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*V? ? .r?l , -i% * -* err;-?** ? jtt" " a J . .. -. =s&. jp latttjitru Ctrftqrrist. GREENVILLE, S. C. ? WEDNESDAY, MA&CH 10, 1S69. or It U deaired thai petaoot having ad I vtrlitrmcsU or other Uvors to extend to tha Enterpriti, will tiled them to to the ofttte by Tueaday, afternoon. Tha Fifteenth Amendment. Tli? Congress Anally panted (hit amend, ment, which, if fooliahly ratiHi-d li) the 8tatee, wlH compel eMch and everyone of them, for all lime to come, to allow all nations^ races, and previous condition^ v> wivit) %v iu ^Terj umvo vui all questiona, general and local, Federal| aid State. No matter whether Chinetts negroes, Indiana, Malays, Hindoos, Japana<e. New Zeaiandert or Hottentots, if they will come to America, they oan take possession of the country, and rote out of po*? er and place, the present race of whites, and appropriate the fruits of the achieve n ei.ta of the men of *76 and the Union warriors of 18G5. It is a complete surrender of the entire possessions of the United 8tatee to the heathen world of darkness and dark colors, It they choose to come and take it. Aala and Africa, and the isles of the era, can furnish eight hundred millions at least of the brown and black races who have adhered with auch pertinacity to idol, ntry, ever since the birth of Christ; and Asia can well spare at once three hundred , millions of such population to ewsllow up over thirty millions of wliiUs. No State will be allowed to protect herself against the locust hordes; the fifteenth amend, nient forbids it. These kind of specu'n. lions will be regarded as very absurd by the rulers of public opinion, th? press, and radieal politicians; and any apprehension of their fulfillment scoffed at as Noah's warnings of a coming flood were scoffrd at by the antedeluvians; but the flood came, r. evert heicss. Already the Chinese are pouring Into California. Aa soon as they get a right to vote hy this amendment their power will be felt iu that Stale; deu.a goguoa will struggle for their support, and bid for it by encouraging incr^as-d accessions of tkeir nuuibets. Their influcr.ee will soon become dominant, first as holding a balance of power between parties, afterward by mere force of numerical strength, then tike process that ha* taken | place io California, will go on in oilier Btates, till tliey occupy tlu country on each aide oi the Mississippi, and ultimately be come the controlling population of the entire country. They would have the sympathiee of the negro population, as nearest in color, and nearest in mental and moral tendencies. The debasement and corruptions of society would be complete. . The purity of the Christian religion te overthrown, and base superstition set up in its plaee. Some will eny that the encr gy, the enlightenment of the white man will always control; that the Chiistian r?l:gion as it is, will still flourish. The seed once planted will still grow and expand. These do not consider the contiityiiration of race; that religion and morality are not local or territorial?" caelum non aolwum mutant qui trans more eurrunt."? Ilenoc, we find uliea<ly, that as the immigrant from Europe brings his religion with him and hie family, and keeps it as a gen- i era] rule, so the Chinese and other heathen will bring their religious superstitious and idolatries, their morals aud customs. They will readily, perhaps, adopt the vices of the whites as the Iutiians have done. Ihe Chinese and Asiatics have thrift in their composition, and unlike the Indiana will retain- a foothold once gained when the ballot box is their weapon ; h.-nce, superior military genius and prowess of the white man will avail nothing, neither will hi* re ligioiit (humanly speaking,) it 1* unreasons l>V> ia OXpeo* It. i ii? ncBUicn uu inn ui?criminate ^ tbcy wW take every white men to. be a re present alive of the Christian re ligion, and judge of it aceoidingly, aud Mben th?y see so nanny wicked aud vicious overreaching them all Ihey can in trade, and violating aU they had or have learned of moral obligation from Co>?ucirs and their own educated classes, they will only Ihemore highly esteem their own idolatries, which they will conclude enjoin better practice* than they see anpposcd Christians ! pursuing. In ancient times, whenever the 1 heathen took possession of Isrselillsh terri tory it became sn i.lolutrons territory, whenever they mixed In multitudes among the Jews in friendly association, they corrupted the purity of Jewish polity. HoioM9K himself was perverted by the influence of lb* strange women with whom he consorted, Locality has nothing to do with hanging the beat of town's minds, slid can eradicate the pectus si lire of race especially. The Turks remain Turks iu the holy city of Jerusalem. When the Romans i i? ?i : i Q _ _ i ^"ffcwcu ?