Newspaper Page Text
oosrsvxvvsxdif
, FOR THE
PROVISIONAL GOVERNAIENT
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
—:oo:—
We, the I) -pr.ti- n of the Sovereign and M'Iko-
d.-ut State* of South CozdIum,Georgia, Florida. Alaba
ma, Mritissippi mi l Louisiana, invoking the favor of
Almighty God. do hereby, in behalf of tI wee State*, or-
il rin au.l establish this Constitution for the Prwvtsiooal
Government of the name, and to continue.in force lor
one year from tin- inauguration of the President, or nil
til a permanent Constitution or Confederation between
•aid States atmll b<* pot in ooerntion, wbioluoerer shall
first oeenr.
ARTICLE L
SECTION 1.
All legislative powers herein delegated shall be
rested in this Congress now assembled, unlit oth
erwise ordained.
SECTION 2.
When vacancies happen in thn representation
from auy State, the same shall be fil'ed in such
manner as the proper authorities ot the State
•hall direct.
SECTION 3.
I. The Congress shall be tha judge of the
elections, returns and qualifications of its mem
bers; any number of Deputies from a majority
of the States, being present, shall constitute a
quorum to do bustuess; but a smaller number
ruay adjourn from Jay to Jar, and may be au
thorized to compel the attendance of absent mem
bers; upon all questions before the Congress, each
Slate shall be entitled to one rote, and shall be
represented by any one or more of its Deputies
who may be present.
2 The Congress may determine the rules of
its proceedings, punish its members for disorder
ly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-
thirds, expel a member.
II. The Congress shall keep a journal ef its
proceedings, and from time to time publish the
same, excepting such parts as may in their judg-
in-nt require secrecy; and the yeas and nays ot
the members on any question, shall, at the de
sire of one-fifth of those present, or at the in
stance of any one State, be entered cn the
journal
SECTION 4.
The member*of Congress shall receive a com
pensation for their services, to be ascertained by
law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confed
eracy. Thev shall •••
felonv and breach of peace, be privileged Irom
arrest during their attendance at thn session ot
the Congress, and in going to aud returning from
the same: and for auy speech or debate, they
shall not be questioned in any other place.
sec nos 5.
1. Every bill w hich shall have passed tho Con
gress. shall, before it become a law, be presented
to the President of the Confederacy; if he ap
prove he shall sign it; butifnot.be shall return
it with his objections, to the Congress, who shall
enter the objections at Urge on their journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsid
eration, two-thirds of the Congiess shall avree to
passtbebiii.it shall become a law. Hut iu all
aiich eases, the vote shall be determined by yeas
aud nays; and tbe names of parte-ns ruling for
and against the bill shall be entered on the jour
nal. If any bill shall not be retnrned by the
President within ten days (Sundays excepted) a:
ter it shall have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law, in like manmras if he had sign
ed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment,
prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a
law. The President may veto any appropriation
or appropriations and approve any appropnation or
appropriations in tie- saute bill.
2. Every order, resolution or vote, intended to
have I lie force and effect of a law, shall be pre
sented to the President, and before the same
shall take effect shall be approved bv him, or be-
jug disapproved by him, shall bo re passed by
two-thirds of the Congress, according to the
rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a
biil.
3. Until the inauguration of the President, all
biiis, orders resolutions and vote# adopted by the
Congress shall ho of foil force without approval
of him.
SECTION 6.
1. The Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, for the
revenue necessary to pay the debts and carry on
the Government of the Confederacy: and all du
ties. imposts and excises shall be uniform through
out tho .States of the Confederacy. And this
Congress shall also exercise executive powers, un
til the 1 resident is inaugurated:
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Con
federacy:
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations,
and among the several Stales, and w ith the Indian
tribes:
4. To establish a uniform rule of naturaliza
tion, and Uniterm laws on the subject of bankrupt
cies throughout the Confederacy. -
. r >. To coin money, regulate the value thereof
and of foreign coin, and fix tho standard of
weights and meaauies:
ti To provide for the punishment of counter
feiting the securities slid current com o: the
Confederacy:
7. To establish post offices and post roads:
ii, f’o promote pr.f^cM **f ftv.Iot»co nmf use-
ful arts, by securing, for limited times, to au
thors and inventors, tbe exclusive right io their
respective writings and discoveries:
It. To loustitute tribunals inferior to the su
preme court:
It). To define punish piracies and felonies com
muted on the high seas, and offenses against the
law of nations:
Jl. To declare war, grant letters of marquo
aud reprisal, and make rules concerning captures
on land and water -
J2. To raise and support armies; but no appro
priation of money to that use shall be for a long
er term than two years;
13. To provide and maintain a nary
14. To make rules for the government and reg
ulation ol toe land and naval forces:
15. To provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of tbe Confederacy, suppress j
insurrections, aud repei invasions:
Jti. To provide for organizing, arming, and dis
ciplining the militia, and for governing such part
of them as may be employed in the seirice of the
Confederacy, reset ving to the States respectively
the appointment of the officers, and the authori
ty of training the militia according to the discip
line prescribed by Congress; and
17. To make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution the forego
ing powers and alt other powers expressly delega
ted by this Constitution to this Provisional Gov
ernment
SECTION 7,
J. The importation of African negroes from any
foreign country other than t!;e siareholding Stales
of the United States is hereby forbidden; and
Congress is required to pass such laws as shall
effectually prevent the same.
2. I be Congress shall also have power to pro
hibit the iuiioduciion of slaves from any Slate
not a member ot this Confederacy.
3. The privilege of the writ '■{ Habeas Corpus
shall not be suspend.d unless, when in cases of
rebellion or invasion, the public safely require it.
4. No Biil of Attainder, or ex post facto law ,
•hall he passed.
5- No preference shall be given, by tny regula
tion of commerce or reveuue, to tho ports ol one
estate over those of another: nor shall vessels
bound to or from one State be obliged to enter,
osar, or pay Juries in another.
0. No money shall be drawn from tbe treasury,
hut in consequence of appropriations made by
law: aud a regular statement aud account of the
receipts and expenditures of all public money
shall be published from time to time.
7. Cougtess shall appropriate no money from
the treasury, unless it bo asked for by the Presi
dent or some one of the he >ds of Departmeuts,
except tor the purpose of paying its. own expen
ses and contingencies.
ci. No title of nobility shall be granted by the
Confederacy: and no person bolding any office
of profit or trust under it, shall, without tho con-
aent ol the Congiesa, accept of any present,
emolument,office, or title of any kind, whatever,
from any king, prince, ,>r foreign .State.
g. emigres* shall make no law respecting an es
tablishment of religion or prohibiting the free ex
ercise thereof: or abridging tbe freedom of speech
or of the pre#»; or the right ot the people peacea
bly to assemble, and to petition the government
for a redress of such grievances as the delegated
powers of this Governrmnt may warrant it to
consider and redress.
HI. A well rcgu.atei militia being necessary
to the security of a free Stale, the right of the
-n -nole to keep and bear arms slisll not he in
fringed-
aosoldier shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in auy house without the consent ol tbe
owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
prsscribed by law.
