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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. ^
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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
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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
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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.
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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'.!
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AT Mr. ^ jytoryje Will |>1eM? fflCtpl
our thanks far I?U lf(ittl>oro apd \V6?t?r j pa~
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yflT ftovproor QfjrVhwii q[u#rfera~ wdj %t
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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