-, UJCJT iciiiifjupu vu?^ur, Dim behV their own religion and diatoms. A Cblneaa in America. will remain a Chi/ieae, aa (ha nop?o remain# a negro, with all the eliaratsteaialie# oi hi# race ; and when jou give linn fey univer<>ol ballot, the right to rule jou. aa liia n urn bora increase he will rule and eoi rnptin ruling. It will only be a queation of time, when tha colored racee will d? atroy by their deteriorating ir.flu rnce the fabiie of our aocinl and {political , rrwnliliofi ; they hare aliaken it and e?.ri^opted it already, Weehal] ultimately beS^rxicaniKed. The only way to avoid it wilt be by dire revolution#, if the Hibernian i am W4y ba allowed, for thai would be Mvxieanixir>e ua at onea. Struggle* rnuat be looked for asuong^the unhotno^eneooa ma?#ea of the American populations which tliia fifteenth amendment inv.jtaa, and will, alwaya entourage. War# of race*, muat ari'i in fulora. I may be rcgar la I by aa uo late a?mi mi t m si to discus* each topic*, Wm?m Congress bu paM?<1 the amendment, bat it Is nothing, tin If three-fourths of the 8teUe rntlfy.? 1 W cannot understand ?h; lluMohuMtU ' and Vermont, sod other States that fool no 1 present danger of eenlstLltiallou Bad trouble 1 ia their own borders ftOra tnastee of igno- * root heathen colored rotes, should deelro to I force them op California, Oregon, Texas, ' and on other States^ and States too that 1 have repeatedly rejected them. We do not 1 see why the negroes, even in the Southern 1 Slates, now secure in political power, should ' desire to force the Chinamen and other ool ored people in other Slates upon the lmpe- ' tent while population. They will endanger 1 by this revolution their own political status ' It ie not the desire of the vast majority of the ' white people In these United States, altho' perchance there may be partisan tpajoriiies in the existing legislature* sufficient to rat- 1 ify. Revolution tniut come, and when tlie Ohioan, the New Yorker, the Cnlifornian, and Oregonian, the Ke.ituckinn, the Mary lander, and the many other Slate* that re j-*et the principle by immense popular ma joriti*#, ceme to fee) that it ie the Southern ' negro that hae by his vole fastened the odious principle upon them, there will be ' danger from their wrath. There will be a President elected some of thee* days, and a majority of Congress too, ia full sympathy 1 wilb the same feelings of disgust and deep 1 repugnance to tha amalgamation of raeea, therefore, we would advise the Legislatures oi the Southern Slates, South Carolina ea J pecinlly, to beware of Ikls meddling with ' the rights of other State*; do not use the 1 power thst you possess to insult the masses 1 in otliT States by filing a yoke upon them 1 they have always resisted when hitherto attempted. Neither party in thia State lias anything to gain by the fifteenth amend- , ment, in truth, not a single State in the t Un ted States lira nnythlrg to gain by it, ] but every sine eomethirg to lose. The , R'a'es will sink into mere counties, and ( New Kngland herself, will -he In ought to , feel the curse of it sooner or later ; when j eho i? deprived"of her senatorial strength, , and perhaps amnlgamted into one S'ate, or j shall see the powerful and populous State* , witli Eve, ten or fifteen eeaatorr, according | to populaliop. The present raoe of New- ? England politicians see on)y in this move -t nteol the gratification of their parly watch- ? cry?the enforcement of their own opinions n and prejudices on oilier people. Theirs ie || the short-eight<d policy of lite hour, and 0 demonstrates that singular defect which t, lias always shown itself in the majority of u New England politician*. They look ahead n only to the next one, two or three- Presi- i, detilial eleclio.ts; they are influenced by i tlie idea of balance of power Wtvctn their ? Slate* nnd the South and West. I>e*pair- , ing of * peimanent control of the white r men of the South and West, and in the Stairs of the I'acifie. they want to secure a basis of Chinese and other colored voler? by a hunt they expect to govern lite conn i try. They *X|?cl to establish political ? slavery over all these colored voter*, and | thus keep themselves in power. The fact I is, this motive is already avowed by Sena < tor Sl'Msaii; he said in hi* place, when nrg- I ?ng the fifteenth amendment, that hi* t party needed (he votes of the eolorid | eo- i pie in sundry States, and that this amend f >nenl would give it (o them. Whilst claim, t ing to he national, the