12. Tbe tight of the people to be secure iu
their poisons, houses, papers and effects, against
unreasonable searches, aud seizures, shall not be
violated: aud no warrants shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
and particular describing the p ace to he searched
and the persons or tliiugs to be seized.
13. No person slisli be held to answer for a
capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a grand jury, ex
cept m canes arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the militia, when in actual aervice in time
of war or public danger; nor shall auy person be
subject for the same offence to be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled,
in any criminal case, to be a witness agsinst him
self: nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law; nor shall private prop
erty be tak;n for public use, without just com-
' pensation.
14. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused
shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,
by an impartial jury of tho btate and district
wherein the crime shall nave been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascer
tained by law, and to be informed of the nature
and cause of the accusation; to be confronted
with the witnesses against bimt to have compul
sory process for obtaining witnesses In his favor;
and to have tbe assistance of counsel for his de
fence.
15. In suits at common law, where the value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, tho
right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no
fact tried by a jnnr ahall be otherwise re-examin-
ed in tiny court of the Confederacy, than accord
ing to the rules of the common law.
Jt> Excessive bail shall uot be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted.
17. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall no? be construed to deny or
disparage others retained by tbe people.
1'i. The powers no* delegated to the Confedera
cy by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the States, are reserved to the Stst»-s respectively
or to tbe people
19. The judicial power of the confederacy shall
not be construed to extend to any suit in law or
equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of
the States of the Confederacy, by citizens of
another Srate. cr by citizens or subjects of any
foreign State.
SECTION 8.
1. No State shall enter into any trenty, alli
ance, or confederation; grant hiteisof marque!
and reprisal: coin money: emit bills of credit; make
anything hut gold and silver coin a tender in pay
inent of debts; | ass any bill of attainder, ex post
facto law, or law impairing tho obligation of con
tracts; or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without tho consent of the
Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or
expons, except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing its inspection law«; and tho net
produco of aii duties and iinpos’s, laid hy any
State on imports or exports, shad be for the ns.’
of the treasury of the Confederacy, and all sncli
Inws shall lie subject to the revision and control
of the Congress. No State, shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, en-
fer into any agreement or compact with another
State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war.
unless actually invaded, or in such imminent dan
ger as will not admit of delay.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION 1.
8. A parson charged in any State with treason
felony, or other crime, who shall fleo from justice,
and be found iu another Slate, shall, on demand
of the executive authority of the State from which
he tied, be delivered up, to bo removed to tho
Slate having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. A slave in one State, escaping to another,
shall be delivered up on claim ofthe-party to whom
said alave may belong by ’.lie executive authority
of the State in which such slave shall be found,
and in case of any abduction of forcible rescue,
full compensation, including tbe value o fit he slave
end all costs and expenses, shall be made to tic -
party, bv the 5*t#te in which such abduction or
rescue shall take place.
SECTION 3.
1. The Confederacy shall guaranty to every
State in this union, a republican torm of govern
ment, and shall protect each ot them against inva
sion: and. on application of the legislature, or o.
the executive, (when the legislature cannot be
convened, 1 against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
1. The Congress, by a vote . f two-thirds, may
at any time, alter or am-nd the Constitution.
ARITOLE VI.
1. This Constitution,and the laws of the Con
federacy which shall be made in pursuance there
of, and all treat es made, or which shall b“ made,
tinder the authority of tho Confederacy, shall bo
the supreme law ot the land; and the judges in
every .State bo bound thereby, any thing in the
Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding.
2 The Government hereby instituted shall take
immediate steps for the settlement of ail matters
b ,- tween the States forming it. and their other late
confederates of tho United States in relation
! a “criminal against whom that revolt is aimed.”—'
I Traitor* ! Treason I Aye, tbe people of the South fin
| itate and glory in just such treason a* glowed in the
I soul of Hampden ; just such treason as leapt iu living
tlaiue from the impassioned iqws of Henry ; just suet,
treason as encircles, with a sacred halo, the undying
i name of Washington. You will enforce the laws,
i You want to know- if yon have a government; if you
| have any authority to collect a revenue ; towring trib
i ate from an unwilling people. Sir, humanity despond*
j and all the inspiring hopes of tier progressive improve
ment vanish into empty air at the reflectiobs wlneh
; crowd on tbe mind at hearing, now repeated with ag
gravated enormity, sentiments against which Chut
( ham launched fils indignant thumlei? nearly ay.entury
| ago. The very w r.ls of Lord North and fits roy«U
; master are repented liepa in debate, not as quotation*.
I but a* the spontaneous outpouring* of a spirit, the
counterpart of this. In Lord North’s speech on the
: destruction of the tea in Huston harbor, he said: “We
j are no longer to .dispute between legislation nnd taxn-
I lion. Wo are now only to consider whether or not
we have auy authority there. It i* very clear we have
j none, if w • suffer tho property of our subjects to be
destroyed. We must punish, control, or yield to
! them." And, thereupon, be proponed to close the |H>rt
of Boston just ns the representatives of Wassaciiusett#
The Csltoa Itapplr. 1
The English press continues to manifest much
solicitude in regard to the future supply of cotton,
on account of apprehended troubles in tlie United
States; and projects are already proposed, looking
to the investm. nt of capital tor the euittviticn of
the cotton plant in Turkey, Australia and Africa.
The Liverpool Posts ays the eligibility of A ,s
tralia for cotton growing, as represented the other
day by Mr. Mackay, is confirmed by a gentleman,
who, writing to the Times, states, that the seasons
in Australia afford three months longer for the
giowth ot the plant than in America ; that the cot-
tun grown there is the. oest in the world ; and that
he luoks forward to the day when cotton will lie
the great agricultuial staple of that continent.
The correspondent of the London Times at Con
stantinople, having expatiated at length upon the
feasibility of cultivating cot:on in Asiastic Turkey,
the subject was receiving attention.
The London Saturday Review considers tile ques
tion of cotton supply m its various aspects, and
concludes as follow* :
“With opportunities at least equal to onr dan
From the Sentinel A 'Witness, (Conn )
■a Slavcbwlding ■ Si* f
•Abolitionists endeavor to justify their treason
able and criminal conduct in assailing the citizens
ot Slave States,’by proclaiming slavebolding to be
sin against God and man. Bat no person, howev
er learned and skilled in theology, has jet, been
able to bring an argument from toe Bible against I PROTECTED
tt.e right of holding slaves. Ic is true that there ,
are practices under the system of America’] slave- , BY ROYAL
rv tlmt are morally -wrong, but those practices
SPECIAL BIOTIC ifsT
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
Silt JAMES CLARKE’S
Celebrated Female Fills.
