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> --- --- - - - - ' * - " mm TED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS; SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, W3WS, POLITICS <StC., &C. " " ' - - - - ? - -j. _jr TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER AH.HUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of yoar Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all yonr Rights."'?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 18Glt yOLUME VIII.?NO. 4,1. DOWN BY THE BIVER SIDE. DY GEORGE P. MORRIS. Down by the rirer oide I stray As twilight shadows close, And the soft music of the spray Lulls nature to repose: Beside the stream a maiden dwelln? My star of eventide !? Pure as the water-lily bells Down by the river side. Down by tlie river side I own A treasure worth the sea, In one, to all the world unknown, "Who's all the world to me. Soon, in her early bloom and glow, She is to be my bride, w "Where the sweet water lilies grow Down by the river side, CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. Its Distinctive Features. We published, yesterday, tho Constitution of the Southern Confederacy. Time and spaco did not permit a simultaneous comment on it. The Constitution, in its general aspect, is American. It preserves all the essential attributes r>f A morimr liK. erty, and makes decided improvements by providing against abuses which grew out of the Federal Constitution of 1/87. The procress of civilization is onward. Each revolution advances its great march, *nd makes new developments. The revolution of 1770, the result of the gre?t principles, of civil liberty derived from English history and experience, developed the Constitution of '87. The subsequent experience of the Southern people under the latter Constitution, enables them to develop the Constitution of 18G1, which advances nearer to perfection, by throwing off many of the old imperfections. What changes the progress of ti c next century may require, our descendants must judge. Human wisdom is only competent for the exigencies of the moment. Foiemost among the changes which have taken place are those in reference to the Presidential election and the distribu? * tion of the "spoils." The evils arising from these-elections are, 6ome of them, inti ? J . - - - vuiaum, hiiu can oniy De tolerated by weighing the grater security to civil liberty which wo feel when conscious that the term of office of our Chief Magistrate is not perpetual, and that time, not bloody revolution, may be safely trusted to remove him when incompetent. One great evil, under the Constitution of 1787, was the re-eligibility of tlie President. lie was no ?oorrer in office than lie began lo administer for the succession. His office-holders, removable if he was not re ejected, became liis partizans. While other aspirants, by promises to the horde of clamorous officeseekers, Boon arrayed themselves agaiust the Government, to defeat and disgraoe it fey thwarting it even in measures of public good it might undertake. This scramble, on one fide to retain and on the other to possess the spoils, was one of the most de- j moralizing of the old regime. This is, in a great -degree, removed, bv eicctiug the President for ?tx years thus r iiogtbe frequen- , cy of the Presidents' te6t; by making ihim ineligible, thus removing from him (he temptation of the succession; by giving , him the power to remove civil officers of the Exeentipft ?u..s_ ? ?rr ucu muir services are unnecessary, or far "dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct -or neg- 1 ilect of duty,1' and requiring the reasons for audi removals to be reported to the Senate, <hua checking, in a great degree, the strug- ' -gle for spoils among the partisans of the respective aspirants. Tbeso changes connected with tbe Presidency, will, if tbey at- 1 lain tbe results aimed at, prove the great? 