politician* of New- ? Kngland, with honorable exceptions, have t l-eeu always intensely sectional nt.d ) ?rti- < aan. If tiiey had carried their scheme* into i effect In the past, there world have hen no t Stales of the Uniion in the great West, ??h?o. ' lutely none We?t of liie MLeisfnpjd? no ' Louisiana territory, no Texas, no California i in opposing ilit- nnecnin nnv n<ltneni, a ? Southern nmn espee'..illy (already r?j"y'",(j 1 the benefit r.f colored suffmge) cannot be 1 accused of sr ct ionnlisrn. On tbv contrary, the only motive is nn enlarged nationalism- ' tlint respects I lie rights of every section Of this VK?t country, and that looks to the ' ifreat future of our race on this continent, I he ascendancy and prcdomi?-?ne* of which we helieve, affords the only aecurky of ' liberty and good government. From Florida- Crops?Spring?BirdsFing- 1 ing Htrrily? Flowers Puttiag Forth. The annexed extract is made horn a letter written hy a friend to ns, residing nesr Micannpy, Florida, under dale of 2rtth u!f_ Our readers will ptruse it with pleasure: "The planktis in this part of the coun try made very poor cotton crops last year, laxities* and stealing of the ncgrot-s being the mnin aause of onr failure. Wo are | started' for a new crop for tibia year, ah though with more buoyant hopes than last , year's experience would warrant. But the. i negro is somewhat disgusted with Ids 1s?t year's operation himself, and ha seems to have set in with renewed ene*vy this year to do better. I am done planting corn, and it's all up beautifully early for plowing. I i Imve planted but very little cotton yet, a)- I though some of my neighbors have finished planting The trees have alrerdy put forth I their foliage, the birds are singing their 1 merry songs, and the flowers are covering ' I,a <?rk .. ?ilk - ..in** - ?I .11 . i4 84 south.g a* a May day in the mown- 1 tains. We have the greatest country in tlte world to niake money in, if we <>n'y had 1 the lahor^o* rather honest lob-.r. We wnnt ' honrat, industrious a hit# men. V e can ' ranke here cotton worth a dollar per pound> I aitoar, ayrup, eorr, and alLof tiia tropical fruits, and cattle and hog* are more easily raised here than anywhere else. Can't yoN , aend me down some good, honest, industri*ons while men. 1 have good land for them to work, t want to ship the negro for aorne of that aort. 8end me soma if yon can. Youta truly. kg. The property of Grady Jk Ifawthnrne,. advertised hy the f)uputy Collector of Inter* nal Revenue, to t>e sold on the 15th Inst., baa baeO'jkottponeJ to the Mth of April next. ... ?? ?r It rained last night,, and this morning it eontinaif to be dona/. ^ 4 lyYugri President Grant a Inaugural AddNM. W# present ?ur reader a with tba inaugu rails full So far aa wa of tba Sooth ara tonoerned, there ia aothiog la it eepoeially 10 command or to eeosure. It if national in Ha character, and haa many e*prea>lona and vpiniosa that all ahaald applaud and eupjtortla eyery qjK"t:r ?f the country. Wa Iriut thai eaery party may aoaepl and act upon tba who suggestion, that all tba question* growing out of the war " should be approached calmly, without projudiaa, hate, or aectiooal pride." When ha any a, " In ooaelusion, 1 ask' patient forhaaranca one towards another, throughout tba laud, *nd a determined elToit on - the part of eatry citizen to do Ida share towards eementing a happy Union," and "asks the prayera oi ina no'Ion to Almighty God in behalf of I this eonsummatk n," wa coo hoartlly re ipond, ? and lot ' all tlie people any amen."' President GranI hat teen badly advised, wi think, on two points of hi* inaugural Lhat will oot b? acceptable cither to the en tire party that elected him, or to the great mass of any party. HU insisting on pay lug the publlo debt in gold, where it ie not " ao nominated In the liond,** goes farther llian the people generally of any pirly. If left to their owo aenee of right, desire to go or would go. And the President's going out of the way to express a deaire on his part that the Stales should ratify the Ifilh Amendment, will not meet with the appro^ ballon of many leading men and public |<Vir?als of the Republican party; and rertainly la disapproved by all others. In ihese two particular* we think Preailent Quant has been misled by extreme radical idvlum Life Insurance. We call the attention of our rrad?rs to ihe advertisement of our fellow citizen. h>un Fkrovs"N, Agent of the Piedmont Life Insurance Company, of Virginia, which, be yond doubt, is one of the beit, and moat leliable companies ever chartered. Wo are lure that no company surpasses it in liberal lerms. or promptness in payment. We toinmend this company to all of our clti !"ns, and would adtise all to Insure. We indent and that the psymeut of General iVsss' Poilrj, ($6,OIK*.) ia claimed by an grnt of other companies, but we are sure hat title is not the case, for the general gent of the Piedmont, I)r. Isaac Branch. old ns thai Ae insuied General Evans, and, lint hr paid the mowy to his heteaved wid w. mr. riiGUfoN it among us, is known j oil of us as ft reliable business mnn. ami i >ill take great pleasure in explaining tlie n?