| now propose to close the port of Charleston, in <>r«!er p ers _wi th Uie wholo tropic! world open to our
tbrre!"’"‘TisthLrthat’ in TsilfBontoTis''''ro“pay thi influence,—and tho most populous of tropical j Montgomery, Feb 12 —Congress.—The stand pregnant during the FIRST THREE MOSTfjg
debt of gratitude to Charleston, which in the days ol countries under our sceptre—it will bo national j mg (lo mm it toes were snnnun.p.l when ihev went .. .»• - - aii '
1 her struggle, proclaimed the generous sentiment that
i “the cause of Boston was the cause of Charleston;’
] who. niter this, will say Hint republics are ungrateful 1
I Well, sir, the statesmen of Great Britain answered to
suicide if we do nnt strain every nerve to eruanci
pate ourselves from moral servitude to a coinuutu- j
ity of slave-owners.”
i he London Aries treats the subject elaborately, [
in the same general tenor, and concludes Ihus : j
‘-Abet. then, must we do I We must lose no
LETTERS
patent.
sii-e from the innate depravity of man rather than prepared from a prescription of .Sir J. Clarke, Af. ft
from the system. Therefore, instead of attempt-1 physician Extraordinary to the Queen. ’
ing to abolish slavery, which seems to have been . T[li<j inva i„ 9 bh. medicine is unfailing in »he cn**
established under the sanction of tho Al.mgbty. | M tW inful and dangerous disease incident to '
Christ tan philanthropists should labor to benefit | fcma , e ,. imstUut ; OI! . 0 “>•
the spiritual condition ot tho master* that the cir- \ lt ,
ouinstances surrounding tha slaves may be ame j _ H moderates all excesses and removes all obstmc
lioi nted. and the abunea of the h^id done awray , from whatever cause, and a speedy cure may b*
with. Abolishing slavery for sake of correcting J retied on. _
the evils under the system is like accoptiug the j *.ADlltS
Mormon creed for tho purpose of avoiding the ! **’* pecnnarly suited. It will in a short time, bring on
crime of adultery. ' j the monthly period with regularity.
— CAUTION.
From the Southern ( ongrrs*. | These P,!!s should notU taken I,y females that
Committees were announced, when they >ent they are sure to bring on Miscarriage; but ut
lingerer session, daring *huh the j adopted \ % . d in ereryother case, they are mcrfal
removed secrecy: | T
the following and i
safe.
Lord North**? appeal, ‘•Yield.” Courtiers and pnliti
; cinrt* said “Punish,” ‘ Control.” The result is known
Ilistory gives you the reason. Profit by its teachings. , , c ,
So, sir, in the address scut under the royal sign man,ml, 1 promoting the growth of cotton wherever
: to the Parliament, it was invoked to take measures tor ; 1 * 1 ^rovv. I ho obvious method is to strength*
i **better securing the execution of the laws,” and ao- en tho hands of the Cotton Supply Association,
quiesced in the suggestion. Just as now, a serrile \ and of every society which can satisfy us of its
Executive, under the smistcrinfliience ol iusaue coun- \ ability to grow what we want, within our own de-
the public properly and public debt at the ihiimi
ir withdrawal from them; these .Stales hereby
their
declaring it ;o be their wish and earnest desire to
adjust everything pertaining to the common prop
erty, common liability and common obligations ot
that union, upon tho principles ot right, justice,
equity and good faith.
3 Until otherwise provided by the Congress,
the city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama,
I shall be the seat of government,
j 4. Tho members of tho Congress and all exectl-
1. The Executive power shall be vested in * I tire and judicial officers of the Confederacy shall
President of tbe Confederate States of America. \ p, e bound by oath or affirmation to support this
| He, together w ith the Vice President, shall hold j Constitution: but no religious test shall bo re
quired as a qualification to any office or public
trust under this Confederacy.
5. The Congress shall have power to admit
other Slates.
D,..iiiiKas III fill. KiCNJI \ vil A".
Mr. Bonjainin, ,'opp ) of La.—Mr. President, if we
were engaged in tin; performance of accustomed leg
islative autie*. I might well rest content with Ihc sim
ple statement of my cotimiTenee in the remarks, just
made by my colleague. Profoundly impressed, how
ever, with the solemnity of the occasion, I cannot be
insensible to the duty ut leaving among the authentic
reports of your proceedings, the recordtd expression
o! my conviction that the State of Louisiana has judg
ed and acted well nnd wisely iu this crisis of her des
tiny. Sir, in the course of the discussion* here and
elsewhere, it has been urged on more than one occa
sion that Louisiana stands on an exceptional footing.
It has been said that »liatever may be. the rights of
the Stales that were original patties to the Constitu
tion, that even granting their l ight to resume, for suf
ficient cause, those restricted power# which they del
egated to the federal government in tiust tor their
I his office for one year, or until this Provisional
[ Government shall he superseded by a Permanent
Government, whichsoever shall first occur.
| 2. Tho President e.nd Vico President shall be
i elected by ballot by tiie f'tates represented in ibis
i P„.tsr.M ...I. —..»;••* ... -••*-, ss-t n
Ijority of the whole being requisite to elect
j t. No person except a natural born citizen, ora
j citizen ot on* of the States of this Confederacy
at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to tho office of President: neith
er shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years
and been fourteen years a resident of one of the
States of this Confederacy.
4. In case of the removal of the President from
office or of his death, resignation, or inability to
discharge 1 he power# and duties of the said of
fice, (which inability shall be determined by a
vote of two-thirds of the Congress.) the same
“hall devolve on the Vice President; and the
Congress limy by law provide for the case of re-
lit flint tut titat i . , , b
i Stntes that nre I 1CA wh, l© preparing our own crops ; but we must
be ready to dispense with any amount of Ameri-
ieau cotton, which cannot be got to prow in an
atmosphere of political and social revolution.
aud far no other purpose. Nay, even in
now cxerciainjf the undoubted and most precious right*
of a free people, where there in no secession, where
the ettr/ens are assembling to hold peaceful election*
for considering what course of action is demanded iu
thin dread crisis by a due regard for their own safety
and their own liberty eye, even in Virginia herself,
the people are to cast their suffrages beneath the un
disguised menaces of a frowning fortress. Cannon are
brought io bear on their homes and parricidal hands
are preparing weapons for rending the bosom ot the
mother of Washington* Sir, when Great Britain pro
posed to exact tribute from your fathers against tneir
will. Lord (’liatlmrn snid : “IVliatever is a man’# own ban ,i atld wife< l[ieir name Kimball, and they for
i aMrstera. Zzxr <• *• ****«£• *•
do it. attempt# an injury Whoever docs it. commits ; 1 ‘“.T 0ry WRM sub ! t f n,1 * n y :ls f”U*>w#:—
im uW nn Hpi.i «., t..,. Amelin, i i^-| I'i isxrt. in company with a party ot sixty-three,
ijoiee that America has resisted. Let the sovereign “ le Kimballs started tor California by the over
I authority of this country over the colonies be asserted j land route. In the party was tbeit father, an old
i in a* strong a terra as can he devised, and bo made m*n, and three sister*. They passed on westward
to extend to every point of legislation whatever, so | in the usual manner without accident until the
that we may b:nd their trade, confine their mtuiufao-; 17th day of July. They were then on the plains
tures, and exercise every pow er except that of taking f, r l l 1 . ro „
From the Cleveland Herald, Jl-'th.
