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r ' 4 *;s' * . . VOLUME XXVI. CAMDEN.S.C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1868. NUMBER 36. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY T. W. PEG17ES & SONS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. rates of advertising, per square. For thcfirst insertion. ?1.50; for the second, $1.00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is done, from regular customers Contracts made for yearly and half-yearly advertising v (payable quarterly) made on moderate terms. "t^constitution. article y. . # * ? ' JURISPRUDENCE. Sec. 1. The General .Assembly :shall pass such laws as may be necessary and proper, to decide differences 1)y arbitrators, to be appointed by the parties who may choose that summary mode of adjustment. Sec. 2. It shall be; the duty of the General Assembly to pass the neceslaw* fnP thp rhanere of venue in Ofbl J iano ivi vi?v ?-Q- ? all cases, civil and criminal, over which the Circuit Courts have original jurisprudence, upon a proper showing, supported by affidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the County where such trial or prosecution was commenced. Sec. 3. The General Assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall make provision to revise, digest and arrange, under proper heads, the body of our laws, civil and criminal, and fonn a penal code, founded upon principles of reformation, and have the same promulgated in such manner as they may direct; and a like revision, digest and promulgation shall be made within every subsequent period of ten years. That justice shall be administered in a uniform mode of pleading, without distinction between law and* equity, they efoal! provide for abolish- , ing the distinct forms of action, and ; for that purpose shall appoint some suitable personor persons, whose duty it shall be to revise, simplify, and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of theeoant now in use in -i r* . tfie ?>tate. ARTICLE VL EMIKEKT DOMABt Sec. 1. The State shall hax? concurrent jurisdiction on *11 rivers bordering on This State, so far as such 1 rivers shall form a common boundary i t9 this and any other State bounded fby the same; and they, together ^'ith ;all other navigable waters witA&n (the Simits of the State, shall be common {highways, and forever free, as -ye13 rto the inhabitants of this State as :to the citizens of the United States, -without any tax or impost therefor,,1 unless the same be expressly provided for by the General Assembly. See. 2. The title to all lands and other property, which jliave heretofore accrued to this State by grant, gift, purchase, forfeiture, escheats, or otherwise, shall ,vest in 'the State of South Carolina he same as though no change had taken place. Sec. 3. The people of t&e State are declared t,<? possess the ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State; and all lands, the title to which shall fail from defeet of heirs, shall revert, or esehfiftt ?9 the people. ARTICLE VIL IMPEACHMENTS. S?c. 1. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. A vote of two-thirds of j^ll the members elected shall be required for an impeachment, and any officer impeached, shall thereby be suspended from office until judgment in the case shall have been pronoun&4 Sec. 2. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sitting for that purpose, they shall be under oath or affirmation. No person shall be convicted except by vote of twojthirds of all members elected. When the Governor is impeached, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the senior Judge, shall preside, with a casting vote in all preliminary questions. Sec. 3. The Governor and all oth. et executive and judicial officers shall be liable to impeachment; butjudg? ment in such cases shall not extend further than removal from office.? ifbe persons convicted shall, ncveryjg?v. ... /T ' . ( A theless, be liable to indictment, trial and punishment according to law. Sec. 4. For any Ayilful neglect of duty, orothor reasonable^cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governor shall remove any executive or judicial officer on the address of two-thirds of each House of the General Assembly; Provided, That the cause or causes ? U. onirl romni-al mnv hp rp 1UI WIIH/JI 0((iu >~w . w quired shall be stated at length in such address, and entered on the journal of each House; and provided further, that the officer intended to he removed shall be notified of such cause or causes, and shall he admitted to a hearing in his own defence before any vote for such address; and in all cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and be entered on the journals of each House respectiveARTICLE VIII. RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. Sec. 1. In all elections by the people the electors shall vote by ballot. Sec. 1. Every male citizen of the United States, of the