-ri 1? of this company and (lie variant tftilrs of rates. We repeat, Mr. Kkvgu?0* is nown. and vt are euro would noi mislead ny one. We have provrd our tai'h by our rorks?have taken a Policy in Ike Pied uont. C-rn and Flour. Tenm ssee corn is selling in Charleston. ack? included, at fl.10 per bwshel? cheap B than corn in Greenville. In Baltimore, jrttne while corn h selling at 86 cents per bushel, wholesale. Thtse p> lues show thai >nr market here is k*-pl up by the demand 'or corn among the cotton pfanteiftbrtween i his and Columbia. The pi foe of corn nay be nearly double next ye?r, vf the rag* ; or universal cotton p'antirg prefabs hiougliont the South. The farmers who 'aire grain, hay and s'.ock, are snre to get 1 lielf reward another j'snr, in our opinion. \ large planting and large crop of cotton n the South will, in all probability, reduce ha price another year very materially, iml the corn buyers w ill suffer damage ? 'lour 1* declining In (be large market*, and a muchclienpei in New York. Baltimore ard Ihai lesion, than ,n the Greenville iniuk-l. This is owi. g to our lad crops of wheat act year. nraat the Btere of Ur. ~W. J. Whitmlre. On Sunday night last, tha building occupied y Mr. W. J. Wnirmnr. us a dry goods and grocery store, near the corner of Main and Buncunil* Streets, was discovered to be on fire, ind a number of persona drawn to tho place. Both Engine companies were promptly on the pot. and lost no time in extinguishing it, the VoptuDc hertig the moat efficient and effective. The fire originated from tbn stove pipe, igni* ing the middle ftoor and ceiling as it passed p, which is somewhat old. The damage done *as ineenatderahle, precaution being taken by Captain Smith hi praamting tha unnecoaeary brewing of water into the rooms, thus saving he goods in tbu store. The fire broke out iboiit twelve o'clock, and had it not been dieobed at the time teould doubtless bave toon liocn beyond control, resulting in the loss of the entire premises and stock on hand. Ocasa t?ns of ibis kind eoatpibute to show bow we should value oar Are companies. A. T. Stewart, Beeee'ary of tb? T*asaury, Under Disabilities. The Act -of Congress of 17AO prohibits my one engaged in mercantile business from holding the office of Secretary of the Treasury ; cnnsetyiently ^twiRr will not he aula to fill the office nu'esa the Art la impended as to liim. There I* a bill iniro duced for that purpose, hilt the retolt is ua> ;<?riain, nn.l Pie-irlrnt (itn.w m#y hure to make n.-w npj> >liilrnent. It is rnmored that Stewart proposes to malign bis vast bnsiuess to trustees, nbo afis to apply all profits to charitable purposes, and o qualify himself. We don't believe this is probable. Should Congress relieve him from Ihe trammels of the law, it will be a striking illustration of the proverb that lawa ara lika eobwebs, only made tc catch flies, whilst big bugs break through them. ??i ? ? Inauguration Ceremonies. There was nothing remsrknble in Grant's inauguration ceremonies; large procession, vast crowds salutes of cannon, cheering and ibontiag of the aoaltitude, Ac. Yew comparLirely tumid bur the President read bis Inaugural add re#*?-his roles was' low, bnt some if the sentiments were caught np by these nearest him and repeated by others till they extended} In th>? wny, to tbrse mere remote iroul the stand, ami applause fulivw.i. i B a t ! K 1 I tr Mustering of thu Falmotto Fir* Company. Tbs Palmetto Vii* Engine Company paraded on Saturday Hnb| lid) in fall red uni. form, the whole force, seventy in number, with few exceptions, being preeent, tbair appearnnoe waa An excellent one, their marching and general order occasioning universal remark. The engine was tn admirable condition, as it is all times, and Mr. J. C. Smitd, takes great pride in bis organisation, which be should do, as his discipline and kind command accures the respect and obedience < f all. The proees sion waa headed by two firemen, little chubby hoys, aged about six yoars each, also uniformed, and was quite a pleasing feature in the exorcises. After marching through Main Street, the Company returned to Washington 6treet and passing the Baptist Church, crossed the upper bridge, proceeding up Pendleton Street by the warehouse of Messrs. David A Btraplst, thence by the Depot, returning by Augusta Street, rcerossing the River on the lower bridge. Tbe ladies and c'tisens of that part of the town viewed them with interest. Tbe Captain, after returning, found bis men too tired to engsgo in the usual pastime of water throwing, and consequently dismissed his company. ' - - ? ?