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C"WJ- .i .J1 " ...I.-I.. The Abbeville Press. Abbeville, S. C. w. a. j,ee. editor! Fri^y, March 2, 1866. .Editok .Prbjs:?Please announce MILTON T. HUTCHISON as a.candidate for Sheriff at .tlje next election. A1aj<y FjuKNps. ffg" We are authorized to announao DAVID CRAWFORD, a candidate for Tax Collector at the ensuing election. * Z2T T. P. Slider, Esq., of tlio Mills Houpc ib our authorised Agent, in the city of Charleston, for soliciting .advertisement*, and receiving monies for thft same. THE VETO OF THE FBEEDMEH'S BUREAU BILL. The issue<has at last beon ma-lo between the Administration and the Radicalr, and Preeident Johqjpn .has redeenjcd hid pledges apd ^indicated his policy by an Q/nplmtie v?to.of the Freedujeu's Bureau Bill. This velo he has sustained by a message, stating hia objections . clenrly, forcibly and conclusively. He oitjects to the bill as a whole, not to some of iti> provisions merely, lie .objects to its jvhole 6Cope and policy,?as unconstitutional and inexpedient?as unjust as it is unnecessary. The Bill proposes to establish by authority of Congress, military jurisdiction, over all parts of the United States, containing refugees and freedmen,.though it applies with most force to # those parts of the United States where freedXpen most abound, and extends the existing temporary jurisdiction of the Frcedmaii'a Bureau, with greatly enlarged power, over those States where tho .ordinary .course of judicial proceedings-has been interrupted by the war. In those leveti State?, the bill subjecU any vhite person who may be charged wijh depriving, a .froedman of civil rights orimmuni yes, ui|sde ur nii^nsoomeub or uoui, wiliiuul prop^-ly defining the rights which are thus secured?extends this military-jurisdiction to *11 eases, of contracts?.-vest, the office of military judge, in an agent who may be a .stranger ignorant of the local law?prpvjdeo.for a trial without the intervention pf a jury, and according to such rules us the TVar.D.cpnrraent tiny prescribe?dispenses with the necessity of any previous presentment of a grand jury?imposes such penalty as a.Conrt Martial may think proper?allows no appeal, no writ of error to the tribunals of the country?the bill itself to have no limitation in point of time, but to form part of the permanent legislation of the country. All of which in. the opinion of the President ore clearly opposed to the provisions of the Constitution which guarantee to the citizens a speedy au impartial trial, after due presentment,-by a jury of his peers. The' establishment of sach a tribunal conld only bo -justified as a war measure, and would.now .up. necessarily disturb the commerce and industiy .of the country, by proclaiming to the wprjd, that the United States are still in a condition of civil war The details of the Bill are open to objections equally serious. The third section of the.Bill authorizes a general agd unlimited grput of support to,the destitute refugees and freedruen ; and the erection of suitable buildings for schools aud asylums, the.expenses to be defrayed out of the general treasury. Such a scheme is unprecedented in ihehistury of congressional legislation, and would entail upon the Government an expense of $25.000.000?a sum greater than.the entire anuual expenses of the Government during the administration of the eccond Adams. In addition to other objections, the fifth section proposes to take away land from its former* owners. without any legal proceedings whatever, eo&trary to the express provisions of the Constitution?land which whether subject to, confiscation or not, could only be tuken t^y due process of law. As a further objection, the Bill would seriously affect the ioterests of the very class it is designed to relieve, depriving the negro of the proper.stimulus to labor, making him restless Qnd diss<\tisfijed, and finally ontailiog upon the Qoyqrnrpejit the support ^nd control of four miljioiis of emancipate^ slaves by agents and "* overseers npppinted at Washington, and thus unduly increasing the patronage of the Executive. Lofet but not -leaA, among tho object ions which the President urges to (he bill, is that ft Las been passed without the sanction of the ^lqven States who are most interested in its j^ovifions; and io this connection he makes a strong urgumept exposing the injustice and impolicy of their exclusion. As a representative of the whole people, it becomes the duty of Ihft'Fteftident of the -United States to present the ieWni:bf those States t'pon Congress. -In ^ the ophiiou of the President, the Sputhem States are fully restored to their constitutional relations with the Government, and he thinkthat with the restoration of civil law, the rights of all classes wouli-be essentially projected agsint all unconstitutional infringement. There ii hence no ncccssity of further cmigresaional legislation on the subjsct. Thus firmly doss the Preildent plant himself upop the.highest Constitutional ground, 40$ boldly,nyUce a direct issue,jtrith the Radicals. We are gratified to see that the veto h*s been sustained in the Senate by a vote of tbir .ty to eighteen?the bill failing -by four votes |?ii than the neeeesary two thirds.