1 est improvements upon tbe order of thiog* ] iin/lor * .uv uiu vjuvorumem. Tbe provision that Congress may, by ' law, grant to the principal officers in the Executive Departments a seat upon the 1 floor of either the Senate or llouse, with ' the privilege of discussing measures appertaining to their respective departments, is ( borrowed from the English Parliamentary custom, and will, wo think, work woll. Another important provision is that in reference to the qualification of foreigners. Under the Federal Constitution foreigners Are qualified by State laws' to vote before itiAV or a 1 *1 ?j ... ? ?u.u.?vu w w>i.i<.aiiauip uuuer iue Federal Government. This gives rise to dissatisfaction, and* is ' the cause of much corruption in our large cities. To avoid this, the Confederate Constitution provides that "no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of thp. oV.?1l ~-w w.w wry VMVf v* W DUdll LHJ allowed to vote for any officer, civil or political, State or Federal." A fruitful source of trouble, under Hie old Government, wnsjbe power of tbe Government to embark in a system of internal improvement*. This is explained by limiting tbe facilities Congress may afford > commerce, to furnishing lights and buojF, and makinor imDrovwrn?nf? ? i.--i ?J D g in imrvurs, auu removing obstruction* in rivor navigation facilitated thereby be made to past the cost. When any river divides or flow# through two or more' States, they may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. 4 . The Constitutionality of protection to any hranoh of industry, through the adjustment of tho tariff, was also another subject of party division.. This; too, is settled, by the provision that no bounties- shall 1*. granted^ nor any dutios laid to promote or foster any branch of' industry. Again, in requiring that the Post Office Department shall be self-sustaining, the new Constitution provides against another abuse. By producing a deficiency in this Department, the advocates of protection in tue united States (Government created an excuse for raising the tariff. The new Constitution providos thai, after tbo first of March, 1863, the expenses of tlie Post Of6ce Department shall be paid out of its own revenue. The same inducement for protection produced great extravagance in every department of the Government, because the greater the expenditures the greater the protection. Against all of this the ninth and tenth clauses of the ninth section of the first article makes 6tringent provisions. The second section of Article fourth secures to the citizen of each Stale the right of transit and sojourn in any State of the Confederacy with their sluvcs and other property, and that the right of property in said slaves shall not ho thereby impaired. The third clause of the same section provides for the rendition of fugitive slaves. There is iu Uii'b a direct and palpable designation of slaves aB property, which the old Constitution very prudishly avoided.? It also provides that in all territory of the Government, "the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall bo rccognized and protected by Congress and by the Territoual Government." The admission of other States iB provided for ; but a vote of two?thirds of the whole House, and two-thirds of the Senate?the Senate voting by Stales. But no new States shall be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the Slates concerned, as well as of Congress. Article fifth, section first, provides that upon the demand of three States, through their Conventions, Congress shall summon . a convention ot all the Stales. In the above wo have given our readers ( the d'stioctive features of the Constitution of tlie Confederate States. The observa- 4 tion of every attentive reader of the histo- j rv of the United States will defect the rea- ^ eons which prompted the above chancres. . an J will recogniso them as improvements. j The old Constitution threw every obstacle in the way of improvement, and left a minority without redress. It left - to revolu- j tion to make corrections which wisdom , and justice should have accorded spontaneously. What the experience or the exi- ( genoies-of the Southern States require io ( the future, we of this generation cannot ( Bee. But, be they what they may, litis J revolution and tbis Constitution sets an example which, if followed by the whole ^ world, will give to every nationality redress of grievances without recourse .to iblood* ^ shed.? Carolinian. , The Printer.?Punch says How nice 1 is this being s Printer 1 A public servant, i and withal a servant of the devil. A good ' natured fellow?must always smile aod I bow to everybody?must be lulling polite on all occasions, especially to the ladies? I must always be a dear duck of a man al- ' ways witty and undignified; roost never do 4 anything that would not accord with the 1 strictest sense of propriety of the most f precise old raaide and must always be cor- i rect in everything he does; be is always 1 expected to know the latest news; is styled 1 'muggins' if he is not always posted ; raustjc please everybody, and is supposed never to 1 heed the 'one thing needfulrausl wcrk < for nothing and board himself; must truBt < everybody and is thought a great bore if be { presents bill; must be a ladder for all t political aspirants to step into office, who ? very soon become independent, don't owe t him anything, consider the printer at best ? a sorry dog who can expect no better treat- > ment than kicks and cuffs, and finally sum- 1 raing it op, he is expected to be a man J wit bout a model, and without a shadow. ' I The Phsaud tub Sword.?If the 'pen * is raighter Wan the swor^,1 South parolina * has seven editors who, ignoring the (act) have gallantly taken up arms in defence of the State. The Abbeville Preea is reprer \ sented bv W. A. Lee, Esq.,ita gifted edi- t tor, as 'high private* in the ranks of Jj?e g Abbeville company now at Charleston. \ Capt. F. F. Warley, of the Darliogton , Southerner ; Measra. Shooter and Fairlee, , of the Marion Star; Logan, of the King- j atree Star ; Rogg, of the Lexington Flag ; j and Canera. of th? rr:~"' -J- - "" l " I also upon the tented field. We wish them j all an honorable escape from tbe ban* at t Fort Sumter, or a tweet sleep in gk>rjrV | grave.?Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer. ] i i i " t i Dimity is named from Damietta, a town < in Egypt celebrated for its manufacture, < Sensations of Taking Qfyloroform, A Correspondent of the San Erancitco. Weekly Mirror gives tbe following v.ivid description of the sensations be felt while under tbe intoxication of chloroform, in which ho had been placcd for the purpose of; having a sliver of iron extracted from his eye: My last sane recollection iB of iho surgeon applying the handkerchief to- my mouth; thon tbe room began, to magnify to gigwntic proportions; a common lamp, was transformed to a candelabrum, more luminous and costly than ever lighted tbe grandest cathed ral in the world. The Burgeon became a giant of prodigious magnitude, holding a huge,, gloaming knife, with a single blow of which ha might have severed tne. The sound of voices in the room seemed like the clamorings of a vast multitude during tho burning of a city, and a sign-board, scretehing outside, conveyed the idea of a furious mob called it* the street for ipy execution. On entering tbe room I had noticed a large cat sitting nqlppn nn o cIiaU' ?*? !%/*-?-! wu M WUVIX < llivu LUI IIUU H3 UUilU lazily toward me and then resumed it slumbers ; this creature became a hidqpus, vampire-like monster, with great fiery eyes, and with fang* and claws like what were fabled to belong to the grifEn, walking round and blowing fetid breath on me, and pressing its frightful paws on my breast. But the worst of all was a collection of gigantic men sharpening instruments for my dissec- ( tion; I could hear the whirring of the ] stone and the shrieking of the higlily-tem? , pered knives as the grinders laughed at the ; intended disser.linn. Ona tvoo mnm . __ ?. wxw ? >aw M*VI v J lA/UOD and heartless than the rest; bewasroy im- i placable enemy.; we had quarreled and i fought about a schoolmate lore. Present- , ly I felt their keen knives at every joint; I \ shrieked and screamed, blasphemed and be- < aniinrlit mw U?a -jIH it- " - * uv ujj ?.v#?lucuiuio, uut fiim iue insiru? | moots hissed through my quivering flesh | and grated along every bone. I am satis- , Red that all these emotions were experien- ( col within a moment after the first inhalation which began the stupefaction. So | swift aro evolutions of thought when the ( sense is subdued, and when the phantom i monnrp.h nf (Jroomo lanJo !.