A TlIHILLING Story.—.Vrir Yorkers Eleven
Years Captive Among the Snake Indians.—On S it
urday morning the Western train bronght to this
city a man and woman who related a story that, if
true, (aud there is uo reason to doubt it,) has few
equals even in Franco. The persons were hns-
Kesolved. That this Government takes under j j„ nil cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, p a ; B
it* charge all questions of difficulties now exist- : L ; 1( . [j u -k and Limb*, Heaviness. Fatigue on sligi t
exertion. Palpifntion of the heart. Lowness of spirit
Hysterics, Sick Headache, Whites, and ail the painful
diseases occasioned by a disordered system, thess
Pill* will effect a cure when all other means have
failed.
Full direct’ons in the pamphlet around each package
which should be. carefully preserved.
Sole Agcut for the United States and Canada,
JOB MOSES, Rochester, N. Y.
A bottle containing 50 pills, and encircled with the
ing between the sovereign States of this Confed
eracy and the Government of the United States,
relative to tho occupancy of Forts, Arsenals,
Navy Yards and other public establishments, and
that ihe President of this Congress he directed to
ejMiimunicate this resolution to (ho Governors of
tiie States.
Washington A (loirs.
Washington, Frb. 13.—Gov. Floyd now- says
that tbe floating newspaper rumors of his com
plicity in the robbery of the Indian Trust Funds , Government Stamp of Great Britain, can be sent post
movHl, death, resignation, or inabilit y, both of „^ n nP * anf ( benefit, still Louisiana can have no such
the President and Vice Pn si lent, declaring what riK },t, because “she was acquired by purchase.” Gen-
"i dftic -- ....
: officer shail then art as President: and such officer
shall act accordingly, until the disability he re-
| moved or a President shall be elected.
1 5. The President shail at stated times receive
! for his services, during the period of the Provis
ional Government, a compensation at the rate of
twenty-five thousand dollar* per aunum; and h
pow er except
money out of their own pockets without their consent.”
It wa* preserved for the latter half of the nineteenth
century, nnd for the Congress of a republic of freemen,
to witness the willing abrogation of all power save
that of exacting tribute. What imperial Britain, with
the haughtiest pretensions of unlimited power over de
pendent colonies, could not even attempt without the
vehement protest of her greatest statesmen, is to be en
forced, in aggravated form, if you can enforce it, against
independent States. Good God, sir, since when has
the necessity arisen for recalling the American legisla
tors the lessons of freedom, taught in lisping childhood
: hy loving mothers, that pervade tiie utmost prayer we
1 have breathed from infancy, and that so funning part
far troui any settlement, and as they were pursu-
suing their way were suddenly surprised by a large
party ot Indians The little party was immedi
ately put in good condition for defence as the time
would permit—the females being placed in the
centre. Down came the Indians likea wliiilwind,
but they met a resistance as obstinate as despera
tion could produce. The white men fought for
their wive*, and fought nobly—so well, indeed,
that when tiie contest was ended, there were ot
tho party of sixty-three but thirteen left, includ
ing men and women. I he Indians took what
plunder ttiey wanted, tied the prisoners in pairs,
men have not hesitated to speak of the sovereign
States formed out of the territory coiled by France, as
proparty lionght with t!;« money of the United State*,
belonging to them a* purchaser*, and although they
have not carried out their doctrine to it* legitimate re
mit, I must conclude that they also mean, on the same
principle to a**ert the right ot “selling for a price what
sra# bought for a price ' - 1 pause not to comment on
ovn identity 7 Heaven be ; next day they hailed and prepared to dispose c
forgotten them; that when their prisoner*.
j shall not receive during that period any other | t i, rt rt .p U wive dogma* of n party which thns assert
I emolument from this CotHcuerary, or any of the I right of propertv in tree bom." whit# mon in order t
I of onr very being, that in their absence we would lose ] and continued their rambling expedition. The
the consciousness of onr ■, . ,. . . i - ’ -■ • ■ •
I praised thut all have not
I ^L!T V f left . ,l,P, "‘ fn,Bi1 ^ n When f ‘ ,r, ' e | Theo! ' 1 ".an Kimball was made to “run the
bids, blockades, armies, tin vies and nil the coercive . , ... ,
machinery of despots sluill he proposed and advocated,! ff ,,u,ltle? f° r his hfe. He was too feeble to es-
j voices shall he heard from this side of the cdmmber wounded and completely exhausted,
I Hint will make it* very roof resound with the indignant ried to a stake and burned. The younger
■clamorof outraged freedom. Kimball was then brought to the desperate trial.
States thereof
fi Hi fore he enter on the execution of h’s office
he shall take the following oath or affirmation:
1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that l u iil fsith-
fnliy ex< cute the office of President of tho Con
federate .State# of America, and will, to tlie best
of my ability, preserve, protect, and oefeud the
Constitution thereof.
section 2
reach its etierished object of destroying the right ot
propertv in slave-born fiiaok men. Nor rital! I Uetnin
the Sr unto by demonstrating how shadowy the dis
tinction between the condition of the servile Africans
and that to which tho white freemen of my .Stale
would lie reduced, if it indeed be true that they arc
bound to this federal government by tics that cannot
legitimately be severed without the consent of that
very majority which wields it* power for their oppres-
I iion. I deny that the province of Louisiana, or the
I. The President shall be Commander-tn-Chief j peopleef Louisiana, were ever conveyedI to the United
of the Army and Navv of tho Confederacy, and I Statesfora prmca# propenj that cmnd be hough or
4 . ' i o* . i i • • „. mM nt fi 1. \\ ithout filtering into th* detail* of the
the Militia of the several States, when called into , j)(tjon the srohive . of * vonr State Department
the a-tual service of tho Contederacy: he may re I demonstrate the simple facile be that although the
aura the opinion, in writing of the principal of-1 domain, toe public land? and other property of France
ricer in each of the Executive Departments, upon | in the ceded province were conveyed by absolute title
any subject relating to the duties of their respec-! to the government-of the United ritntes, the s.«vir-
tive offices: and he shall have power to grant re- j oignty wa# not conveyed otherwise than in lint. A
have culminated in a report to the House Com
mit.tee front a responsible source, and that he wtll
meet them so soon as he can examine tho evidence
educed by that Committee.
The credulity ofthe Administration has been ex
ercised to such an extents* to lead them to believe
that a scheme was on foot to blow np the Capitol,
and other public, buildings in this city. A milita
ry night guard has, in conseqnence, been for some
weeks established : while frequent searches have
been made in tbe vaults of the Capitol and De
partments for explosive materials.
Gov. Hicks, of Maryland testified before the
Committee to day, to the effect that he was impo-
•e-I bv Anonymous letter*, and newspaper
returns relative to tiie attack on Washington City.
He say* that he does not now believe that any
scheme for such a purpose exists.
ANOTHER SEIZURE OF ARMS.
New York, Feb. 13.—Three boxes of ammuni
tion. mainly percussio i caps, and ball cartridge*,
bound for Savannah, Ga., were seized by the po
lice here to-day on board the steamer Huntsville.
