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THE WASHING! N GAZETTE.
'H ‘ • 'As 4k.
JAS. A. WRIGHT, AGENT.
Tg WAMBWOH 6AZETTE.
Tna-lkm Dullan a y«*r, ia »4r»o«e
THE N*W RECONSTRUCTION
squu
W« lay Wort oar reads* Ait morning
tba Bill for the reconstruction of tbe Sob
them iatasdaosd by Ssnator Sber
mao, aad aWM by Mean. Wiboo *
ShelLbarger. TU BiU paaaed the Senate
on Wed a aad ay night, the 20lh lost, by s
rota of ti ytM *• t aaya, Mr. Itaverdv
Joboaon voting yM. Tbe following rotad
nay: Maaara. Backalaw, Cowan, Davit,
Htodriekt, Nremilb, Patterson and Sanls
bury. Abseat aad not voting; Maasra.
Anthony, Dixon. Deoßttla, Grimes, Guth
rie, Harm, ICeDoagaJl, Norton, Nve, Rid
ladSd Sprague.
It will be toea that tbit BiU ettebliahea
military rale in the South am Stater, con
fer* suffrage upon the negro, end diafran
ehiaoa many of our citizens; i. e., all those
who art dasigUated i a tbe third taction of
tba Constitutional Amendment. ,
Said third aection raada aa follows: “No
perron that! boa Senator or Representative
in Congrear, or Elector of PreriSsfit end
Viee-Preaident, or hold say office, civil or
military, under tbe United St*tbe, or under
any State, who, havii ig previooaly taken
aa oath aa a member of Congreaa or aa an
officer of the UaiSsi Stntee, or aa a- mem
her of any State Legislature, or as an ex
ecutive £ jmlkijdffi# of any State, to
Support jof rite United
or * Jmiai comfort to
the anerßea Uteipgf Bgt'Qnngreaa may »
>*r « • * * of each Uca«
remove tnfi£tf*4&Uit yihjf is T*', ;
■ stem, was drafted
■n ' Article VI. of the
* ■' Siate., jlictj
r.-ada as foSoWa: “The Senators and Rep-
mentioned, and tbe
embers of thermal -State legislatures,
.as reference only to Governor*,
'Chancellors, etc.; and to such on
1y it would seem to ut the above aection of
the Constitutional Amendment refers.
Os State officers, therefore, thie would
disfranchiee members of the Legislature,
the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, the
several Jedgea and Chancellors, but would
not affect any ona else.
There are, however, various opinions
aa to the meaning of this section. The
Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun writes as follows:
“Ar. now constituted, fully one-third of
the white men of tbe Southern 3iatvs will
be disqualified, not only from sitting in
the constitutional einventions to be call
ed, but even from voting for the members
thsreof. Mr. Sherman said it would dis
franchise about 10,000 only. Mr. Buck
ale w thought 80,000, bat the real number
will not Gall much short, if any, of 100,-
000. The debate, which ensued on the
motion to concur, was lengthy, bnt not
generally of much Interest. The two*
Massachusetts Senators took directly di
verse ground. Mr. Snmuer wanted all
tbe rebels disfranchised, Mr. Wilson wan
led every man, white and black, to have
the ballot, all the rebels and all the ne
groes. Mr. Cowan and Mr. Hendricks
again stated their objections to the Bill.
Mr. Johnson, in a brief but most affect
ing speech on the tad and desolate condi
tion of the Southern States, and tbe otter
hopeleeaness of their being restored to the
Union except through the consent and on
the terms of Congress, expressed his en
tire diaepproral of every feature of the
Bill, but so anxious was he to welcome
these States bade, and dispairing of any
etlier method than that indicated by the
will of the majority, be announced bis in
tention of voting for tbe Biil. His re
marks produced a profound impression,
and Mr. Wilson and other Senators came
up and pressed his hand in silence.