- ?..I ?t ? IVOUO 111o OUU1 LIJ ruu^u the endless avenues, swifter in its journey-^ iog than the short-lived firo which falls from the womb of an overburdened cloud. But a gradual revolution of mental perception succeeded; those frightful specters began to recede ; the men and knives began to diminish ; the cat returned to natural proportions, and crept slowly away ; the voices became less harsh and threatening, and the noise in the street was subdued to unbroken silence. X looked into a universe of light, with nothing visible, until indistinct forms appeared on the horizon, coming, to ?i .? naiu uic auv ueuuing metnseives as they , :nrao. One was my mother, clad in grave* f slothes, but as she neared, her habiliments | ahanged to the fabrics which glittered in j the prophet's vision when he looked over the "great congregation which no man t jould number." Dirp/?f!?r ?v?? j ,? ? BMW Oiv/uu UJf j me; and, recognizing every feature, I saw < that each age rnaiik was gone;; ber cheek ? was fresh as the young girl's when she first , blushes at the whispered words of love, tod stooping to ikiss mo, the apparition went out, leaving another still more beau- j. ;iful and youthful; it was the figure of my t foung wife, who died in the birth of her irst child. She held an infant in ber arms who reached down and ran his tiny fiogoie c brougb toy hair, but when I tried to take c litn in my arms, infant *nd mother were ^ rone. Strancre. that. T *?? 9 0 ... .V*w iiv viiaa^uiub" ^ nent; I knew they were but pictures tbat j iung in tbe galleries of a father's heart.? Everything changed to an existence of in? lescribable pleasure : I laugh and danced ike one mad with the exhilirntion of on? V sxpecte'l deliverance from torture; the air * jame into my lungs gratefully as the upjushing of cool water to tbe lips of a tbirs- e y drinker. Tbe aroma of celestial gardens eemed about me; I believed I was in the . errltory of souls, and wondered how any " >ne should fear to die. I coqjd hear sounds * n tbe street, but they seemed to prolong lod swell like tbe soond of a great organ. Millions of symmetrical creatures passed ? o review, along a horizon of silver and fold and yet I was conscious that they vere bnt the creatures of a distorted i?aj- B igination. , ' * v# # 4 Presently I became conscious of return- p ng sense ; my limbs felt unwieldy and of t oo great proportions to b? moved by the v itrerigtbening will; my eyes opened'and wgan to diseern ofyocU r^tyrniog to natjtt- ^ al dimensions, I began to discern object* j earning tonatural dimensions^ and I befan to comprehend lb* conversation of a )ersons in tbe room. Th^ whole operation , lad not occupied balf an bonr, bnt I bad ^ ived centuries pf iodcsorible borrpr^ apd ^ motions of bapwfeeea *bio|b are incompre- ', lendbte to tbe saiie and wakeful mind.? 6 Hy sight was preserved, and tbe fragment ? >f steal is in my possession^ w,bl<&, like tbe 0 key of Peter, uBlocked celestial spied- fc i > dprs tipd opened a pandora box of hellish 1 iraaginery, which, cv^n now, scares me 1 from, dreams to sudden and trembling 1 vwHefulqess. . f A JILTED LOy^R'S, 8T0RY. f When I was a young man, I was professor of languages in the Blank Institute. ( One of our lady teachers was an intcres- ^ ting young ijeraon, very intelligent and attractive. She and I- made each other's acquaintance, and (I may as well admit it nrst as iast,j wo become very warmly attached. I The duties of Miss Ilanson, for so I will ' ' t call tbe young lady, liad become very onerous, altogether too mu.ch so for her delicate frame; and I, pained too 6ee one who was bo dear to me, laboring beyond her strength, looked about to see if something better could not be obtained for her. Glad- ' ly would I at once have made her my wife, and thus have obviated the necessity of her earning her own support \ but in the ^ then state of my finances, such a thing ^ was not to be thought of. And so, not being able to do as J would, I tried to do j what { could; and success attended my ^ efforts. A wealthy gentleman of my acqaifltance ^ who bad several young children, wanting a first class governess for them, I eagerly