- -Two Senators were absent whose vot?a mnuM K?i Deed each ether, and Mr. I^ane of Kansas, it is taid voted with the majority, with the view t6 tbota a redonajderation if n*eesaary. The bill ia daad aad do attempt will be mada to W*T* The veto message .feema to be well received generally, and large.and ,enthusiaatio meeting* are being held In the ehief cities, for 1he par. pw$ of,endowing the message pad the Prcsi deal'* poljcy qt <vest<o ration. %W Geo. A. Trenholm, Eaq., with his rotated bn presented the Orange Imw ^m*?*vj4ifeiHdipg?, /p a donation to the Kpi^copalTttfoj^^s^tci^^y pf'South .Carolina. " -ofioT ?i J* x-L.i i fc i ?.. ,' r-ISr-Th*- UU WuhtmgUti 4-fl.l** annwntfr .that the President in a publia. pofeh^at ^ ,c on need Sumner, 8tarao? and riituiM.br name, ?? to tb'^ tToion. We ^nViotuly iWirfi WVth^r detail*' and further Nl^rtaiv-' ,iU?olf. ^ f mtr- - f --- - ? ^ CONFLICT OF JURISDICTION JN CHARTS' I <TOJT VW? le?rn from <?ur ChM-leaton exchanges that the sentences of Judge Aid rich passed on the I4tb inst., upon Fox, Armudy, and Foster, found guilty.of larceny, the,foriner to receive thirtynino lasliea at intervals of every two months, and the latter, five lushes each, nt the expiration of a month, have been annulled 1?# the military authorities1, on I he grouud tliat they arc in violation of Hie ISth paragraph of Gen, Sickles order, issued on the 1st January last which provides that, "No corporal punishment bliaU lie iuflicted on any person other than a minor," <fcc, and that by parent or guardian. As the ense has given ri*e to' some false impressions, Judge Aldrich publishes a statement of hi3 interview with Gen. Bennett, commanding the Military District. At the interview, the latter staled that he had been directed by o:~?.i ?? >-- i. i - ? victi* tjicmcn lu rci[ut?l. lu*? (.CP I' VOlie I1IS I sentences, ns in violation of the military order, and inconsistent with the spirit of the age.? Tlio Judge replied that he had not seen the order ; but that as the punishment wan imposed by law, h^ discretion extended merely to increasing or diminishing tho number of stripes, and that he could not in the performance of hia duly dispense with it altogether, lie also staled that the infliction of the punishment could only be avoided by an exercise of the pardoning power by . the Governor or by the intervention of the military authorities. On Tuesday the 20th inst., Col. Carew, the Sheriff of Charleston went to the jitil for the purpose of enforcing the sentence, but was reused access to tho prisoner.', a:id was afterwards informed that the matter had been rcfered to the Major General Commanding for .final decision.. The position assumed by the military authorities, is clcarly stated in the subjoined letter from Captain M. N. Rice, A. A. A. G.. Military District of Charleston, to Colonel.Cnr<y,v, Sheriff of this Eistrict : IIj:.it"qiiaittkbr. Military Pi-tiuct ok ~| nilahikthn \>irt. bv <? f! 1 Assistant Adjutant General's Office, ^ .CiiAKLKaToJf, S. C., February lath, 1866. J | Juum K. CAKKW, Shtrijf of the ]Ji*trict of Charleston, Sir: T,'lielit. Major General Commanding lias bean informed thai you propose to inflict the punishment of .'19 laehea upon a person named .Charles Fox, now confined in the District jail, pursuant to a sentence of the Court of General Sessions, Mr. Judge Aldrich presiding. The ofllcer in copimsad.of the jail has benn notified uot to permit this punishment, and the sentence cannot be executed, Any attempt by you to execute elsewhere this or similar sentences, will-be treated as a violation of General Order No. 1, dated Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, Jan. 1st, lSG'.i, and promptly doalt with as auch.? Punishment of the Insh caiinpt be inflicted iD this city upon any person while the military authority continue# i/i force. The Cuurta of South Carolina ..cannot .have the nsseut, either