age of twentyone years and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities named in this wiflmnf rl lut inntinn nf I VUlinHlUllVllj "lUiuuv race, color, or former condition, who shall be a resident of this State at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, or shall thereafter reside in this State oneycar, and in the Coun-! ty in which he offers to. vote, sixty j days next preceding any election, | shall he entitled to vote for all offi j cers that are now, or hereafter may be, elected by the people, and upon all questions submitted to the electors at any elections; Provided, That no person shall be allowed to vote or; hold office who is now or hereafter may be disqualified therefor by the Constitution of the United States; until such disqualification shall be removed by the Congress of the United States: Provided further. That no person, while kept in any alms house or asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined in any public prison, shall be allowed to vote or hold .office. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide from time to time for the registration of I all electors. Sec. 4. For the purpose of voting ; no person shall be deemed to have lost his residence by reason of absence while employed in the service j of the United States, nor while engaged upon the waters of this State or the United States, or of the high} seas, nor while temporarily absent; from the State. Sec. t5, No soldier or seamen in 1 the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence of having been stationed therein. Sec. 6. Electors shall, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of j the peace be privileged from arrest' and civil process during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning from -the same. / &ec. 7. Everyiperson entitled to ( vote at any election shall be eligible to any office which now is or hcrcaf-! ter shall he -elective by the people in ' th<> eonntv where he shall have rcsi- ! """" ' " (led sixty days previous to such election, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution and laws of the United States. Sec. 8. The General Assembly shall never pass any laws that will deprive any of the citizens of the rights of suffrage except for treason, j murder robbery, or duelling whereof the persons shall have been duly tried and convicted. Sec. 0. Presidential electors shall be elected by the people. See. 10. In all elections held by the people under this Constitution, the person or persons who shall re* ccive the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. Sec. 11. The provisions of this Constitution concerning terms of residence necessary to enable certain persensto hold certain offices therein mentioned, shall not be held to apply to officers chosen by the people at the first ses-sion. Sec. 12. No person shall he disfranchised for felony ^r other crime committed while such person was a slave. AltTlUJjJb 1A. FINANCE AND TAXATION. See. 1. The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a. just yalua ' tion for a taxation of all property, real, personal and possessory, except mines and mining claims, the proceeds alone shall be taxed; and also excepting such property as may be exempted by law for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes. Sec. 2. The General Assembly may provide annually for a poll tax not to exceed one dollar on each poll, which shall be applied exclusively to the public school fund. And no additional poll tax shall be levied by any municipal corporation. Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall provide for an annual tax suf? rt. nr.f 4 r\ /I aA*o tf tlia Afif imaf Ail /IV I lllHUlt IU uuunj UIC wobiuinivu V penses of the State for each year; and whenever it shall happen that such ordinary expenses of the State for any year shall exceed the ircome of the State for such year, the General Assembly shall provide for levying a tax for the ensuing year, sufficient, with other sources of income, to pay the deficiency of the preceding year, together with the estimated expenses of the ensuing year. Sec. 4. No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of a law which shall distinctly state the object of the same; to which such tax shall be applied. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact Jawi for the exemption from taxation of all public schools, colleges and institutions of learning, all charitable institutions in the nature of asylums for the infirm, deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic and indigent persons, all public libraries, churches and burying grounds; but property of associations and societies, although not coifnected with charitable objects; shall not be exempt trom state, bounty or municipal taxation : Provided, That this exemption shall not extend beyond the buildings and premises actually occupied by such schools, colleges, institutions of learning, asylums, churches, burial grounds, although connected with charitable objects. Sec. <3. The Ganeral Assembly shall provide for the valuation and assessment of all lands and the improvements thereon prior to the assembling of the General Assembly of 1870, and thereafter on every fifth year. Sec. 7. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts; but such debts shall be authorized by law for some single object, to be distinctlir enontfintl tlinrnin* wrirl nn Qimli lotv X\ f|fVVJ Iivu niVyi vni) uir ou\/U JfilT shall take effect until it shall have been passed by the vote of two-thirds of the members of each branch of the General Assembly, to be recorded by yeas and nays, on the journals of each House respectively; and every such law shall levy a tax annually to pay the annual interest on such debt. Sec. 8. The corporate authorities of Counties, townships, school districts, cities, towns, and villages may be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes; such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. And the General Assembly shall require that all the property, except that heretofore exempted within the limits of municipal corporations, shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law. Sec. 9. The General Assembly shall provide for trie incorporation iintl Org<illl4UklUll <M tints auu mi, no, and shall restrict their powers of taxation, borrowing money, contracting debts, and of loaning their credit. Socr 10. No script, certificate, or other evidence of State indebtedness shall be ^ssuod, except for the redemption of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness previously issued, or for such debts, as arc expressly authorized in this Constitution. Sec. 11. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be published with the laws of each regular session of the ' General Assembly, in such manner j as may, by law, be directed. Sec. 12. No tnonev shall be drawn from the Treasury 4 but in pursuance of appropriation made by law. Sec. 13. The fiscal year shall com-' mctice on the first day of November in each year. Sec. 14. Any debt contracted by V... 1 C-.L- i._ the iMiUe sua 11 uu uy man uii cuaiu bonds, of amounts not less than fifty dollars each, on interest, payable within twenty yoars after the final passage of the law authorising sue debt. A correct registry of all sue bonds shall be kept by the treasure in"numerical. order, so as always t exhibit the number and amounts ui paidj* and to whom severally mad payable. Sec. 15. Suitable laws shall t pas^jfd by the General Assembly fc the *afe keeping, transfer and di: burspment of the State, Ccunty an school funds, apd, and all officers c other persons charged with the sami shalkkecp an accurate entry of eac sumtTeceived, and of each paymer and (ransfer; and shall give such s< curitr for the faithful discharge < sudfipoties as,the General Assembl may provide. And it shall be tli dut^-of the General Assembly to pas laws making embezzlement of sue f.ivtiTa o fftlrtntf rvuriiolin hi n Ktr -fin 1UM to a 1U1U1IJ ) jpruu ion u vj i V/ \J J un ana imprisonment proporiioned 1 the amount of deficiency or embe: ziement, and the party convicted ( such felony shall be disqualified froi holding any office of honor or emoli nient in this State: Provided howe\ er, 'fhat the General Assembly, by two third vote, may remove the diss bility upon payment in f ull of tli prinfciplal and interest of the sui embpzjded. Sec. 16. No debt contracted b this State in behalf of tie late r< bellion, in whole or in part, sha ever be paid. ARTICLE? amendment and revision of til constitution. Sec. 35. Any amendn ent or s mendments to this Constitition ma be proposed in the Senate or IIous of Representatives. If the same b agreed to by two-thirds of the men hers elected to each Houj c, such i mendraent or amendments shall I entered on the journals reipectiveb with the yeas and nays taken thereoi * -? lift l , and tnc same snail ue su jmiiica i the fpialifi'ed electors of the State, t the next general election thereaftt for Representatives; and if a major tyofthe electors. jjUttlifi'Kl to vol for members of tlifPGoner^l Asaen bly/yoting thereon, shall vote in fnv< ofT0Wi anrernilntenfc.or amendment and two-thirds of each of the nej Legislature shall, after such an ele< tion, and before another, ratify tl same amendment or a,meni.mcnts, b yeas and nays, the same sh ill becoir part of the Constitution: Providci That such amendment cr amenc ments shall havo been read thn times, on three several dajs, in cac House. Sec. 36. If two or more amen< ments shall be submitted r.tthesan time, they shall be submitl id in sue manner that the electors shall vot each amendments separate y. Sec. 37. Whenever two-thirds < the members elected to ei.ch branc of the General Assembly shall thin it necessary to call a Convention 1 revise, amend, or change this Coi stitution, they shall rec immend 1 the electors to vote at the