We do not think tbe number disfran
chised by the immediate working of the
Bill will be much over 3000; but this,
after all, is of no rtal importance; as, by
tbe spirit both of the Constitutional Amend
ment and tbe Bill just passed, all who have
in any way participated ie the late war
against the United Butes will soon be dis
franchised. Truly this is a sad hour for
tba Sooth; of hnmilialion and of bitter
ness. Wa can do nothing but submit.
Va vie tit ie now at last ooming borne to
us.
Upon a careful survey of events at Wash
ington, and a consideration ol the various
conflicting statements that have emanated
from that quarter within the past few
week.*, we have come to tbe conelurion
That Mr. Johneon will give hie aanclion
to this Biff. Iris understood that Messrs.
SeWard, Staaton and McCulloch are in ia
vor ol - it, ns a basis of settlement of the
national difficulty. It is known that a
number of Democrats voted for R; among
them Senator Revardy Johnson, who is
believed to be entirely in tbe President's
confidence. The President, it is said, will
do tbR to aacnre the peaoe of tbo country,
while he, at the same time, rids himself ol
tbe impeachment spectre* that baa so loog
been harassing him. A few days will def
terrains tbe question.
The following is the Bill: *
Whereat , No legal Slats Governments
or adequate protection fortife or property
now etietin the rebel States of Virginia,
NudHParolina, Sontb Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Miaaitaippi, Louisiana, Florida,
Texas and Arkansas; and whereas it is
necessary that peace and good order shook!
be enforced in said States until loyal and
Republican Slate Governments can be le
gally established; therefore,
£t it enaettd, tic , That said rebel
"Stajfc shall be divided into die
triedf and made subject to the military au
thority of the United States, as hereinafter
preearibed, and for that purpose Virginia
sbsfl%on*titute the first district; North
Carolina and South Carolina tbe second
district; Georgia, Alabama and Florida
the third district; Mississippi and Arkan
sas the fourth district, eud ' Louisiana and
Te:#* the fifth- dMtfiet. ji
%T,ON 2J3M it tAe dut/of
the Z’rerideu&ta.ffaijtn to riijMgmnand of
stte».f raid fimsSct* »n army’
o&jMol Uiel.'v-’ «f-
iflli. detail a sdfiieiest m
-enable such officer to perform itis duties
aid enforce his MrtUorjly within tbeAts
. \ ...... . . J
tpjulJl 8. Tim H.sfiaffbu Abe duty of
eijfc officer assigned aa aforesaid to pro
aad person* in (heir rivets of person
properly, to suppress insurrection, dis
order and violence, and to punish or cause
to be pumehed all disturbers of the public
pesce, and criminals; and to this eud he
msy allow local civil tribunals to take
jurisdiction of and try offender*, or when
in bis judgment it may be necesaary for
the trial of offender*, he shall have power
to organize military commissions or tribu
nals for that purpose, and all interference,
under color of State authority, witlt the
exercise of military authority under this
Act, shall be null and void.
Section 4. That all persons put under
military arrest by virtue of this Act shall
be tried without unnecessary delay, and no
cruel or unusual punishment shall be in
flicted, and no senteoco of any military
commission or tribunal hereby authorized,
tffectiog tbe life or liberty of eny person,
shall he executed until it is approved by
the officer in command of tbe district;
and the laws and regulations for the gov
ernment of tbe army shall not be affected
by this Act, except in so far a» they may
conflict with its provisions.
Section 5. That when tbe people of
any oi said rebel States shall bave formed
a constitution of govtrnmenl in conform
ity with the Constitution of tbe United
States, in all reepects, framed by a con
vention of delegates elected by the male
citizens of said State, twenty-one years
old and upward, of whatever race, color or
previous condition, wbo bare been resi
dent in said State for one year previoua to
the day of such election, except such as
may be disfranchised for participation in
the rebellion or for felony at common law;
and wben such constitution shall provide
that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed
by all such persons as bare the qualification
herein stated for election of delegates;
and when aucb constitution shall be rati
fied by a majority of the persons voting
on the question of ratification who are
qualified as electors for delegates, and
when such constitution shall bare been
submitted to Congress for examination
and approval, and Congress shall bave
approved tbe same; and when said State,
by a vote of ita Legislature elected under
said constitution, shall bave adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United Slates proposed by tbe Thirty
ninth Congress, and known as Article 14,
and when said article shall bare become
a part of tbe Constitution of the United
State#, said State shall be declared entitled
to representation in Congress, and Sena
tors and Representatives shall be admitted
WASHINGTON, WILKES COUNTY, GAL rIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1867.