proposed Miss Hanson, and her examination ^ proving satisfactory, she was duly installed in her new situation. She found it to be easy, pleasant and profitable ] and my mind j being set at rest regarding her, I now turned my attention exclusively to the duties of ^ my profession, resolved to postpone for a year or two, the pleasant duties of courtship. T judged that we would both be bet- ' ter fitted for the faithful discharge of our engagements, seeing each other but seldom than we should otherwise bo. Tc be sure, ? it would have pleased me well lo have re? ^ seived frequnt letters from my esteemed Clara; but a? she expressed herself very f much averse to letter writing, I would pot require her to distress herself for my sake, 11 Several months after Miss Hanson en- * tered upon her workns governess, the eldest ' son of her employer came home, a gradu?te from college. He admired Miss Han- ^ son from the first moment that he beheld, ^ jer and it was not long before he made her iware of the fact. He was pressing in his mit, he was wealthy, he was present with 8 ier, and my lady love transferred her afiec- ^ iions and her engagement to him. Tli? jmployer, discovering what was taking place, was enraged at bis son's folly and ^ it the lad's presumption, 88 he termed it, ind would listen to nothing but an utter 11 abandonment of the engagement. He w urned the young lady away and she pro* leeded to New York in search of another ? lituation. She had entered into arrangenenta to teach for si* months?I do not M emember where.?when her iov$r suddeny appeared before her, and insisted ifjw.n ? )riya?e And immediate marriage, She consented, and after the carom ony Y( he bridegroom went his way and the bride a iers, for the term of si* months. iyt the al expiration of that time they again met, si ind proceeded to the city of Detroit to re- w lido. pi AU this time no spirit wintered io my y< ar of daDger or trouble. Calmly I la- b' >ored od, only now and then pausing to bink contentedly pf my Clara, and to feci enewed satisfaction that she wao eo well '? >laced. But eudd6nlv I heard of her eon- ^ luct?of all except her marriage, and of ^ ouroe she was lost to me as much aa D< hough J had known her to be wedded. 1 ould not overlook such deceit and heartessne&a. ( Five years rolled away, and on a wild, rc tormy night I arrived at Detroit. Feeling ery much fatigued, I asked to be 4hown ,t once to nay room in the hotel. Hardly fie lad I been left alone when some one knock- J>? d on the door next to mine. A Who's there!' said a wojnay'svoice. pi /Father,' was the reply. 'Mrs. Jenkins at i below And wishes to aee you. Jt told her fo hat you were pot yery well and had retired; rfl iut she will take no deniaS/ gi 'Then she roust come up'here, Pa; we an neper dress again and go1 down to ^ ??*.' .... . ? , L?t roe see, what was Mrs. Jenkins' aaiden name? asked one of the voices in he next room, when the father had with- ^ i^uuerio i o?a Deon sitting in contem>lativemood Wore my fire, Wring because ooold not b?lp it, tk?. partition being so ery thin. ' 66 'Why 1 8be was ,01am Hanson?don't m ou know?she was our acbobl-jfttte in q( k>tton years ago.V. ot Yo? roar iadae th?t tb?r>? - ?? . . ?? ??"7 *" yddep and srio^erpt alteration in my atataof ajod. i ttartod bo that I bit my bead ^ gainst tbe corner of^ tbe mantel pieoa, and ^ ame war wiling into tbe fire. ^ la bfpalbfoaa expectation lawaiUal Jbe ^ omming of tba vaitor. Bba bad leally jarried Jenkins then?that was tbe name f my MiimC* Prctantly thai vail remaaa- X* and slap draw near. Tbara w*e a noisy 00 . f \ nesting, much laughter, many questions, nany fervent expressions of affection of deight at being once more together. 'But, come now, lot u? hear each other's idventures,' said Clara; and when her riends had related theirs, she begin to talk >f hers. tyeader, can you imagine mv. fq^lipgs as ' heard that woman tell what I have already old, and much more! I heard all as if in i dream, yet I knew that it was reality? is real as anything can be in this unreal ?orld. Presently I rose, and stealing soft y into the.hall, laid jpst before, tbe door of. be room where Clara was, one of my cards ind in excited silence waited tbe result. It eas wbat I had reckoned oq. tyrs. Jenkins aw it instantly as she stepped from her riends' room. 