next ele< tion for Represcntati/es, for c against a Convention, the Gcneri Assembly shall, at their next sessioi provide by law for calling the sami and such Convention sha 1 consits ( a number of mcmber.4 not less tha tha/ of the most numerous branch < the General Assembly. N ARTICLE X. EDUCATION. N Sec. 1. The supervision of publi instruction shall be vested in a Stal Superintendent of Education, wli shall be elected by the qualified elci tors of the State, in such manrn and at such time as the other Stal officers arc elected; his powers, di tics, term of office and compensate shall be defined by the General A senihly. Sec. 2. There shall be electc beinrially, in each County, by tl qualified electors, thereof, one scho COinmiHSIOIiei ^ Mim tuuimmsiunuo i constitute a board of education, ( which the State superintendent sha by vituc of his office, be chairmai the powers; duties and compensate nf the members of said borad shall 1 determined by law. Sec. 3. The General Assembl shall, as soon as practicable after tl adoption of this Constitution, provic n lJKnml uniform svstAm nf fr< 1 public schools throughout the Stat ! and shall also make provision for tl | division of the State into suitab school districts. There shall 1 kept open at least six months in ea( year one or more schools in ca( school district. 1 Spc. 4. It shall bo the duty of tl h General Assembly to provide for the h compulsory attendance, at either pub5r lie or private schools, of all children o between the ages of six aud sixteen years, not physicolly or mentally dise abled, for a term equivalent to twenty-four months at least: Provided, ,e That no law to that effect shall be ,r passed until a system of public schools s* has been thorougly and completely d organized.^andj facilities afforded to )r all the inhabitants of the State for ?? the free education of their children, h Sec. t5. The General Assembly shall levy, at each regular session after the adoption of this Constitution, an annual tax on all taxable 7 property throughout tlm State fat ie the support of public schools, which 58 tax shall be collected at the same h time and by the same agents as the ie general State levy, and shall be paid ;o into the Treasury of the State. There shall be assessed on all taxable polls in the State, an annual tax of $1 on 31 each poll, the proceeds of which tax l~ shall be applied solely to educational y~ purposes: Provided,That no person a shall ever be deprived of the right of suffrage for the non-payment of Ie said tax. No other pnll or capita31 tion t*\x shall be levied in the State, nor shall the amount assessed on each J poll to exceed the limit given in this section. The school tax shall be H distributed among the several school districts of the State, in proportion to the' respective number of pupils E attending the public schools No religious sect or sects shall have cxl" elusive right, to, or any part of the V a P f V* a qlnta nnt* oli o 11 J 3t'llUUl IUIIUS \JI LUG kHUlCj ItVi OUUII !C sectarian principles be taught in the ,e public schools. Sec. 6. Within five years after the l" first regular session of the General 10 Assembly, following the adoption of r* this Constitution, it shall be the duty r> of General Assembly to provide fcr 0 the establishment and support of a lt State Normal School, which shall be ;r open to all persons who may wish to i- become teachers., te Sec. 7. Educational institutions for the bei^efit^rf ?I1 the "blind, deaf >r and'dumB, aqd bach other benevolent Rv institutions the public good may ct require, shall be established and supported by the State, subject to such Ie regulations as may be prescribed by J law. 10 Sec. 8. Provisions shall be made by law, as soon as practicable, for the I" establishment and maintainance of a ;0 State Reform School for juvenile ofh fenders. Sec. 9. The General Assembly i- shall provide tor the raaintainance ot 1(1 the State University, and as soon as practicable, provide for the cstablishe ment of an Agricultural College, rod shall appropriate the land giv^ en to this State for the support of h such a College, by the Act of Conk gress, passed July, 2nd, 1862, or o the money scrip, as the case may be, arising from the sale of said lands, or :o any lands which may hereafter be given or appropriated for such pUr,r poses, for the support and raaintenance of such college, and may make the same a branch of the State University, for instruction in agriculture; jthe mechanic arts, and the natural n sciences connected therewith. Sec. 10. All the public schools, colleges and universities of this State, supported by the public funds, shall be free and open to all the children and youths of the State, without regare to race or color. Sec. 11. The proceeds of all lands that have been, or mav hereafter be, i _T * # '' 7 given by the U.S. to this State for t'c educational purposes, and not other wise appropriated by this State or n the