* muuu ?ormwjr, We ere mu?li pleased to see from the ad* vertisvment of Mr. Julivs C Smiiu that he hue become the egeut fur the sale uf the Wando Fertiliser. Our reader*, perhaps, all know thai this ia found in the raw stale near Charleston, and hy the use of machinery to crush and pulverize, and sulphuric acid to render soluble, the material is converted into a fertiliser of the richest and most valuable kind. No one would be sur. priaed at its fertilizing power on seeing specimens of the crude article. It seems to be concretions of animal remains, the bones of land animals and sea monsters and creatures of every kind. Mr. Smith has tome specimens found in. "the diggings " near Charleston. We would reeom. mend ail onr farmers and gardeners to give the Wsndo Fertilizer a liberal trial this year. It is cheaper than guano and ihuuglit to be mo-e permanent. It was used vtry successfully by s few who tried it Inst year. ? - ? Township Law. The act to organize Townships in this State concerns every oi'izen to know. Accord ing to a suggestion of tome intelligent friends, ws shall undertake the publication of the act in full la the neat number of the Eiitrrp. t'xe, and reserve a wwmhec of entra copies for those srlio may order them. We suggest to our advertising fi lends, that next week will be a good time for something from litem. We would thank our ft Vends to furnish ns a list of officers elected in every township litis District and Pickens. The Fiitaenlh Amendment. The Senile of this State naa already passed a joint resolution ratifying the fif trenlk amentha-'tit. It goes to tli? House, which will no doubt rasa it. Thus (lis South C?r?Ki.? I *gi?Ut t?r?* may civ? a vol* thai mil: change the Constitution! of New York, l'enti?y Ivanin, and other g'eat States, and put California into Chinese hand* Township Klection. The annexed is a lie* of the officers efoet ef Township No. *, si the eieetion held for ibst purpose on tbo 5tli iust. The choice is so admirable one: Seleeimen ? W. T. Shockley, James P. Momly and Tbos J. Turner. Clerk?W. C. ffMgilk ,S'iirneynr?II. F. PoWclI, ConttabU?John II, Catnpbc!?. Hon. W. D. Bimpson. Our represei.trttive elect from this Con gres*ion*l District has published in the Laurrnsville /let a! J a dignified and able rt? ply to the monstrous charges of election iraods made by A. S. Wallack, hi* c<>mp?ti tor. To Teachers. We get np different kinds of blank monthly report*, printed on fine paper, for the use of schools snd colleges. Specimens in uso at the Format) University and the Female College, caa be seen at our Office. Hrporta op the kind alhidrd bo, ears a vast amount af labor, and are uiitch niaer than those prepared with the pea. We work ebeapr for tko sash. Attciliiii is called to tbo advertisement In another column of Meaare. Whit mire A Ferguson?" G-ood Groceries ud Oseciao Bend Bhoeplof Sale."" Call and see. For tbo Southern-Enterprise. Gnkrhtillb, 8. C., March 2. 1869. Jfrtrrt ?ditor??A lady friend, who bold* correspondence with the lice. B. L. Harper, former pastor of the Methodist Kpisetpnl Church of &reea?ille, bp* kindly furnished we with a rety complimentaiy wo tie# of that young and eloquent dirinc, with request toharo the same published in your very estimable paper, so that his friends here tunny know in what high esteeas be is held by the people he is now serving as pastor. It* is tbe station preachrr this year at luka, Mia*. Euclosod. you wi.l find th* not ice alluded to. tcrj Trnly BAM. C. CLTHE. The Tula (Miss.) Oantu say* that Res. R. I. Ilarnftf * ationn/) r?w?n*vKw w at T.alr m la of th? tnoat eloquent diviue# of hi* age (only 22.) in the United Slate#, and big modecty and childlike eimpiieity equal bia oratory, a II who hear him are perfectly charmed with hii oruate and electrifying elocution. SrtiFArar row CatmNAt.a.?The Lonieeilta Conriar-Journal judge*, "from epeecbee on the gallowa, murderer#, in proportion to nwmbera have a much larger repraaentatloa In Heaven than any other eta## of human being*." II ympathy for murderer* continue# at the rata it i# now progroaeiog, the anceat mod* of geeHag into Paradi#* will be by way of the (oaffold, the New York fiaraliI think*. i ^ ? ?? pT A religioo* revival haa been going on a* Spartanburg. Q alao at