A Curious Discovery in the Chinese Emperor's
Palace..—A correspondent writes: “Among the
most curious discoveries made by the Allies in the
Chinese Emperor’s Summer Palace was a snit of
magnificent armor, inlaid with gold, and the hel
met surmounted with an enormous pearl (this suit is
to be sent to the Emperor Napoleon:) a saloon
furnished in exact imitation of the style of Louis
XV, decorated with portraits of tho ladies of the
court of that sovereign, the name of each lady be
ing inscribed at the bottom of the frame. The im
mense arartment# were furnished and ornamen
ted in the most splendid manner, and contained
numerous articles in gilt, bronze, porcelain, A-c.,
all covered with a thick coating of dust. Atnon*
the porcelain were some immense vases which had
passed more than a century at the bottom of the
marine vegetation hail clung in
bfoduco tha most singular
free for $1 and 6 postage stamp*.
For sale Milledgeville, by Herty St Hall, in Macon
by Menard Sc Castles; Haviland. Stephenson A (j 0<
Charleston, Who'esome Agent for tha South,
• March 25, 18f.O. 45 rowlv.
he shall nominate, and by ami with the advice and
consent of tho Congress shall appoint ambassadors
other public uiiinstf ra and consuls, judges of the
court, and all other officers of the Contederacy
wliose appointments are not herein otherwise pro
vided lor. and which shall be established by law.
But the Congress may. hy law, vest the appoint-
guariii
people of the ceded province, and covenanted to tra as
ter to them the Sovereignty thus held In trust fortlicir
use anil benefit, a* soon as they were capable of ex
ercising it. U'tmt is the express language ofthe treaty?
“The inhabitants ofthe ceded territory shall he incor
porated in the Union of the United Stutes. and he nd-
mitted ns soon a* possible, according to the principles
f the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the
meat r.f such inferior officers as they think proper p .lq*. advantage* an i immunities of citizens of tin
in tiie President alone, in the court* of law, or in I'uited States, and in the meantime they shall l>e main
the hands of departments. tained and protected in the enjoyment of their liberty,
3 The President shall have power to fill np all property and the religion which they profess.” And,
vacancies that may happen during tiie recess ot ; ,!r ’as if to mark the true nature of the ces-ion ii a
the Congress, bv granting commissions which m » nr,er significant to admit o. i.nr,-oustruction,
,i._n ,-.,7— .. , i - i r.r„.. -. the treaty elipnlatos no puce and tho sole consnu-ra-
soall expire a. tiie cud t f t.iv next ses. >n. j ,; on f nf t j 1B oonvovanoe, ns stated on its face. i“ the
SECTION 3. 1 i*- **...,1 « - .iproof i.r ci— .v;-TT-viup -r
1. He shall, from time, give to Congress infer-1 France forthe United State#. By the t- rmaof a sep-
metion ofthe state of the Confederacy, and re convention stipulating the pe.yujent nfr. tmnrt
# . .. • , , J „ ! uirmur. the preofintion i? onpervod of Rtatmp
commend to their consideration each measures a* ‘ eBt u , t,„ B , „ consideration
lie shall judge necessary and expedient; he may. * «•*•- - * —
on extraordinary occasion#, convene (lie Con-
giess a? such time as bcshall think proper; he shall
receive ambassador* ami other public ministers:
lie shall take care that the laws bo be faithfully
executed; and shall commission
the Coiiftdi taev.
2. The President, Vice President, and all civil
officers of the Conf-deracy s’ml! be removed from
office on ccnvicliau hy the Congress of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors:
a vote of two-third* shall he necessary for such
conviction.
ARTICLE III.
rvsp.'ctful farewell With many of those from whom cahed upon to choose tiie one In* would save, with
I have been radically Separated ill political sentiments the certainty that death try torture would he the
my persona! relation* have been kindly, nnd have in-; fate of the others. Ha chose his wile aud saved
sptrej me with a respi ct and esteem that I shall not i her. The Indians murdered his sisteis in his
willingly forgot. M tth those around me from the pr esence. It was a poor privilege he had so dear-
Suutnern States, I part as men part from brothers on | \ ? bought. They were obliged to perform menial
often
Indians
Hutto you, noble and generous friends, who, born from place to place without an npportunitytoes-
br-neath other skien, possess hearts that h.-at in syin- cape, they lived till J859, when their party met a
pathy with ours ; to you who, solicited and assailed by United State* surveying company. Kimball told
motives the most powerful that could appeal to selfish j his story to the whites, and one of them, an old
the eve of a temporary absence, with a cordial pre, I J n it , ‘ "
sure ofthe baud, and a smiling assurance ofthe speedy j f,,r 'l'“r captors, and the woman was
renewal of sweet intercourse around the family hearth.! V ea *, "‘H* brutality, hollowing tlie It
lint to you, noble and generous friends, who, born from place to place without an opportunity
(wreath other .‘'kies, possess hearts that beat in sym- cape, they lired til! 1859, when their party t
lothy with ours ; to you who, solicited and assailed bv United State* surveying company. Kimbsl
Motives tho most powerful that could appeal to selfish ; his story to the whites, and one of them, a
tRtmcs, have nobly spurned them all; to you who in resident in the country, offered his aid in effecting
mr he.;a t have hare, your breasts to the fierce beat-; ,hei r escape. The off.'-r was gladly accepted, and
ngs of the storm, and made willing sacrifice of life’* , ,r,„
constitution- att c n, P t > after many months ot intense suffer
ing. was successful.
SECTION 1.
r a price, or a condition precedent of the (ession, but
it is e.itefolly distiuguisi c i ns i.eb'g a consequence of
cession, lt wa# by word* thn* studiously chosen, rir.
that James Monroe and 'l’homas Jefferson marked
their understanding of a contract now misconstrued a*
tho officers ot j being t bargain atul sale of sovereignty ovi-r freemen.
j With wnat iuriignant scorn would tnose staunch advu-
i:at * ofthe inherent rigiit of soil-ginerrm.ont huve i<-
pndiated the slavish doctrine now deduced from their
action I How were the obligations of this trenty ful
filled! T:;nt I*>.u«iana at that date contained slavo*
held a* property by her pr-oplo through the whole
length of the Mississippi Valley, that these pooplt had
nn unrestricted rigiit of rettlemeut wiih tlo-ir slaves,
under legal protection, throughout the entire ceded
province, no man ba* ever vet had the hardihood to
leny. Here.then, we have a treaty prmniso bv th
1. Th-judicial power ofthe Confederacy shall I government to ••protect that property,; that ”E»v.
be vested in one t4np?eniu Court, and in such in- j P ro P ert y m that Terrhoiw. eforo it a tot f r< ’" 11
- , f . 7. * , ,i a State. That this promise was oncnlv Moluteil in the
tenor courts «s are herein director] or as the Con-1 aijlJMtnwnt , - (>roed the South at the time of the
ores* may from time to tune ordain an estauhsh. f » a , 1 iswwu»n of Missouri, it matter of recorded hi lory.