'Some one has dropped a iote,' I heard her say. I heard tyer njove owarda the light. Then she gave a little hriek, and rushed back to her fi;ien<lB. 'Oh ! Mr. has been here. He must lave seen me come in. and followed me. >Vhat shall I do?' 'Who is Mr. :! You did not mention lim. Why do you fear bin? V asked the riends. *Oh, he was an old beau of mine,' said Dlara, 'and I would not meet him for the r orld.' 'Why,how many bet\ux did ypfl ^ave?' ?as the laughiug inquiry. 4I had a great many, and I ?oqs engaged o four other men token I married, Mr. renkins. Mr. was the fourth one.' Ever since that night in the Detroit noel I have been firmly established in the pinion that not the JeqrB alone were watchd over by a particular providence. o ? eminent counsel was employed in an ction against the proprietors of the Bockngham Coach. On the part oi the defenent the coachman was called. His exraination-in-cliief being ended, be was subset to the lender'scross-examination. Havng held up the forefinger of his right hand t the witnoss, and warning him to give a precise answer, to every question, and not > talk about what he might think the uestion meant, he proceeded thus:?'You rive the Rockingham Coach 1'?'IJo, sir; do not.'?'Why, man, did you not tell av Learnpjl frtAnil &r> (Ilia mnmmil I' 'Wa ir ; I put it to you?I pot it tp ypi| ppon our oath?do you not drive the Rockinc^* am Coach?'?'No, sir Idriye the horses. Tjie mayor of a spiall village of France aving occasion to give a passport to a disnguisbed personage in his neighborhood 'ho was blind of an eye, was in great em- ( arrassrjient on coming to description ( f his person. Fearful of offending the ( ood man, be adopted the following ingenHis expedient foravoiding the mention of ] is deformity. He wrote, 'JBIac? ?yes; one ( f which i& ajwfl*/ \ During a recent fire, an xrid woman wa? ary anxious to go through a fttreot which i t the time was considered dangerous; but I II her efforts were vnwraijing. ^t length J ie pushed one of the policemen aside, t hen that worthy preserver of the public i sace said, 'Now, marm, yon can't pass ; if \ jq <Jq, yov'H be filled, and then you'll ) lame us afterward.' Women often fancy themselves to be in . >ve when they are not. The love of being wed, fondness of flattery, the pleasure of iving pain to a rival, and a passion for . jvelty and excitement?are frequently . istaken for something far, better and ho- . 3.-, till marriage disenchants the Iwr se\f- , ?ceiver, and leaves her astonished at her vn indifference and the evaporation of her ^ imantic fancies. v A gentleman dining at a hotel where *1 rvants were few and far between, dea- n itched a lad among them for a cut of beef, fter a long time, the lad retted, ?\q<^ n acing it before the hungry gentleman, was ? iked, 'Are vou the lad who took mv nlata r r this beeff?'Tei, sir."?"Bless me,' eumed the biingrj .wit, "i^ow yoyi bare "oku i' >- . , ; o Sooebino.?First soldier?I.say, wtop n it been eating ell tie lean off the porkV ? Second eoldier-?I ha**. ' First soldier?Then who . dace do ? >a expect will eat all the fat! .Secood solder?(in (be qujefetf fnanMr) -TVby, I will. (Tdkee the fkt and est* ^ f ? ' ' d Turbos are some .people mho*e jbetoria .? >iibibis of 9 sugnt Ufmtml nodwiUteent, I often talf Mrs. Professor th*t one ' her ? think itV'**' h U worth flfe Bible- o ith of ?|I tie resTof (\e.)(ou*eIioM tlia ey'know.it's so.' ^ w wrmw** (v cmm tbey (ibe Aen) lore them, And are _ leepftecLevei? dap beceuM tbey jionol, id therefore cin study -the arte ef pleo?