U. States, and of all the lands or other property given by individuals or appropriated by the State for like i(| purposes, and of all estates of deceased persons who have died withal out leaving a will or heir, shall be ^ securely invested and sacredly pre^ served as a State School Fund, and jl th<? annual interest and income of n. said fund, together with such other means as the General Assembly may provide, shall be faithfully appropriated for the purpose of establishing ? and maintaining free public schools, *e and for no other purposes or uses whatever. ?e " **" e, Ltfe-Preserver.?A gentleman 10 of this city has recently patented an le appliance for preserving life in water, je It consists simply of a cork jacket ;h and a loose rubber suit, the latter in a ;h single piece, and covering the entire person with thb exception of thefaco ie and hands. The whole weighs i f pounds, and is put on in two or three minutes. There are also iron-soled shoes for ballast. At Battery place yesterday afternoon theffj^inventor made a practical exhibition, which, though unannounced and intended to be strictly private, attracted a large crowd and excited a good deal of interest. After being dressed in his suit, the inventor waded in the river and sank at once to* his arm-pita, Remaining in an erect" position,^? paddled off amid the Dlaudite of the lookers-on. After a while, from a tin case attached to his , waist by a string, and which floated behind him> * : L he removed a small roll, ;which he proceeded leisurely to unfol^ and ? which proved to be a etafTabout eight feet long. This he fastened to the can, and from its top the breeze unfurled a flag bearing the word "Eureka." He also extracted apples and other provisions from the can; and after refreshing himself from these, he turned over on his back, and was borne seaward by the outgo-* ing tide. At the end of forty minutes or thereabouts he worked his way to the shore, where.he .watCre-* ceived by the crowd andshbwered with.. complimentary; remarks.?AT. Y. Tribune., ?? A Singular Case?A Maw Struck Dumb on the Cars.?A gentleman who resides jn Wilkes county, and was returning home from Augusia on Thursday last, entirely lost thenowcr of speech soon after the - train left Augusta. We heard him attempting . to talk soon after he got on the train, and in a few momenta he could not articulate a word. He was^hi the possession of all faculties, but his lips were literally sealed. His* distress was very tonching, and he wrote replies to questions addressed him by the passengers, and tried to bear up under the terrible visitation* He said that he ha<f been on a spree. - Ha hoped it was only a species of deliriumv and would wear off with restand sleep, He said ho had once been partially deprived of his speech before for a short time in Virginia.* His case attracted much attention among the ? passengers, several of -whom knew l_ ? - J f 1 ? ? ' mm, ami were sausnea tnat ne was not nsing deception. His case -was a most forcible illustration of the.summary and terrible manner in which nature sometimes punishes-a violation of her laws.?Athens ((fa.) Banner^ A Puzzling GAME.~The Atlaiita correspondent of the Augusta Chron* iclc tells of a chap who came down from one of the upper counties and encountered a man with a hand-organ. The man began to turn and the countryman put down a quarter, which the other immediately took up. Down went another, which shared the samo fate, and then another. The stranger, finding his pile getting low, turned to a bystander and" asked, " Mister, what sort of a game is this anyhow ( True Courtesy.?Real courtesy.* is widely different from the courtesy which blooms only in the sunshine of love and the smile of beauty, withers and cools down in the atmosphere of poverty, age, and toil. Show me the r man who can quit the brilliant Bo- - < ciety of the young to listen to' the kindly voice of age; who carifcold cheerful converse with one. of whom years have deprived df chains. Show me the the'man of generous impulses, who is always ready to help the poor ' and needy; show me the man who treats unprotected maidenhood as he would the heiress, surrounded by the\ protection ofranfc, riches and family. . Show me the man who never forgets for an instant the delicacy, the respect, that is duo to woman, in any condition or class. Show me such a man and you show me a gentlemen? nay, you show me better?-you show me a true. Christian. ji \ ?.?... Fly in Wheat.?Intelligent far-, mers tell us that the flv is making its O appearance in the wheat in portions of Rockingham. This is especially the caso on some of the fine wheat lands on Linvill's creek. Major John P. Brock, an extensive farmer in that region, who has about 250 acres out expects hardly to realizd 500 bushels. He had sown about 300 bushels, and had used three tons of guano. Otherfarmers on the creek make the s^ne. ' representations on this gufrject. 1 1 (Ftr,j Retfntm.