2 Each State shall constitute a District in perspicuous nnd unanswerable exposition of Mr.
which there shall be a court cal!->d a District
Court, which, until otherwise provided by the Con
gnss, shall have the jurisdiction vested by the
iawt> of the Unit* d States, as tar as applicable, in
both the District and Circuit Courts of the United
States, for that State; tha Judge whereof shall be
appointed by the l’resident, by and with tbe ad
vice and consent of tie* Congress, and shall, un
til otherwise provided hy the Congress, exercise
the power ami authority vested by the laws of the
United States in the Judge# of the District and
Circuit Courts of the United State*, for that State,
and shall appoint tlie titn-s and place* at which th<
courts shall he bold. Appeals may betaken di
rectiv from the District Courts to the Supreme
Conrt, under similar regulations to those which
arc provided in case* of appeal to the Supreme
Court of tho United States, or under such othei
regulations as may be provided by the Cong.e*s.
The commissions of all tho judges shall expire
with this Provisional Government.
3. Tbe .Supreme Court shall be constituted of all
the District Judges, a majori y of whom ahall be *
quorum, and shsli sit at such times and places a*
the Congress shall appoint,
4. The Congress shall have power to make law*
for tho transfi r of any causes which were pending
in the courts of the United States, to the courts ol
the Confederacy, aud for the execution of the or
der*. deci-ees.auJ judgment* heretofore rendered
by the said courts of the United States; and also
all laws which may he requisite to protect the par
ties io all such suits, orders, judgments, or de
crees, their heirs personal representatives, or as
signees.
SECTION 2,
The judicial power shall extend to all eases of
law and equity, arising under this Constitution,
the laws ot the United .State*, and of this Confed
eracy. and treaties made, or which shall be made
under its authority; to all cases affecting ambassa
dors, other public ministers and consuls; to al
i - a*e* of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, ti
controversies to which the Confederacy shall be a
party; controversies between two or more States;
between citizens of different States; between citi
zensof thcaamo State claiming lauds tinder grants
of different States.
2. In all cas’ - * affectingambas*adors, other pub
:ic. ministers and consul*, and those iu which a
State shall be a party, (lie supreme court shall havc-
triginnl jurisdiction. In ail the o her cases before
mentioned, the supreme court shall have appel
late jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, will,
such exceptions and nttder such regulations as tin
Congress shall make.
3. I lie trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall
be held in the State where the said crimes shall
have been committed: but when not committed
within any State, the trial shall boat such piace
or places as the Congress may by law have direc
ted.
SECTION 3.
1. Treason against this Confederacy shall con
sist only iu levy mo war against it. or in adhering
to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No
person shall be cjnvicted of treason unies* on tbf
testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act.
or on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shail have power to declare the
punishment ot treason: hut no attainder to treason
shall work coriuptiou of blood, or forfeiture, ex
cept during the file of the person attained.
ARTICLE IT.
SECTION 1.
1. Full faith and credit shail be given in each
State to the public nets, records, and judicial pro
ceedings of every other State. And the Congress
mav, by general laws, prescribe the manner in
which such acta, records, and proceedings shall be
proved and the effect of such proof.
SECTION 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all privileges and immmities cf citizens in the
•ereral 8t»te#.
p-’rspicuoua amt unanawernfile rxpnriti
Justice Ontron, in the opinion delivered in the Drcd
Scott oaee. will remain tlionigh all time a* nn ample
vindication of this assertion. If, then, sir, the pr ofile
of Louisiana hnd a right, which Congo-*# count not
deny, of admission into the Union with "all the rights
of all the citizens of tho United .States,” it is in vain
that tho partisans of the right of tl«* majority to gov
ern the minority with despotic control, attempt to es
tablish a distinction to her prejudice, between her
right# and those of any othor Nfn'c. The only distinc
tion which really exist* is this, that she can point to a
breach of treaty stipulation*, expressly guaranteeing
her rights, as a wrong anporadded to those which have
impelled a number of her sister States to the assertion
of their independence. The rights of Louisiana a* n
sovereign btnto are those of Virginia—no more, no
less. Let those who deny her right to resume delegated
power* successfully refute tho claim to a like right in
Virginia, in spito of her express reservation made mid
notified to her sister Stale* when she Consented to en
ter the Union. And, sir, of ail the causes which justify
the action of the Southern States, I know of none of
greater gravity and mute alarming magnitude than
that now developed, ofthe denial of the right of se
cession. A pretension so monstrous as that which per
verts a restricted agency, constituted by sovereign
States for common purposes, luio the unlimited des
potism of a majority ; which denies al! legitimate e*-
scape from such despotism, even though powers not
delegated ara usurped, converts the whole fabric of
constitutional liborfy into the secure abode of lawless
tyranny, and degrade* sovereign State* into provincial
dependencies. Sir, it lias been said that the right of
*eces-ion, if conceded, makes of our government a
mere rope of sand ; that to a«seri it* existence imputes
to tiie lramera of tiie constitution tiie folly «f 6uwiug
the seedsof death in that which wa* designed for per
petual existence. If the imputation were true, sir, it
would merely prove that their offspring was not ex
ompt from that mortality which is the eomui -n lot of
all that is not orented by higher than human power.
But it i* not true. Let facts answer theory. For
two-thirds of a eenturv this right has heeu known by
many ofthe States tone at all times within their pow
er. yet up to til# present period, when its exercise lots
bscom* indispensable to a people menaced with ab
solute extermination .there have been hut two instan
ce* in which it wa* even threatened seriously— the first,
when Massachusetts led tiie New England States in
an attempt to escape from the dangers of our Inst war
with Britain, and the second, when the sure State pro
posed to secede on account of the admis.-ion of Texas
ns a n->w State into the Union. Sir, in the langntige i f
onr declaration of secession from Great Britain, it is
-inted ns an established tenth that “all exp lienee
hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer
while ills are sufferable than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they arc accustomed.
And nothing can be more obvious to the calm and can
did observer of passing events than that the disruption
of the confederacy ha* been due in n grer.t measure,
not to the existence, but the denial of this right. F.-w
candid men wonid refuse to admit that tlie Republicans
of the North would have been cheeked in tiie mad ca
reer wiiich has brought destruction to the Union hnd
’.hey been convinced of the existence of this right and
tiie intention to assert it. The very knowledge of it*
existence, by preventing occurrences which alone
could prompt its exercise, would have rendered it a
most efficient instrument in the preservation of the
Union. But, sir, if the fact were otherwise, it all the
teaching* of experience were reversed, better, a thou
sand time* better, a rope of sand, aye, the flimsiest
gossamer that ever glittered hi the morning dew, than
chains of iron or shaidile* of steel. Better the wildcat
anarchy, with the hope, the chance, of one hour's in
spiration of fite glorious breath of freedom, than ft
• >f the hopeless bondage nnd oppression to which onr
enemies would reduce us. We are told that tbe law*
must be enforced and the revenue* collected ; that the
South iain rebellion, nnd her citizens are traitor*. Re
bellion ! The very word is n confession, an avowal of
tyranny, outrage and oppressing It is taken from the
despot's code, and has no terrors for other than slavish
souls. Where, sir, did millions of people, a* a single
inan. rise in organized, deliberate, unimpassioned re
bellion against justice, truth and honor ! Well did n
great English siatesmnn exclaim on a siuiilnroecasion :
“Yon might os well tell me that they rebelled against*
the light of Heaven; that they rejected the fruits of
the earth ; that they refused to breathe flip air."