Abbeville, j bath in the McthoJiat Cliuroh. weamet* qMjjj l K I 8 8 . FROM TH13 CAPITAL. Columbia Correspondence of Southern Enterprise. Columbia, S 0., M?roh 1, 1860. M'ttrt Editore?The prinoipal portion of thU di) ?M consumed in discussing bill to'cteate lend commission. The bill propoeca to create a board of three commissionera?they are to appoint a land agent to pnrehaee and aell land on sneh terms and in auoh manner at raid board may direct ? The object q| the bill ie to enable the.poor end houseless to procure a home of their own; litis is a dttireb e and leudable ob ject, and if It can ba made praotical will do more to encourage emigration to this Stste than any plan that hae heretofore been propoeed. The necessity of the bill exiated in the (act that large land owners will not sell lend in sueh quantities aud on such terms at a poor wan can comply with ; and in a majority of cases the land owner cannot, for kit land is probably all bs hat saved from the wreck of war, and be must have what capital he can obtain tor it to operate in buaioeea with. Consequently, to sell his land on n credit oi Ave or six years would !>? to his injury to benefit others. By the provisions of this bill, the Slate treromc* the purchaser of lands that may be offered for sale, and will pay.the owners the cash for them, and sell them sgsin t) actual settlers on time. Every safe-guard possible Is thrown around the hill to prevent fraud; it will in all probability become a law. vcxsDST. 2n, Was occupied in dispatching several unimportant billa and resolutions. After ilia usual parliamentary skirmishing on a bill to protect laborers working on sou tract, the House adjourned. VKUNbrsT, to Several bills of local matters were reported from the Engrossing Committee for the third reading. The bid to protect la horers on contract was resumed. After lengthy discussions^ it was severally eon ceded that the bill was Imperfect, and would not accomplish the object desi^ned( and It was finally laid on the table. A bill to aid the 1'ort Hoy a I and Beaufort Railroad, was put on its second reading.? After a considerable discussion and parlia mentary skirmishing, I he ilouKybklni to, its usual generous disposition to aid rail roads, and passed the bill J. H. Feritcr, of Sumter, made a telliag speech against its final pa-sage, in which hi displayed consul^ erable financial ability, and foreshadowed the niinoUS nolicv of the State i,.l.ir .Inn bmida f?r railroads rtgardles* of limit prao lical utility ant) intrinsic value. tulrsuav , 4to. | Tlis mast important act of this day was I to adopt a resolution from the Senate to ad j?urn on the 20tl? ins I. ; and so if we do not complete the business that is before the Uouse in the specified time, it will have to be lab) over until the fail session. A bill to piovide for tlm consolidation and revision of the laws of South Carolina, wee parsed to its third reading, and hasheenme an nat. It has Veen the desire of the Wading minds of the State to Sore this work completed years ago; it it the only practical "plnn that will give an opportunity generally to the people to obtain a general knowledge of tbe law. 7he School Bill waa discussed and amended, also a resolution adopted to apt>oiiit proxies to r -present I lie stock of the Stale in the Greeuviilc and Colombia Railroad; the following were appointed. J. M. Allen, Wilson Cook, C. VV. Monlgom. ?ry, Joseph C-ews, C. M. Wdlsr, llut?on and L?mar. 7ho 11-uwe tlveo adjourned in honor of tbe inanguratlwo vf rresident Grant. kmiday, 6rn. The most important act to the State generally, w?t the final pnssige of a hill to in corporate the University of South CaroMny, with tome amendments to the old eharter. By a provision of the Constitution, all public schools and colleges that are supported by the State tfre open to all without regard to raee or color. Now in the puhtic schools it is very easy to separate the two raeea and give them different schools, and this plan will be strictly carried out in public schools; but in a col I ego it la somewhat doubtful. Colored students ean now be aJ init*ed to thia College,, and some writers ard newspaper editors are very gloomy on the suhj-ot, and prononnoe tho. measure fa. >al to the College. This elaes are now ready to sing the requiem of the South Carolina University because a colored etu dent liaa the right to be admitted ; and, in all liumsn probability, not a dosen will h? admitted in forty years Every intelligent man fn the Slate who understands the po lit leal animus of the student* t hot attend the University, I now well what would be the probable fate of a colored student if he ?M admitted. One of the principal