~ :> |i o ' * , >'*. ?i * is ip Too lata- co more' w tbe mowwful 4fc* ^ re, obildreo of ? tire whose nfe rtwjpiww* uole. |f BI7LE MUSKETS AND EBJEECH-LOADEKS. The opinions of our line-officers, generally seem fixed in favor of the Springfield Rifle musket and the Harper's Ferry rifle before all ot^er weapons for troops, while they regard CoIL'm pistol as the best of the "repeaters," and especially excellent for cavalry. Therefore, the reluctance on our part is just, to excbancre these trust* ?rm? fnr nnn a- ----- -J - ,|- "177. ~rw of tlie *breecb-loarders or 'repeaters,' of which so many are pressed upon the Vi(ar Department by the iqventore of them and other, interested persons. The great meritusually claimed fpr such arms is the rapidity of their fire. When a single man is assailed by numbers, it would certainly bo well fpr him to bo atyle rapidly to repeat his fire, and if he bo popl and expert, a Colt's revolver, or a Sharpe's carbine would be a comfortable weapon for him. But wbeij we are considering how to arm bodies oij- t,roops,so as best to meet all the contingencies of war, very different principles must control our decision. All e^jjtfrieuueu omcers kqow, mat on a battle Gelfl men are prone to fire too fast, and, that the muzzle-loading guns, with the convenient ammunition now fixed for l\iem, enable IroopB to fire a great deal faster tfyan is desirable or effective. One of the chief difficulties with which our army in the field baa to contend, is the means of transporting its aprimontion and, other necessary supplies, we adojrt tfye 'breech-loading' or 'repeating' arms, this become? at once a cause of heavy expense, and a great impediment to the rapid movements which are necessary for euccess. because if we bavesuch arms, we must guard flgaiost a failure of ammunition, and insure such aq amount of ij as will enable the troops to reap tlje tyll benefits of ^he rapid fire. Suppose ibe rifle musket to fire three Bhots per minute, and that one hundred rounds of reserve ammunition be taken as a fair pverage supply for each m^R; A breach-loader whir-.h firon fiftoor ol.^?o - - ? ? ^ wu BUUM JA3I minute will (.Uerj requirp five hundred roundB of reserve ammunition per man. Therefore, while an army of 1Q,000 men carrying the rifle musket, wil} require forty wagons and two hundred mules or draught borees for its ammunition train, the same army, if equipped with breech-loader?, will require two liptidred vyagons and twelve hundred fpuljes or draught horses 1 On the most favorable roads tbj9 ammunition train would be near two mijeg long. Ipaagine it traversing the fpguntains of Virginia, and th.e unprofessional reader can appreciate one of the difficulties to !>e considered ip deciding upon the relative value of rifle muskeg ana breech-loaders for troops, and can undefsjan.4 bow a gun which pap pqpsjjme a great deal of ammunition in q very short tiqrie pa ay be of ijuestiopg^le advantage to the troopa armed wjth i?. With resnaol (a ana ' ?r - ^1 wj ,ou60 lu"? seems to be no material difference t\ety(een ihe rifle musket and the best of the breechloaders. The rifle musket fires with great iccuracy, and its projectiles will kill a man seatly a mile. Anything more,than this > vill be of little practical importance for war >urposes. ? yi jVno ivu^ rnugo HUi~ nunition haa not produced the great reyor ution io the manoer.of conducting battles chich was anticipated. While military men generally were Bpecqating upon what changes would follow rom ih]s new invention, ;$e sagacity of x>uia Napoleon ftt ,c^e perceived it* yalue. vnu wvoen -tie landed on tbe shores of Italy o conduct tbe campaign ,of 1858, be anlounced to bis troop*, tbat to, tbe new rifles ?ete most dangerous at ^tance, they | riust .cl.Qae ,ypon tbe enemy with the bayp- ; et. j ( Accordingly tbe charges with Abe bayo qt ftpd J^bre were as fierce and der .< isive at Montebello, Magenfa and Solfe- | ino, as *nf of tbe battles of tbe.carrpjjgp f 1709. I There will be changes in -tbe composition fannies, growing .out of the ip\pro*e- , aente in small arm.?, a^d',\n d\e tactics and f quiproenta of IroofW JmU be ! eoided, u they liw b^fo^W hundred wn, by fire at pbort- rang* andby the myon+t an,J Ui6 &ftbre.?Rifih.f Jfaquirer. S-s- . a <t -* .<, - jg, t'r| 'Biddy,1 said Mike Donnell, !be other J py to his ouid omno,' cftn jra tell hie tbe . i&rence fe&weejn ?r Bbantj her* nad a; tlebrated cooof 'Ould Inland !* 4 An' fiuro I can't.' ? j ; " *Why, one U Daniel O'Uonnell, and the* liter it kefitifcl o'DtofineH.' ,vYtfrt^4ag Vlba ''MfrfcNPytfl aire to U i;MAf\ tt?? Wit 6f yell * ereelf that wanU the 'Bonifta/.. ? M ,r vI?*wwflT.-^JV 4Mi l*V wwon^ tbe ^ M?*M tlMt k?wao.