Men do not war against tbeir benefactor*. Thev are
not mad enough to repel the very inatiuctacf self-pre-
eervntion. I pronounce, fearlessly, thnt no intelligent
people ever will rise, against a sincere, ratio! a I and
benevolent authority. No people were ever born
blind. Infatuation is not a law of human nature —
Wherever there is a revolt by a free people with the
Common consent of aU classes of society, there must be
most glittering priz.es, iu your devotion
al liberty . to you who nave made our cause your ,
cause, and from many of whom I feel that I now part 1 Kimball and Ins wife reached this city on Sat-
for ever, wiiat slmil 1—can I say 7 Naught, I know •'•'day without money. The railroad authorities
aud feel,indeed for myself. But this I will say for the had passed them thus far on their journey. De-
people in whose mum I speak to-day. Whether pros j put officer Clatk Warren took them in charge,
per ms or adverse fortunes await you, one priceless | cared for thorn during the day, and the officers of
Lr: ir r:, yOUrS ’ U,C ' Ti U m“1 ,hnt * U T'y? pe v p r i tlic 0 *■ E KJ them over tiie road, on the
zstfiriz'«*•- *??•?«*;«*«,>-
U—’liing r«,,n> Oiall nmrilUh MM* r« *"■'»?"»” «•' » «o.l ll.tdl.J to Him,
warded, when, in nftur’dayB, the utory of the present 8tor y* Alr s. Kimlwll exhibited a mark on her lore
*hidl be written, when history shall have paused her head, made by n blow from an Indian war club.
't»*rn Fen to nee on the erring men who have driven un- One of her arms was broken in the same manner
ifiendm# brethren from the shelter of their common ' Her feet were calloused, nnd the sales were as hard
hmne, your names will derive fre-sh lustre from the
contrast, and when your children shall hear ott re
pented the fa'niliar tale 2 it will Vie with glowing cheek j
md kindling eye. Their very souls will stand a-fip ;
Joe ns their mres me named, nnd they will gin»f of!
:*;eir lineage In nn nun ot spirit* as generous, and in ‘
patriot inn as hipli hearted, nn ever illustrated or !
adorned the American Henate.
as the sole of a shoe. There were various other
indications*!hat their story was strictly true, aud
none who heard them doubted it. *Tfcey have
friends in New \ork who have doubtless landslip
r*OAi«>*l them dead.
^ ^ The C’«N«tilulioQ ofdir Pt'Aviiioniil f«ovrrn#
A Souihern correspondent of the Baltimore;
Exchange, speaking of Cotton, #ays: ! For the convenience of the reader, the follow-
- ‘!u travelling through this’ Southern country, 1 ir- P O'angis »r.d additions aie pi-s*?ited. to show
one is astonished at the immense quantify of cot- j a ffhuice title tilth rence between the Constitti
ton bales he sc* s. The cotton gins along the . im" of tin- I nited States And the Constitution ot
road are piled up with them the depots stuffed, j 'he Confederate States.
tnd von seem to be passing miles of them ail the j ) Taking the former Constitution as the basis,
time you are travelling in the cars, while in all the ; following are the alterations aud amend-
large town whole seas of them seem spread out meets.
fiefore yon. and ships and sieamboat# are taking alterations.
them in all the time by the thousands of bales.” ; 1st, The Provisional Constitution differs from
. the other iu this: That tho Legislative powers of
Distinguished Mechiinies. j the Provisional Government are vested in the Con
One of the best editors of the Westminister Re gret s now assembled, and this body exercises
view could ever boast of, and one of the most 1 all the functions that are exercised by either
brilliant writers of the passing hour, was an Aher or both branches of the United States Goveru-
lecn cooper. One ofthe editors of the London I ment
Daily Journal was an Elgin baker: perhaps one; 2d. The Provisional President hold* hi* office
statues, representing the fan-
Buddha, were in great, nnm-
b> rs. Of silks, velvets, linens, carpets and other
tissues, for the mort pa-t spoiled through neglect,
there were enough to cover the walls of a palace
larg-T than the Louvre or Tuileries. This favor
ite dwelling of tho Tartar sovereign stood in tha
imperial domain of Yuen-ming-Yuen, which com
prised au extent of nearly eight miles each way.”
>f the best reporters of tiie London Times was an
Edinburg weaver; tbe editor ofthe Witness was
Hugh Miller, a alono mason Oneof the ablest
ministers in London was a Dundee blacksmith,
and another was a Banff watchmaker. The late
Dr. Milne, of China, was a Rhine herd boy. The
nrincipal of the Loudon Missionary Society's
College, at Hong Kong was a Huntley saddler:
tnd one of the best. Missionaries that ever went
to India was a Keith tailor The leading machi-
nest on the London and Birmingham Railway
was a Glasgow mechanic; and perhaps the very
richest iron founder in England was a Moray
working man. Sir James Clark, her Majesty's
physician, was a Banff drngginst. Joseph Hume
was a sailor first, and then a laborer at a mortar
and pestile in Montrose.—The-e men. however,
spent tueir leisure hours in acquiring useful
knowledge.
■Ionic Life.
If home life is well ordered, the children hav
ing. according to age. Work tune, playtime, books,
games atul boushehold sympathies, they will love
home and Cud pleasure there. Give tho little
ones sia'ps anil pencils, and encourage their at
tempts to make picture*. Drawing will nmnae
them when noisey plays have lost their zest, or
are unseasonable, and the art will be useful in af
ter life. Have them read to each other stories and
paragraphs of your selection and save the funny
things, and t e pleasant ones you see in papers
and books, to read to them at your leisure. You
cannot imagine how it will hind them to you.
But choose well fur them, forthe impressions made
upon their minds now will last when the hills
crumble. Have them sing together, and sing
with them, touching songs and hymns —Let them
sing all day like birds—at all proper times. Have
them mutually interested in the same things,
amusements, find occupations, having specified
times for each, so that their habits will be orderly
Let them w ork together iu the garden—boys r.nd
gills both need out-of-door-work—while the pa
rents eye* direct and sympathies, and load voices
blend in tbe loving accord.
A Terrible Milumion.
An Englishman whoconld not speak good Ger
man. was riding, a few weeks ago. on the Rail
road from Dresden to Leipsic, when he asked as
well as he could iiow long it took to go through
the tunnel. The person he spoke to thought he
asked how long before the tunnel would be reach
ed, and so he answered, “In half an hour.”
\\ hen they approached tbe place tbe Englishman
threw down his carjiet hug and palled off his coat
Iu a few minutes all were iu re loped in the dark
ness of tbe funnel. After aonie ten minutes a
streak of light appeared, and the ladies oppressed
hy the heavy atmosphere, seemed impatient to be
again in pure air. boon the light came, every one
took a long breath, w hen suddenly the ladies gave
u simultaneous shriek and pulled their veils over
their faces, to hide Irom them the disastrous con
dition of the Englishman. The poor man thought
the passage through the tunnel wonid lake thirty
minutes, and had been surprised by returning to
light in the midst of hi-toilet, w hich he had not
been able to make at Dresden, and for which he
thought he would take advantage of the supposed
half hour’* darkness.