expressed or implied, of tha .military authorities, of a punishment unknown to to laws of the United States. I am, Sir, .very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. N. RIQE, Capt,,35th U. S. C. T., A. A. Adjt. Gen. The final deciiipn of the matter we suppose .will await the judgntant of the President, who is the proper and authoritative interpreter of i .his own reconstruction policy, aud of the effect to he given to the joint proclamations of the Provisional Governor, and Gen. Gilmore, then commanding this department. The genernj impresMoji was certainly,that the effect of those proclamation? was to restore civil law, and the functions of the civil courts in all cases except thoee affecting freeduieu. or involving the rights of the military. The restoration of civil law is a mockery?"breaking the word of promise to the hope," il the military authorities arc to supervise the seutencc9 of the Courts and determine how far they are to be modified to meet the spirit of the age. The punishment of larceoy in this State has elwaj-s been whipping, and whether or not the law should be changed, is a question for tho legislative not the judicial department. The Judge, upon a conviction under the law had uo option but to impose that penalty. THE STATUS OF THE SOUTHERN STATESDECISION OF THE SUFBEME COUBT. An important decision has recently been made by the Snpremo Court, coufirmiug the President's position in relation in relation to the status of tho Southern State?. The point raised was, whether the Supreme Court would take up cases from those States, which had been set aside during the late war. That Court, < xcept in, cases Affecting ambassador?, or in which a State is a party, is one entirely of appellate jurisdiction. It doe? not originate oases, but acts upon the decisions of the Courts below, confirming or reversing their decrees:? The decision when made is sent to the Court from which the appeal is taken, and that Court officially notifies the parties interested and enforcas the decree trough its own process. During the late war, as there were no United States Courts held in the Southern States, and Ias there eould hence bo no enforcement of the decrees of the Supreme Court, all oasespend ?ng from those Slates, were at an early stage of the war, set aside for the time being, and until the restoration of civil law would enable the United States Courts toenforco their decrees. The war being now over, the question lately raised was, whether the Supreme Courf, would take op the cases thus set aside, and try them in their regular order, whenever parties interested.appeared before the Court, npd whether they would take cognizance of all questions coming up from the existing Courts in the Sonthern States. The decision was jn the affirmative, and a written opinion was delivered in which all the Justices of the Supreme Court concurred except Chief Justiae Chase, So far }hen 4s the Judicial department of the General Government Is concerned, the 3otithern States resume their former relations as members of the Union. Thos, the Chief Executive is sustained by,the highest legal jkWtUority in. the land, in hi? positipja ,th*t no act of Congress is neoessa ry to, restore,tV^jTo/mer relations of the States to the Union?thai, "th'fir vitality was imi t-t.-A !?*- - p?uou uvi c?wiikui*iivu? 'juucuuaa sua* ponded n6t a??tr^eA" Thia<deet<ce i?a tfireet rebuke tothe'rertaluUontry faction in ,i3engr#*%*nd ^stablkhe* an important point ip )? W oi"policy.,, / ,r, , ...,J * *; j ?\ f' ({ *' I ' 1ST We rccfet lb\Mnoai^c? tti? death of tbe Rev. Christian Batnea, a well known and esteemed citixe'n of our District. Her-died at hie home in itio yicinity of LowndeatUle, and #a4 barfed at 8fcar?n Cboroh oh-lVldty lut. Ifwdeavea many r?Utavt? *nd.friendVlo *aonrt? Wto** W4&9nntf.to&'&k Ma ^ ^ ^ Wtiu. .HW * ?. ?. GOV. PF.anY IN WA8HINQT0N. Coverner Perry .returned on Saturday last from bis visit to -Washington Uity. We nrja gratified to learn that he entertains n most ,hopeful view of the situation, and -?ntieipo.tc3 the speedy admission ot the Southern members. Id a,late letter to the editor of the Green? ville Mountaineer lie imparts much useful informat iou as to the conditioner ofl'aiis at Washington, and presents the mime ehcerful view of the situation. He btates that whilst President Johnson is coming up to Iho highest standard of patriotism, and boldly meeting the exigencies of the hour, there ia ait under current ut work which id gradually undermining the strength of the Radical party. The Governor had two