brush until neithor the sole nor upper leather will tuck auy more. If it Is desired that the boots should immediately take a polish, dissolve an ounce of wax in a teaspoonful of lump Mark, a day after the boots have been treated with the tallow and rosin, rub over them this wax in turpentine; but not beforo the fire. Thus tho exterior will have a coat ef was alone, and shino like a mirror. Tallow of other grease becomes rancid, and rots tbe stitching as well as the leather ; hot tbe rosin gires it sn antiseptic quality which preserves tho whole. Grant's Mounrriso Position.?An *member of Ooogross, from Illinois, who is now hero, an J wlio baa boon a friend and companion of (1 root's from boyhood, bad along interview with tho General, a fow evenings since, and learned fro? Sitn that be blames hid protruded political ads for all his embarrassments. lie said that he b?d endonvorod to keep oat of their mc.-dies, but they had entrapped him before he know, it, aod had involved him ia hi* present difficulties. If, said tho General' I can only manage to ret out of thie scrape, I promise tlicy don't catch me again. During the recital of the manner, in whiob he bad been orer-rcachod by politioiaaa, the General exhibited a deep fueling, and left tie impression on the miud of his frieud that he woold wipe his hands of Radicalism. [ M'ifA. Cur. Hul. (j'uaeiU, F*b. 11 Sbsrman's Asvics to tax Passings*.?Aa General Sherman's name bos been brought into the controversy between tho President and General Grant, it-may not bo amiss to state that tho President is in receipt of a lefi-* from Gcnorat Sherman which is understood to havo mis paragraph in It : " If Stanton won't resign, and there ia no other way of getting rid of him, ulterior tarusurc* should be resorted to." fTuaJt. Cor. Bmtl. Co?lit. ?- ? JtsnickT, tbe famous amimel who ta regarded by many experienced judges u tbe beet race home that over trod the American Itirf. baa been cold for #40,000. which te the wine prioe paid for him by Mr. Leonard W. Jerome, two year* ago. Mnpuwrnu?" Nat. what ere yon leaning