evila oagui vo oe reme'iiru uy I It is set I* thai the College may be so organised by it* trustee* en<l teaches* that the youth of the . conotry may hereafter be taught that the United States govern* S?nth Carolina, and not the old ki*a tbet South Carolina ahould govern United Slates. J. B. il. Our correspondent J. it. II. although he may not *o understand it, disoloaea the ob j-et of the new University Act, It ir, it aceme, the purpose ol tlii prima movers in the matter, to convert the Unireral'y into a pnrty machine, to teach the youth of this State to worship at the shrine of Wcndbll Phillip* and all euch amaigamatioiiiels, nnd to abhor the memory of their ancea tors. This machinery we predict will fail, k for many reasons. The " old idean was ) simply tlint the reserved rights of the States and people ehootd not be trampled on by the Federal Government, and Thomas Jrpreason* author of the Deelaratlon of Indo* pendens#, woe it* flict great defender, when he,.ae-the leader af the old par* R l, publican party, defeated the alien and eek d tlon laws and the New England ideas of j^iboae times. j / " '.*> ' _'* ;* : Il l mm?and? .. . . # "v'--w': : > y\at,T t., 1 1 :-...i.rnz^zsJi?ijr * 1 el* ? GiJu Gr*nVi LnogurU Addrett* WAsmitoYOx, March 4?General Grant **4 Inaugurated ? ?r*eidant of the United States ehortly after noon in the presence of one of the inost immense assemblages trer gathesfcd in the national capital. The display was magnificent. The process sioa which escorted the President elect IVuia bis head quarters to the capital was the grand* est ever seen here. The whoie city was vail/ decorated with flags, and the accession of the new President was welcomed by salvos of artiller* both at the spot and at all the militaiy posts in the neighborhood, " The weather was bad, hot not enough so td interrupt the ceremonies. Early In the morning a band of tbievos attempted to Volt the street ears, hut alter a severe figlit they wera dispersed by the police, sovoral being capture ed. Otherwise porffcet order was maintained. The ceremony of swearing in Uenoral Grant took place on a large raised platform on the east front of the capital, where thousands could see, bat fow could hoar what was said. 11 ere Grant dolirered his inaugural In a rath- I or low voice, as follows f _ v i tin si n a A Tthtft'hd * Cfliint?/ fke U*it'd SinUi?*Yotit -rTfllfnged having elected ine to tho office of frwkkut of thy United Slate*, I barn. In conformity with the constitution of our country, taken the ONtlb of office prescribed therein. I bare taken this oath without mental reservation and with thd determination to do, to tho best of my ability* 'all that it requires of me. The responsibilities of tb* position f feet, bat accept them without fear. The office ban conic to ore unsought. I commence its duties untrammelled. I bring to it a conscientious desire and determination to fill It to the bee* of my ability to tho satisfaction of the people* On all leading questions agitating the publit? mind, I will always express my riews to Cona grees, and urge them according to my ludg- . tnent, and when f think It advisable, will n< orcise the constitutional privilege of Interpoeiug a veto to defeat mcaeures which 1 oppose ; bat all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or cot. 1 shall on alt subjects bare a policy to recommend, but none to enforce agaiust the will of the people. Laws are to govern all nlika* thore opposed to* as well as those who farof them. I know no method to sveafo the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. The country having just emerged from m great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement in tbe next four years wbioh preceding administrations bare never had to dual with. In meeting these, it is desirable that they should be approached calmly, without prejudice, halo or eectional pride? remembering (but the greatest good of the greatest number is tbe object to bo attained, of person, property and Tor religious and politioal opinion in every part of our eoromon country, without regard to local prejudices. Laws U secure these ends v ill receiro my best efforts for tbeir enfureiTncnt. A grt.it debt has been contracted in securing to us and our posterity the Union. The payment of this principal and interest, as well as the return to a specie basis as soon as ft , can he accomplished without materia! detriment to the debtor class or to the country at large, must be provided for. To protect the nav " tionui honor, every dollar of government in* dcbtcdnese should he paid in gold, unless otherwise expressly stipulated io she enntraet. Let it be understood that no