interviews with the President, and found him, as well as the other government officials, very kind and obliging. At the instance of the President, ho colled upon the At torney General for .the pm po*e of having the United States Court for South Carolina organized. The President promised Governor Perry, that the State Works at Greenville, and the Oas Works in Charleston, lately seized by the Treasury agents of tho Government should be given up. Since writing the above, we see published in our exchanges a very excellent letter from Governor Perry, presenting a calm and dispassionate view of the situation and the true position of the Stalo in reference to the General Government. Duatii of Biuokuieu Ghneuai. Elliot.?We regret to anuounce the death of General SteI phcu Elliot, the defender of Fort Sumter, on the 21st inst., at Aiken, S. C. lie was the son j of the Ilev. Stephen Elliot, of Beaufort, S- C., | and was born at that place on the i!Gth Oct., 1830. Graduating at the Svuth Carolina College in tho class of 1850. lie became a succors ful cotton planter. Successively as Captain of the Beaufort Artillery, na Mnjor of Artillery, a? Colonel of the Holeoinbe Legion, and as Brigadier General, he acted, during the late war with conspicuous gallantry, aud earned a high reputation. At the close of the war, he returned to Benufort aud was elected a member to the Legislature. For some time during the pust year, he supported his family by fishing on the coast, but a short time before hia death he had received an nppoiulmcnt on the South Carolina Railroad. The Land icc Love, is the title of a new monthly to be published at Charlotte, N. C., by General D. II. Hill, late of the Southern army, to be devoted to Litcrnture, Agriculture and -General Intelligence, ?fce. It will contain sixty or eighty page3 of the size of Blackteood'* MiUftiiijte, at ?3.00 in advance. The ability of the editor is a guarantee of the excellence of llin nmnn?o<1 i ,?, ?v..n,. i. c nam icteiveu o prospectus and will be happy to receive Bubacriptioaa. C3T The Supreme Court of Miee:ssippi lias recently deei<?ed against the Convlitulionulity .of tlie Stay Law. Tlie question of ita coiiPtituiionalit) as well as policy,, is ct tins time receiving u dicvusaion in n number of our exchanges. Tho Circuit decision of Judge Aldrich, lately delivered in Cliarlerton, .sustains tlie Constitutionality of the law, but as an appeal has been taken tlie urutlci will likely come up before our Court of Errors at the Spring Term. Z3?~ The lion. A. II. Stephens, has recently at the rcquestof the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, delivered an Address before that body, 011 tho political situation, characterized by his usual ability, and sage and temperute counsels. It will bo recollected that the lion. A. II. oiepnens ana the lion, ilertshell V. Johnson are the United States Senators clcct. United States Dlstkict Jlixjk?We lenrn from our Charleston exchange?, thuL George S. iiiyau, Esq., has boeu appointed by tho I'resideut, to the oftiee of District Judge of the Federul Judicial Pialriot of South Carolina. lie is said to be a jurist of fine attainment?, and acknowledged ability?of profound thought, amiable disposition, and eminently courteous and conscientious. He has been a constant andconsistent supporter of the Government. Ambrotyi>b9 amd Photoob a pus.?We direct attention to thecardof Mr. F. W. Connor, who has established his Ambroty^e Ad Photograph Gallery ubove the store of Messrs Lnrfson <fc Jones, and is now prepared to take approved pictures in the latest style of the art We have had the pleasure of inspecting stfme very inartunana r\t I.!- ~l.tll ? - J a - 1-- ? 1 ui ijinoaui, mm mite ()ieas* urc in recommending him to our friends. "C3T We learn from the Washington correspondence of the Columbia ]*hocnix that Col. C. J.. El ford of Gre6nville, h?s recently ob< tained tho signature of Uie President to four hundred oases of pardop from tills State, which had beea suspended and laid aside. i ? Tub Military CoMMiscroN.?Our Cliarleston exchanges oontain the ablo and elaborate speeches of the counsel for the defence, the Hon. A. Burt and Gen. James Connor. The Judge Advocate Lieut. Col. Willard will reply on behalf of the prosecution. The South Carolinian Pricet Current is the Ll tin of * ihaa1/1i* tMn.4 t - -ae - - ? _ .nucu 1IUUI U10 OU1CO OI mm papor. It it prepared with great care and minuteness, nnd is invaluable to m^rcliauts. :? ir We regret to learn that the rosidence of Mr. J&mea Bailyjr., a wall known citizen of Greenwood, w#i borned on Wedneaday the 38lhulL There wai no insuraace. The far. nitareVaa saved, though much injured. No other buildings were burned. Tlie fire waa accidental. " c ' - < ? _ Balk.?It will be observed by reference to the advertisement, .that tho sale at Marshall'* Plantation cornea off oq Tuesday nextx instead of Thuradty'afr firat Undet-itood. ,'*1' ' * l - . ' i'. ' > <ii' . li. |JT We requeated to aay Ihat Mr. J. IL Eos'ldw, Jr., will laau? Inaufanee Polioiea for It. T- - T? -I 1 *-- - "" u>. inw ornuou uuxiug ntS'ftDMDM it NM? York. ' M 'tK'jiri'.! ' ; V ' AT Mr. ^ jytoryje Will |>1eM? fflCtpl our thanks far I?U lf(ittl>oro apd \V6?t?r j pa~ Wff*; ... / '=-" ' - ?.