There ie now naturally great speculation
as to tbe probable course of the President,
therefrom on (heir taking tbe oath pre
scribed by’law, and then and thereafter tbe
preceding sections of this Act shall be
Inoperative in said State. '
Then follows Wilson's amendment to
this aection : “Provided that no person ex
cluded from tbe privilege of bolding office
by said proposed amendment to tbe Con
stitution of tbs United States shall be eli.
gible to election ns a member of tbe con
vention to frame a constitution for any of
(•id rebel States, nor shall nay auoh person
vote for members of such nohventfob.’’
Mr. Sbellebarger’s amendment makee
section 8 : “That until rim' people of tbe
said rebel States shall by law be admitted
to representation to Congress of the United,,
States, any civil government that may ex
ist therein abail be deemed provisional on
•Iy, and shall be ia all respects subject to j
the paramount authority of tbe United j
States, at any time to aboliSSyiiSdify, eon- ]
trol, eed supersede the same; and in all'
elections to any office under euoh provis
ional governments all persona shsll ne en
titled to vote, and dodo others whp are en
titled to vote under-the provisions of (he
fifth section of this Art. And no R*r*»o
shall be eligible to any office under such''
provisional governments who would *t>e
disqualified from holding offices (he
provisions of the third article of said Con
stitutional Amendment.' ' 'lfcpHs
A CHRISTMAS*E VR"W'
LUCE,.
‘Jo’s.p
In the year ioh 7 * - , -L-:
stndnot --:l ' ** ■.&s'
t>r. fboi- .
gtoiefv-et on Vj*
waa M, at •' '
vetiptu*- *
aJipiotjPfcj as
Up *ktq>Ua»l (irnayAyf ■: 1 J'
ysct jre rodtoi tbo cApficiand ! 'u>
the univeTsity, |(fetasW&mged. Sta
dptrta flunked ..to this Gamaliel from
voi"^^rq©r'cr^C’ltHondo in. - -The,
Aoßtr«i^ut¥f ; mM the Aaieric^m
tic tissue. The ion of a tinker, ho is
the husband of a countess. Pantheis
tic as a studont, and a speculative de
fender ol the symmotry of Mohamme
danism, his intellect becamo invigora
ted and cleansed by contact with
Sblcirmacher and Noander, and his
heart was touched with Christian love
as he saw it vital in the life of his
friend, the puro Moravian prophet,
Baron von Kottwitz. WhenDoWctte
was expelled from the chair of Orien
tal Literature at Berlin for his rois
constructed letter to Ludwig Sand,
that fanatical devotee to tbo freedom
of the Fatherland, and assassin of
Kotzbue, Tboluck was oallod to the
vacancy.
At the time of which 1 writo Tho
luck bad stepped from Berlin to Halle,
and from tbe shoes of Du Wot to to
those of Dr. Knapp, doccaeod, profes
sor of theology. Tboiuck’s versatil
ity and directness, tempered with a
rare gentleness, made him tbe person
in whom, more than any other the
victory ovor rationalism was celebra
ted.
The day of evergreen trees and
presents was approaching. Each morn
ing my landlady gavo an interrogative
lift to her eyelids, while her mouth put
the straight question, “ Are you in
vited yet?” Lucky and honored I
counted mysolf to be one of the bid
den, in duo timo, to the Christmas
hospitality of the great professor.—
Out of the 800 or 1,800 students who
patronized his lectures only 40 or 50
made up the Christmas party. Nine
years have dimmed Bomewhat the de
tails of my recollection. I see, however,
as in a picture, the antique gatoway
through .which we entered the court,
and the door that ushered us to the
cordiality of that petite polyglot of
modern languages, the Countess Yon
Genuninggen, Frau Tboluck; and can
bear her sprightly voice adapting its
welcome to Frenchmen, Italian, Span
iard, or Englishmen (I do not know
how many more nationalities,) accord
ing to the vernacular of the guest.