repudiate* ef one farthing ntjmr public debt will 4>e trusted in {VnMic place, and it will go far toward* strengthening a credit which ought to be the best in the world, and will uitiiuutely enable ue to replace tho debt with bouds bearing lees interest than We now pay. To this should be nddtfd a fcttbfn) colle -lion ef the revenue, a strict accountability to I Shi treasury for every dollar coilocted, aw1 the greatest practicable retrenchment in expenditure in every depart moui ui me government. r? uen we com pit re (he paying capacity of (be country now with ten States still in poverty from the effects of war, but soon to emerge, I trust, in greater prosperity than ever before,.'with iU paying capnoity twenty -five years ago, and calculate what it probably will bo rWenty-tive yearn hence, who can doubt the feasibility of paying every dollar then with more eeee than we nuar , pay for useless Iwxrrics. Why, I* looks as though Providence had bestowed upon us j? strong box ; the preeiotte metal* looked up in the stcrife moun'afna of the for Wcet, which we are now forging the key to unloek to meet the very contingency Ihet ie now upon us. Ultimately it may be necessary to increasw the facilities to roach these riches, end it may be nccer.sary also that the general government , sboald give its aid to secure the access. Cut that should only l>e when a dollar of obligation ' to pay secures tha dollar to us now, and not before. Whilst the question of specie pay* mouU it in abeyance, the prudent business man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future, and the nhtion should . follow (be sutno rule. A prostrate commerce is to be rebuilt and all ! industries encouraged. The young men of ; the country, (bote who from rhoir ago most be ' its rulers twenty-five years henee, have a greater interest in uiainteining the national honor. A moment's reflection as to what will he our commanding influence among toe nations of the earth in their day. If they ero only true te themselves, should inspire them with national pride. All dirisions, geographical, political and religious, can join in this common sentTm ;nt. How the public debt ie to hs psid or specie* payments resumed is not so important as that a policy should be adopted and acquiesced in. The determination to do is worth more than divided councils upon the method of doing. | Legislation upon this subject may not he ns? cessary now, no* even advisable; but itwilFbw when the et?M lam is mure fully res to rod in all purls of the country, and trade resumes itr i wonted rhannels. K win > my endeavor to execute all law* in good faith, to collect all re venae* *Mee*ed, and to have them properly accounted for and economically disbursed. 1 will, to the beet of aiy ability, appoint to office only those who will carry out this de-^ ?ignIn regard to foreign policy, I would deal | with nations as equitable lew renuiro* individuals to deal with each other, ana t would pro* tect the law abiding eiHxen, whether of native - tor ? or of foreign birth, wherever hie right! arw jeopardised or tha flag of our country floats. I would respect the right* af all nations, de* mending t quel respect fbv erav own. If other* depert from thie rule in ttieir dealings with us, we may be compelled to follow their preee' dent. I The proper treatment of the original occupant! of this land, the Indian, is ona deserving of careful study, I will furor any conree to* i vards them which ton da to their civilisation, chriatlanisation and alliniate eitlaenehip. The question of sufTrege is one which ie likely to agitate tha public so long as-a portion of their people is to he excluded from, its privilege* In any fitate. It seem* to me very desire*bla that this question should he settled now,, and I entertain the hope r od express the desire that it tuny he by the ratifloatlou of the Fifteenth article of amendment to the eonstiiwtion. In conclusion, I ask patient forbearance, one< towards another, throughoOt the land, and a? determined elost ow. She pert ol every citizento do his share tnearili 1 ? m MPpi'^ anion; and f aak Ibo prayerj ofibe nation toAlmighty Uod in Labnlf of thla connm^ Una. Piarn anne or Libi t. Dbaihb.?la the United Hla'ta Court, beforf Judge Bane diet om Monday aftarnoon, by direction of AttoraeyGeneral Krarta, Aaaiataot Die trial Attorney Pxrri* entered a moll? prootfwf la tba eae# of John C. Bratne, who baa been an^ar atrtiT and indictment far piracy alnee Ootohar, 1AM, # and mo red hi* dlaeberge. which was directed/ hy the Court. Draftee left tike Court In a baetr, and to awe of tfce liBaiaa Be aatd Be wanftd lnt(*ialK I v aoaab, where a MM of bte reletiroe rrelde.