} yflT ftovproor QfjrVhwii q[u#rfera~ wdj %t 1 ?t And?r?onAfl..uptiHnrlbe'i!^ X " " ""W 1 ' ' " ' 11 " 11L-' JHUW!.*! SAD ACCIDENT AND BODDF.N DEftTH. | . Th* uncertainty of 1 ife nnd tlio mysteriouH I dispensation of Providence, in removing the young and vigorous from the sphere of useful industry, received a striking illustration in tlie recent sudden death of Mr. Robert W. Wilson, nil esteemed nnd skilfull millright' of our community. While engaged on Thursday Inst in repairing the mill at Calhoun's Mills, his'leg was crushed by a Inrgc rock, which rendered amputation necesenry. Though receiving every attention, and tlic best mcdical skill, lie sank under (he shock, nnd died on Saturday. The dcccnpcd was a member of the church, of high moral character, of steady and industrious habits, nnd by his skill and energy wns making successful progress in life. An affectionate son aud brother, ho was the cherished support of a mother nnd sisters, whilst his amiable disposition endeared him to a largo circle of friends and relatione, lli-j remains were interred on Sunday last in the l'lpiscopal grave yard, with Musoniu honors. Foil Tin: anittvi!.(.?: piikss. Rkv. Sim 11. Bi:own'??Dear lirothrr: Inas much as my answer to your " Original Questions" did not ' fully sntisfy " you, and inasmuch as you insist on a more explicit auswer, I will now attempt to give you another answer. You will allow me therefore to say. before I " touch " your questions, that the American Sunday School Union is not a union of Churches but a union of individual Christians. This being the case, no church, ax a church, is represented in the A. S. S. Union, for it is a National Sunday School Society. The members of this Society are annual contributors to the Society's fuods?$3.00 a year, or $30.00 at one time, which constitutes a member for lift. These members cltict the Board of Managers, "thirty-six." Theso Managers are elected iu "proper proportion" from the several Evangelical Denominations. Then the Managers elect the officers. Therefore in auswer to your first question? let. " Is tho A. S. S. Union under the auspices of any particular Church?" 1 answer, It it not. 2nd. "la the A. -S. S. Union in any way allied to any church more than another? or is it equally related to several chinches? if bo, which nre they ?" * h I answer, It is in no way allied to any church more than another, and that it id equally related to several churches in that, that members of several churches are members ol the Board of Manager.*. These several churches arc Methodist, fcaptist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Lutheran, (Jongregationalist, Dutch Reformed, German Reformed, and Moravian?nino in all 3d. "What is th>; comparative repreacutntion of the several churches concerned in tho Hoard of Managers of the Union }" Siuce you object to " proper proportion," allow me to Fay, that it id tqual, and as there are nine different denominations as above named, there are just four of caeh persuasion on this Ii+nrd. 4th " Wlt.it i* the Comparative representuliuu of the Hevcrnl churched concerned in the Comini'.ttia of Publication, which determine? what hook? ."hall ho published and wliat ahull be ilie doctrinal features of the books published f" Now ilk ntiswer, I say, tli 13 Committee conuisti of twelve member*. Thero are nine dononiinnUuiiF, mid a*?ueh, there is one rom racr pciriiintiou fust elected. Then, to fill the Com mitlee, three others mudtbe elected from the different religious persuasion?. liut to tell you which ihyc of the nine shared this honor in the late election, I cannot, liut in no ease cnii int re thnn thi>e members of this Committee belong to the same chuich. I reinuin, uioat respectfully and fratcrnnlly ! your.