Passing at length through tbe domestic
portion of the bouse, we enter a long,
barren ball, sprigged here and theie
with evergreen, through tbe center of
which is spread the Christmas table.
At the further extremity, folding-doors
partition us from one of the Doctor’s
library and study rooms. The snr-
Vcatbedral solem
nity. ifhoro was very little chatting,
and thkt little in suppressed tones.—
Soon t|>« folding-doors parted, and a
vivid tableau of the Nativity confront
ed as. There was the cavernous sta
ble j there the holy family, Joseph and
the Mary, and the Savior infant
whoso head the “glory”
rad I'*'* 1 '*'* fe JSo novel was the scene, so
e *FsWV* n <l thonghtftil, and serious all
the representation ap
reality, and not a modern
\y e were at'Beth
* ’fjimd the Savior was present.—
- . <3b«ld ever doubt henceforth
tiligCse was born ? From out 61
;ue gipem'behind floated soft and full
carol, which fell like the
ataong. It was rendered with
sympathy by musicians seleot
frota the students.
Scattsoly bad the last notes ceased
when Vising from his chair, Tboiuck
steppe forth, and, catching the ca
dence of the occasion, spoke with sim
ple, heart-felt eloquence of the day,
relation of education to it;
of stufont life, and the scholar’s ideal;
°f tqß dear Jesus as the inspirer of
*H;. * thought and the consumma
tioii W g ji worldly ambition ; and of
l *'° of rest) and the stndent-life ol
neatf#! 'r
«... '/®Io knows Tholuck only through
'luminous writings will scarcely
:.y to two of of his excelling
first, his intuitive reading of
« nature; and, secondly, his deep
holy interest in each individual.— I
>ure tl ba no one ever heard him
so familiar occasions without.
» *lf bod noVor could dMve ao
.mcd nftrf*jin hlldaily walk (so
VOfs'tlf a privilege,) when the fresh
o.-ji of k.is nature leaped out to meet
tpe sc '<-e and when -Whatever ho
said sv ou>" lakelet
to fig| fair) from MafgUnLiarkfedMfg
feeling • i ,«»•<• walking with »
aOToJwn to you through iwouitimF
nated windows. Much less were your
two bp.nds over taken by his vis a-vit,
and eve to eye (his favorite attitude
whenfho said his tonderest, truest
but you were conscious that
Tboiuck had read you like an opon
book, and that Tholuck loved you.—
Lie stood that evening, old and bent,
and weazen at 58 ; aged in thought
and acquisition, yet his soul was da
chipper and wingful as a canary, and
seemed illy domiciled in so rickotty a
cage
sk, S® tho address wo dropped
flfjv’vFtho ico of formality into oasy
social swimming, and wore sent hunt
ing for our names on the table. The
plato of ouch was labelled and loaded
with the inevital German Christmas
cake and confections. And under
each was a present of more or loss in
trinsic value (usually a book or pam
phlet of his own writing) made price
less to each by some autograph and
original counsel delicately adapted to
some foible of tho recipient. From
the fly-leaf of a presentation copy of
bis Epistle to tho Homans 1 translate
this sentiment which has never been
before in type : “ Tho reason why we
find to many datk places in the Bible
is, for the most part, because there are
so many dark places in our hearts, it
belongs to tho nature of this book,
that it was written for all men of every
time, and for all the experiences of j
each single human heart. Scarcely a
single one in any time of bis life has
exhausted it, and each one at any time
can still find many dark places
therein.”
Following tho promiscuous conver
sation of an hour came the touching
prayer acid choral hymn, and each felt
encouraged and elevated by his Christ
mas eve with Tholuck; and one, at
least, treasures it a blessed point in a
life-time.