- leii?s theran cn?b. in * UwWyWttt recelw in tl? ri^ifc worW J ie d^USkl i * treat. ** -: ! * ?r PEBMAlfET CMSTlTtrTtOK' MAIN NEW FEATURES, Montgomery, March 11.?The injunction of secrecy being removed^ the new features incorporated are known, and are as follows No person, of foreign birth, not a citiiJen of the (^oncljerate Elites allowed to Tot? fpr any ciyil or political office, State or federal, under first census. South Carolina entitled to six representatives in Congress; Georgia, ten; Alabama, nine*, Florida,two; Mississippi,seven ; Louisiana, six ; Texa9, six. Each Stat? entitled to two Senators. x lie state Legislature may impeach judicial or federal officers resident and acting in said State, bv a two-tbirds vote of both branches. Congress may grant seats upon the floor of either House to the principal officer of each Executive Department, with the privilege of discussing measures connected with his Department." Reprsentation of ^hree-flfths for Blaves continued.. Congress is not allowed, through duties on imports, to foster any branch of indus"jfhe foreign slave trade is prohibited. The Congress is prohibited from making > appropriations, unless by a two-thirds vote of both Douses, except appropriations be asked for iy some Department or the PresiW'1 ' No extra compensation s^all be allowed ^o any contractor or agent after contract made or service rendered. ||, lit - * ? - ? I j^vcry law, or resolution having tbe force of Jaw, shall relate to but one subject, and (>e expressed in the title. Tbe tenure of the office of president and yice-^resident shall be six years. The principal officers of departments and of tbe diplomatic service are removable at tbe pleasure of the President. Other civil officers are made removable when their services are unnecssary, or for other good causes, bv|t t|ie causes and reasons for the removal must be reported to the Senate, Practically, no captious removals are tolerated. Qther States may be admit* ted ipto the Confederacy by a two-thirds vote of both Houses. The Confederacy mav acauire territory, and nlaverv Rh?ll acknowledged and protected by Congress and the territorial government. When five States gratify it, this Constitution shall be established Tor said States. Until the permanent Constitution \s ratified, the Frovisional Constitution will continue in force, not ejtejidiflg, however, |>eyqnd one year. Nothing of special iplereaj; was done in Congress to-day. Fun is wojrth faoro than physic, and whoever invents or ^jsgoyers a new supply, deserves the name of a public benefactor. ' ' " ...... THZ3 GREAT BHQXjXSH RBUEDT SI? JA3tE? CLARKE'S Female PiIIi> PROTECTED LETTERS BT ROY^fi patent. - Thia invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cure of all those painful And dangerous dieease; jpetfient |o the female constitution. It moderates all excesses and removes all obstruction*, from whatever cause, and a speedy cure may be relied on. ? TO MARRIED LADIES t is ^peculiarly suited. It w ill, in a short time bring on the monthly period with regularity CAUTION?These Pills should not be take* by females that are pregnant, during the first three months, " they are sure to bring on Hiscarriage ; buf at every .c^t^her time, and in every .etiyjr spse tyey are perfectly safe. tu mi ubicb o.i ^^rypjjB ana optnai Atfeotloni Pain in the Back and Limbe, Hearines\ Fatigue pn slight exertion, Palpitation of th? E^rt, Lo^new of Spirit*, Hysteries, Sick B^ftcbe, Whites and.all the painful diseases aQG^i^ed ,hy a disordered system, these Pilla will e.ffc$i.p/inre when all other mean's hare foil id. Fall directions in the pamphlet around each D^qkag*, which ahould be carefully preferred. Ai^tje containing 60 pill#, and encircled pith ^Government Stamp of Great Britain >AP ,be tent poet free for $1 and 6 poatageatampa General agent for U. 8., Job Moe^KocWeter SoldTn Abbeville" by DowiM Jr. I. Branch, and C. H. Allen, and all I>raggiata every where. VanEkbaak A Grianw*, IhirW.. mi.i ?- * * * nuunwi. ****** ._ ( can ?r?i ? " ' ^ " " ' ? '?* Fo?Oudfci?^, . ? joay ^r. gp^ri?it >< ~ at?,S, " A. w& hr i atijfe-/ .***' <*& ;.-?* ttay.ii v^u'U^ : >: j^mury fUi, i?fi, s7, em^r^r^rMif - ; ' /" - .