*, itc. W. T. PAKKOW, Missionary A. S. S. Union. a-, o.?in my roruu-r answer 1 intended to be sufficiently explicit. For I had nothing to conceal and nothing to fear. No " side issue was intended. It is and shall be my pleasure to give any information in my power concerning tlic A. S. S. Union. W. T. F. Greenwood, Feb. 24, 18C6. WASHINGTON NEW8 AND G088IP. Wasiiinoton, February 22.?This has been a gala day in Washiuglou. The departments and business housescirc nil closed. The memorial ceromonies of II. Winter Davis a'.tractcd a crowd at the capitol early in the day, but the great mass were assembled in the vicinity of Grover's Theatre, to endorse the President. The theatre was packed from pit to dome. Two stands outside were burroundod with immense crowds. The whole population turned out to participate in the movement. Numerous speeches were made by Republicans aiuPf Democrats, abjuring all portiz-m foll>* and promising to sustain the President in his course. At four o'clock the crowd repaired to the White Ilouee. Johnson's speech was the boldest ever made by a President. He announced his policy fully and distinctly; flung defiance in the f:ico of his opponents; denounced by name Thad. Stevens, Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips, as rebels and traitors against the Government, and pledgod himself to ntand by the people, the Constitution and the Union, ngaiust all such traitors. The audience was electrified by his boldness, lie went into detail, and spoke for an. hour and a half wjth a plainness that has not been used since the da^s of Jackson. Alluding to the reception of Southern Representatives, ho insisted they had a right to be admitted. IJis speech wax applauded to the echo by a vast crowd. Many politicians were astonished at the boldness with which he made war upon the radicals. This speech is the "vade niccum" of the President. Everything he intends to do is included in it. The issne between hifia and the radicals has been squarely made.?Hereafter tboso who are not with linn must be against mm. some omectea to mo rpeeoh, as undignified for a President, but do President was ever placed as he is, and the speech was to the country, and it was received with immense applause. . Washington, Feb. 20.?In theSenate, to day, Mr. Wall offered a resolution proposing to amend the Constitution by rendering a person ineligible to fill the Presidential chair for a eeond terra. In the oourseof'hfslpeeah apon the Bubjeotbe alluded, in cauatio terms, to the President, whom he said had developed a policy agreeable to every enemy of the country. Mr. Wilson (jffered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Reconsirootion to inquire how far the lata rebellions States had conformed 40 the seDtimeots cor~ tained in the President's reconstruction polic}-. Mr. paf is4 of K^ntifcky. read a. long argument in opppsftloii to ike FreeJmen's Bureau bill abd sustaining the reto message of tha PfWidenlL)3?*,? .. ..y B j ,t?1 .'Mr..Turnbull followed, oppoiiGjj the reto. The vote'was taken tipon Ure'passage of tha hill ng? ?k> J lt.,1 .?? an nana ? ?.- (?wr uu rpmnoi -J -~t ?' ! :r-j18. 80 tli? vote waa inauffiofent to procure tfaa paseage of the bill. In the House, MrrStotfonB, from tbe Coratnltteei on-ReconetnietioD, reported * Joint reaohUion declaring that no Senator or liagreaen tat!ye shall be admitted to either braneh of OergcreM fi^rm (ic^ef the lftte rebellions I uatiL Coggreap ajiall liaro declared auob St?Uft entitled to roprcarhTatibn.' ' Mr. Orinder obtained lonv?? to read tbo Minority Report of iIn) Committee on licoouBtr action, declining that the State of Tennessee is entitled lo representation. ~ Mr. Stevens snid it was liis earnest disposition until yesterday to-inquirc into the condition of tlie State of Tenneasee and see whether thatStnte is entitled lo representation, bat since th?u there has been a cliarrg? and it is entirely out of--the power of the Committee to proceed further without surrendering the rights of that body to the .usurpation of another power. Much excitement prevailed during tbe proceedings. Stevens demanded n vote on "the previous question. A motion was made to adjourn, in order to stave off the vote, but failed. The House will continue its session to night. S'ru.r. I.ATiin.?Stevens' resolution to deprive the Southern States of representation until declared lit by Congress, passed tiie House tonight by a vote of 109 to 40. DEATHS. DIED, at his residence in Bartow county, On., of Consumption, January 12, lfcOO, JAMliS O. SPIIOULL, aycd -19 years, 8 mouths and 14 days. The deceased .was born and residod in Abbeville District, So. Co., until he removed to this county. Few inen enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, as^lid this truly pood man. Largo mindod, in every sense of the word, he pare bis time, talent* ami inennp, to every enterprise looking Jo tlio good of the community; while the afilicled and distressed found in him a ready sympathizer and friend. No man had n higher appreciation of the joj-s of domestic life; or called forth, more fully, the entire devotion of the family circle, than did this Christian husband and father. As a Climtian'and Ruling Elder, he w^s ready in 'Vvcry good word and work," "givoifcto hospitality," "spending and being spent," for tlfc building up of Zioti. In the" full vigor of his uiinhood, lie died; and thus, by the mysterious providojico of Ood, society is bereft of n bright ornament, the chutch of an active and efficient member, and the family of the onlj' j>rop and Btay of a home already made deso inie oy mo war. Death is sad in ever}* earthly point of view. It diiHipatca the brightest anil best of human hopes, nnd dissolves the tenderest ties of hu? man affect ion. Our whole nature recoils acits touch, and shrinks appalled from the cold, fixed siloncc of the grave. But, ah 1 when wc shift thc?eene, nud regard it from a spiritual standpoint?when we behold "corruption putting on incorrnplion, and mortality pntting on immortality," wo can exclaim. "Oh I Death. whuYe is thy sting I" For, then, as wc consign the loved and lost ones to the tomb, 'tis sweet to remember? "Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invades thy bound??no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, While.angels watch his soft repose." Let us take comfort, then, in the faith which sustained tliis dying christian in his last hour, and enabled him to leave the assurnn ilmi God hftd called liim to hit rest. The "earthly house is dissolved,'* but his beautiful spirit is gathered to the "mansion high " There may our every aspiration tend; so, that, when we, too, have done with earth and time, and o?y hopes attain fruition, wc shall be pormitted to dwell witli him in the Heavenly Canaan, where "No chilling winds nor poip'nou* breath, Can reach that healthful shore; Sickncss and sorrow, pain and death, Are felt and feared no mors." A FRIEND. jVfasonic ISTotice. A REGULAR Communication of CLINTON LODGE, No. 3, A. F. M. will be holden at Abbeville, O. II.. on Monday evenirg the I'2lh ins:. A full uttendanee of tlie members is requested as there is important work ou baud. l>y order of the W. M. E. EDWARDS. Sec'y. Guardians, Trustees &c., \ RK hereby notified to ninka onn.mi _Z'\_ ltd urns t<? this OlHco on or before Sale Day in April next (2</ ) or they will be subjcclto liu'c Mid Lusts, according to Law. \VM. II. PARKER. c r.A.n. Com. Office, Fch'y. 28, 18(50, 40, It STOLEN ^ 17*R0M the plantation of Ales. Oliver, on . ihe night of lite 28ili till., a email aorrel I'tny, a tcnr on the right hip, a white Raddle mark A liberal reward will be givc-u fur the recov.ery of thu horde or for the uppruheuaiun of the thief. JOHN BURNETT, colored. March 2?2t * - NOTICE!. OFFICE GEN'L SUPT G. & C. R. R., Columbia, February 22, 18C6. ON and after MONDAY NEXT the Through Frciqkt system will be resumed on thia Road. J. B. LasSALLE, General Superintendent. T?ul. 0>7 to - ? *ru. *| jo ' "the State of tionth Carolina. * ABBEVILLE DISTRICT In Equity. Ex Parle, \ J. P. Reed. ) A Bill to porpetuate Solicitor of the Western ) testimony. Circuit. J JP. ltEEL), Solicitor of the Western Cir cult, having this day filed in this office a Bill to Perpetnato Testimony in relation to Deeds, Wills, Glioses in Action, other Papers and Records destroyed or lost during the re cont war. It- is ordered that all persons, who are entitled to and desire to avail themselves of, the benefit of tlio Act of the General Assembly, in such case ma^e and provided, are per mitted to come before the Court and have laken and perpetuated all evidence which they shall produce, on proper application being made before me. y WM. II. PARKER, c.e a.d^ Com. Office, FeJ/y. 28 1890, 40, 2nr. jp' V ntvtv ftAtiniii ?mrt "SUM rUttlUAHS. fa 01S7I 0 i!ai V V.r'A I f ? iti i c . . ''Sccure the Shadow ere its Sub? stance Fade." m ' 4 ^ 1 i PICTURES on OlaM, frot), of Paper ; in Cases, Frames, or od Carte de VitiU, at LAWSON & JONES', OVEE THE POST OFMOE' FOjS A SHOltt WifTltiE. Photographist &nd ;rAn^ro1y tut t. vju: i dHj ?:i .ooxifl Hastifiod.ti?fatily t^ttan alraight, to COJWOR takfi it J , .") 7 "jU; Hast thou .notf^-why, th?n gQ ana lot him 'Tniake ft. ?" "A word fe'jfho Wito,* (tec.*"" ?* ?