Such a celebration might not profit
ably bo imitated in this latitude of
thought and work. Yet as the occa
sion of our Puritan dislike for honor
ing tho day has passed, who does not
rejoice that it is becoming more and
more a holy festive in all the families
of tho land and in ail the churches?
May we live to see the anniversary of
Christ’s birth, as heartily and univer
sally observed as is the birthday of
our national Independence. . Wo want
more holy days. Make Christmas the
holiest.— Rev. W. A. Borllttl.
‘ TRUST.
All gone. Ths fairest things my heart
Hafi set her hopes upon,
All sadly, ona by ono, depart,
And I am left atone!
Alone) with nought to help or cheer,
No voiee to briogeweot oomfort near.
All smiles in jrhieh I took delight
While yet they beamed for me.
Hare faded, and my darkest night
Not ona kind atar can seel
Alone! With lips that never show
Ono smile to glad me aa I go.
All prayera which I have, day and night,
Poured out before my God,
Seem lost, unenswered, and no light
Gleams from the chastening rod,
Alone I to strive and wrestle on,
Though not one prayer ita meed hath won 1
All banda whose touch had thrillad me so,
Wboee deep had grown eo dear,
Ara oloeed to me, and I must go
Unsheered, unaided here I
Alon* 1 With no ona hand to meet
Mine own in sympathy aa sweet I
And yet, with empty hand and heart,
Standing alone to-night, -
Frotn all osrth’e sweetness far apsrt;
Shadowed from all earth’s light,
I can look up with undimmed ayt:
For God, my God, throned oa high.
Tie very dark I 1 oannottea
The smile my Maker weere;
I eanot tell what waiteth me
-In answer to my prayere j
'1 cannot know how bettar fur
Than all my hopee, God’s dealings era.
I cannot ses tha loving Hand
That marks my aarthly way I
Vot I raw truet iu that fair Lad
My richest blessings stay;
And so, though prayer be barren still,
I Trust my God, and w*it his will.
STEAIjIUpATS. . -
The method of propelling steam
boats by receiving and expelling wa
ier, spoken of la the papors as olalm->
English
tnwWH. **-A *< o r ’«.-»M *n -
Lhu(. Vi.ita r:> was
this oountiy eighty yeare ago. ' it
was invented in 1782 by James Rum
soy, of Berkoley county, Va., and pa
tented by him in 1787. Nearly twen
ty years before Fulton’s succes* on
the Seine, Rumsoy moved a steamboat
on the Potoma«> near Shopherdstown,
at tho rate of five miles an hour, the
samo speed Fulton’s first boat on the
Hudson afterwards attained. Rum
soy’s boat “took in a charge of water
through an opening in tho keel, and
shot it out again, near the rudder, af
ter the manner of a syringe." He
met with many difficulties, however,
both in England and in this country,
in introducing his method, and died in
Philadelphia, while describing his in
vention.
The history of inventions is full of
similar instances of repeated inven
tion of the same things. Thus it will
be remembered that about the timo of
Rumsey’s success, John Fitch gained
a speed of eight miles an hour with a
steamboat, built at Philadelphia, pro
pelled by upright paddies on the sides
of tho boat, and a few years ago, very
much the same thing was reproduced
in wbat was called tbo “Grasshopper
Boat of Narragansott Bay.”
The competition of inventors recalls
a singular passage written by the
same John Fitch in his autobiography,
a curious manuscript preserved in the
Franklin Library, Philadelphia. He
says: “I know nothing so perplexing
to a man of feelings as a turbulent
wife and steamboat building. 1 expe
rienced the former and quit in season;
and, had I been in my right scenes, I
should undoubtedly have treated the
latter in tbo same way; but for one
man to bo teased with both, he must
be looked upon ah the most uufortu
nato man of this world.”