> i hi fJ .Hhiriii oi?oi .scum ?r PUBLIC SALE. ^ ^ v BY .-AUTHORITY vested in us bv the fast Will and Tentwroenl of Re*. 0. V. Barner, deceased. We will sell at l'ublic Auction, at tlie late residence of the dee'd, near LoWndeaville, ou THURSDAY the 16th day of MARCH neai t, HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE, HORSES, MULES, COWS, HOGS, SHEEP, Cotton & Cotton Seed, FODDER, 2 ROAD WAGOHS.^pART, 2 BUGGIES-, 1 A?BIA<J?, BACON and LABS, 1 SET MILL STONES an7?AST GEERING Ami many other things not mentioned.^ TP.l>\r<a nioir J. T. BARNES, C. V. BARNES. Feb'y. 28, 1866, 1C, 21. ClREDIT B^LjE O F COTTON SEED. T WILL sell nt GREENWOOD, on TUESJL DAY, MAUCII fttli, hvhiI Hundred Buahel* of PROLIFIC COTTON SEED. Thev will be delivered at the Greenwood Depot if desired, without additional charge. I will furnish Sacks. Terms. on n credit until the let of January, 1807. Note with two approved sureties. J. II. MARSHALL. Feb. 27, 1866 18 It XST 17* A TvATT A -r?fnn-r>^ j. i Auriiyv^vJ/lXVl'iliWH 2D BRIGADES. C. MILITIA. Adbbtill# C. H., 8. C, 20th February, 18C&. GENERAL ORDERS, NO. I. ITho following Staff OflSeera lure bees appointed by thu Brigadier (General cocutnnndiog. Major J. II. BROOKS, Aaaiatant Adjutant nnd Iimpector Gcnornl. Cnpt. JOHN G. EDWARDS, -QuarUrm??ler of Brigade. Capt. CHARLES M. CRE8WELL, Afcldt \jamp. C?pt. QEO. M. SMITH, Aid-d??-Can?p. They are hereby doty auuounerd to the command and will be obeyed aud rrepeeted accordingly. II. The COLONELS appointed by O. 0., No. 1., A. (c I. G. O, to coimnmd reopeetUely as follows: _ Cth Regiment S. C. M., Col. GEO. Mo? DUKF1E MILLER. 7th Regiment S. C. M., Col. ROBERT LANIIAM. 8th Regiment C. M., Col. J. TOWNES ROBERTSON. t/i'i i^ugmirui s. c. fli., Col. BENJAMIN ROPER. lOlh Regiment S. C. U., Col JAMES HITCH EL. Cavalry, Col. JAMES S. COT1IRAN. Will proceed to organise their commands at the time and iu the maimer heroin directed. III. All free white men subject to Militia duty under the Law of the State and belonging to this Brigade, ure ordered to assemble at the meeting places of the companies to whieh tlkey belong on Saturday, the 17th day of MARCH, 1866, and then and there to prpceed to elect Company aud Field OfSoers to fill all offioea in the companies and Regiments to whTch they belosj, except the office of Colonul already filled by appointment. IV. The Colonel of ?a.oh Regiment wili at once appoint two fit persona of each Company to manage the election* iu ?aoh Company ; and 1.1. * " * - - niDiiogcra anon advertise theelections at two imiblie place?, within tbe limit* of tbe Company fof i\t least ten days before the day of eleeliras ^ and conduct the eleotioneand nuke the returns in the maimer prescribed by egrept that the tame managers shall conduct at the sam* time and place, but in separate ballot boxea, the election for both the F1?ld and Company Offices vacant in the Regiment; and the-mmna-, gera, or at least one of them from, each-plaee of election, shall meet at the Regimental Htuter Ground ou the second day after tbe election* count over the votes, and forthwith transmit to tbe Brigadier General and to'the Colonel written statement*, separately showing tbe malts of the elections far Field and Company OflMN sa4 certified by all the managers present at sneh counting.? V. Cavalry Companies which may be.crfaafded uuder the Militia law will conduct their .<r. -*-1 - elections m ma mauner above described and transmit their raporU to Col JA3. 8. OOTH- ' RAN, commanding Cavalry at 2d Brigade. "*'1 . The organisation of cofnpanloe of Local Pttiee into Battalions or Regiments baing Wj^nd*d by G. O., No. 1., A. and I. G. & & C., thwa companisa, must ettbsr'disbaad and g? Into Ilia Militia or promptly raport to tb? Colonel ?*?mandlnfc and ba bold in teadlrttaa far ttoa'pe*formaboa of tba duty lor whieh thay ware 4*? ganisad.: .% >; }n ! :.<v VI, Colonels will at oaca upon r?fl?ij?t pj this order, raport In writing to.ljiffamee, gi^bg address and direction. If a ColoneV be absent, of incapacitated fdt- dnty.' hli Adjutant or ofttr SUIT OfltetrMUftMd wfo'ftt dtloe; tppottllw fk*t to this offioa, and pr oaeodnriibPut farther Me* tlop to the exocdtioa Of Oile^^U?*.a cu unnoeeeeary to do mora thap riaUad maa yiton^ he hu bad the honor tooall 11 brothijr 'keMMntf* that in any organization which i> WW form, or in It ptir^, ?K*^i?p?i*S$oo prompt obtdfrneflaad ilillnn^'f^iiwiiniwa nf Afy*.." ' ' ' jev i? . ;u;>ii:<yo rrnJ .?ot Um, "* 1/ , iBr'R- G*nn C?md'? ' A SdBrig. 8. C. If. f' KeVy. *,i; *"* * J> *?..! 'iuo.w si I (ivtudu