Even the disappointed Fitch, how
ever, seemed to think that if he did
not livo to seo the benefits of bis la
bors, he should know of them when
he was gone, for, when he died bro
ken-hearted at Bardstown, Ky., in
1798, ho left particular directions,
which were faithfully observed, that
he should bo buried on the banks of
the Ohio, “where,” as he said, “tbe
eor.gs of the boatmen would enliven
his resting-place, and the music of the
steam engine soothe his spirit!” Co
n-1 gregntionalisl.
"VOL. “-NO. 45.
HOW CAN I BE A SCHOLAH f
Joseph- sat down to study his arith
metic lesson. It was a hard lesson,
and ho knew it was. He vfroto the
figures of the first example on hie
slate, and then—drew a ship. That
was not studying, was it f He robbed
the ship out, and read over his exam
ple, “ Don’t know what to do first*”
muttered Joseph. With that he pH
his hand in bia pocket, took oat his
knife and a small piece of willow tree,
and began making a whistle. That
was not studying, was it I The oper.
ation did not throw any light at all
upon his lesson. Perhaps Joseph
thought so, for before the whistle was
finished he put it back in his pocket,
took up his penoil and read over the
examplo again. Joseph rubbed his
forehead and scratched his head
‘ Oh, this is awial hard,” he said. »I
can’t do it, I know." Bat how iss boy
to know until ho tries t What should
a small fly do at that moment bnt
light on Joseph’s haad. He watched
it comb its head, and away it flew;
yes, and away went Joseph after it.
That was not studying, was it f Do
you suppose an arithmetic lesson, or
indeed any lesson, could ever be
learned In that way ? ' And yet some
boys study so. They attend to every
thing else but their lesson. How do
wt find them rank in their elasaea t
Joseph was at the foot of bis, and
rarely got any higher, He oame
homo from shooi one day quite wretch
ed. “Mother," said he “arithmetic
doe# nothing bat bother me. 1 hate
it. I don’t believe there is anything
in it It is just as dark to my mind
as the first day I stuped it Can’t I
give it up, mother TANARUS”
“Arithmetic knows a groat deal, and
will willingly tell yon all it knows
upon one condition " - ' „ ....
“ Can I m«.. ysolff" !
“ Yes,” said bis mother, “it rest*
with yon to be a scholar or a donee."*
“How can Ibe a scholar?" he
asked.
“There is just one condition, Joseph,
one prioe to pay, one road to take, and
that is paying attention said hia moth
er.
Paying attention teems to be every
simple.thiDg, but it is the great secret
of sueeess in any undertaking. It
makes a good scholar and a good boy.
It makes a faithful servant and an
able general. There can be no useful
ness or excellence without it. In all
your studies, boys, remember it is pay
ing attention, and nothing else, that
conquers a hard lesson, and makes
study a delight.— Child’ * Paper.
t&r Conversions in Scotland
There have been many conversions the
past year, both in the North and South
of Scotland, and also at Kilsyth, (near
Glasgow,) where there were two me
morable awakenings, one of them in
connection with the preaching of the
Itqv. Wm. A. Burns, in 1839.
At Nairn and Bauff, in the North of
Scotland, a decided work of grace baa
been in progress among young men,
and aUo among the fishing population.
Many have beoome the sons and daugh
ters of the Lord Almighty; and oth
ers, whose hearts had been pierced by
the arrows of oonvietion. alter great
darkness and distress, have also been
filled with joy and peace.
■ •♦s ■ . .
The Negro Farmniq in Alabama.
—Speaking of negro farming in that
section, the Selma Mtttenger says:
“ Wo know a number of negroes who
leased lands for last season, and went
to work upon them under favorable
circumstances—we do not know of one
whose crop was sufficient to subsist
him until Christinas.
Kaolinb —Capt. W. Stookwell has
shown us, says tho Banner, a very
fine specimen of kaoline, from near
Augusta, Ga. The Captain has bis
eye on a deposit of this valuable clay
in our own State, and intends estab
lishing a porcelain manHsntory here
us soon as he can make fib necessary
arraugomei.ts.
tet" Nortborn exchange papers alette
that Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, has
oome out with a work supporting Bit>
nalism and somi-Popory.