Tradgcy Near OrahamviUe.— YVe learn that Dr-
L II. keebler, of Savannah, was killed on Wed
nesdav Inst. DearGfaliRinville. South Carolina, un
der the following circumstances: Dr. K., a man
named Humbert, mid several others were out
hunting; a deer was killed, after which a contro
versy arose between IIumbeit ar.d a third person
as to which fired tho successful shot; it soon be
came a quarrel, and the parties were about coining
to blows when Dr K. interfered and separated
them- He th°n walked offand had not proceeded
far when a gtitt was fired; on turningn second dis
charge front Humbert’s gun was filed and a load
of buckshot lodged in Iris (Dr. K’s) side. He
lived only a few hours, and his remain# were
brought to the city by the cars yesterday.—Sav.
News.
for one year, unless sooner suspended by the es
tablishment of the United States Government.
3d. Each ritnte is erected into a distinct Judicial
District—the Judge having ah the pow ers hereto
fore vested in the District aud Circuit Courts; and
the several District Judges together compose tiie
Supieme Bench—a majority ot them constituting
a quorum.
4ih. Wherever the word "Union” occurs in the
United State* Constitution, the word •‘Confedera
cy” i« substituted.
THE FOLLOWING AKE THE AUDITIONS:
1st. The Frosident may veto any separate ap
propriation, without vetoing the whole bill in
which it is contained.
2d. The African slave trade is prohibited.
3d Congress is empowered to prohibit tiie in
troduction of slaves from any State not a member
of this Confederacy.
4th All appropriations must be upon the de
mand of the President, or heads of departments.
OMISSION’S.
1st. There ia no prohibition on members of Con
gress holding other otlices of honor and emolument
under the Provisional Government.
2d. There is no provision fur a neutral spot for
the location of a seat of Government, or for sites
for Fort.*, Arsenals, ami Dock-yards Consequent
ly, there is no reference made to the Territorial
powers of the Provisional Government.
3d. The section in the old Constitution in refer-
ference to captation and other direct tax, is omit
ted; also, the section providing that no tax or duty
shal! be laid on any exports.
4th. The prohibition on keeping States troops,
or ships ot tt ar, in time of peace, is omitted.
bth. The Constitution, being provisional merely
no provisions is made for its ratification.
AMENDMENTS.
let,The fngitive slave clause of the old Consti
tution is so amended as to contain tiie word “slave'
and to provide for full compensation in cases ot
abduction, or forcible rescue, on the part of file
ritate in which such abduction or rescue, may take
place.
2d. Cor.grers, by a vote of f tro-fliird*. niny, at
any ti"» a alter or amend the Constitution.
TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.
1st. The Provision**! Governm mt is required
to take immediate steps for tiie settlement of all
matter* between the Ktat»s forming it. and their
other late confederates of the the United States, in
relation to the public property and tho public
debt.
2d. Montgomery is made tho temporary seat of
Government
3d. This Constitution is t> continue one year,
unless aileron by a two-third* vote, or superseded
by a permanent Governmc t —Constitutionalist.
Coughs, Colds, and Lung Diseases.
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Croup, Whoop
ing Cough, Diseases of the 7’hroat, Chest, and Lungs
however long standing and severe in character, are
quickly cured hy thnt long tried, c-ffieient ami t'nith-
ful remedy—
Wist dr's Balsam of Wild Cherry,
The universal opinion fally accords with that lately
expressed by the ‘ - Saratogian,” which says-.—”\\'i»tar’s
Balsam baa achieved many remarkable cures of Pul
monary disorders—it* success bring so great, that
taken in time it is deemed a specific.” Tiie thou-
s mda sf certificates in the hands of tiie proprietor*
from those wito from long suffering disease have bemi
“redeemed, regenerated, disenthralled,” and now by
this remedy cejov immunity from pain and suffering,
are still Letter evidence of the fact.
Krill more Tralimony
Andover, N. II., Oef. 15, IR5!>.
Messrs. S. W. Fowlti Sc Co., Boston,—Gentle-
m- n: — I have on eat neat desire that all person* sut
feruig from pulmonary complaints »houM know the
wonderful virtues of l>r. ll iCfir'i Batsnm of Wild .... ,
Cherry, atul mako the following statement with the j qualities a* & healing medecine.
hope that some skeptical person mav be induced to I ~ ~
give* a trial. I To Consumptives.
Six veer* since t was attacked with a violent congh , _, rrr .
and r-S’.rtrd to p!,v*iemim. first a' home, and.next i ’T'HE Advertiser having been restored to health in
ab'oad'i,i acknowledged .'■till and ivpn I nt ton, and j *■ a uj ** \ery simpxt? remedy, aftur
Hindu U.so of m Hit patent medicine*, but the result of j having suffered several years with a severe lungaffee-
iii I this only looeencd the nurse strings, inlhoHl the j tion, and that drefiil disease, consumption—is anxiexs
slightest benefit. to make known - to his fellow-sufferers tbe mean* of
r#e disuse augmenting to such a degree a# to defy \
the skill of tile physicians and the hopes of friend.
1 wa#induced ns n last resort, to make a trial of yonr I
popular Balsa::', without any corf! lenec in its merits. '
Taouuui-is are i'a“\- apeaki#* in the praire of
DR EATON’S
INFANTILE CORDIAL.
unit why? berauar it never fail* to afford inataitroiia relief whan
Xivenin time. Itartsaaifby magic, and out- trial alone wit!
rouviuce yon that wtmt we aay ti true. Ttcoutaina
NO PAR.4GOH1C OR OPIATE
of any kind, and therufor**r«*li»*v«*t by rrmovjn* the ■utfWiugaof
rwiir fjhilfi. iJ]«l*»ad of by <>i-aduiug it# tfeuaibtliijes. For lui» r«-t-
■on it t ouii'ipuii* an th*- oulv reliable prerarttiou now
known for CHILDREN TEETHfNG. I>;«rrba?a. D>*t>terj,
(kripiiui in tu»* BiHfffii. A “mi ity of the titomach. Wind, COLD
IN THE HEAD.imiCrmip. ilio. for gofti niiut thu nun.*, re-
lucing in(lam*L:<iu, rrftilalittft the Bowel*, aud rvlirrirtf p«i 0- j(
ba» no<»qnai—being auauli-«pa«t:iodic, it it used with m.ftnj Lg
•n.-reo mail meaof CONVULSION OR OTHER FITS. a.
▼ou ralne the life and health ot yonr children, and wi«h t«> >bv«
:b*m from thow and aud blightingiu>ns**i|neiic«»a which art*ortain
to rfault train the of narcotic * of which ail other runicciiV* i or
Infantile Complaintu an*con*po.N«>d t tak<*imue but DR. EATON’S
INFANTILE CORDIAL, thi- you can rely upon. It;- per-
i>rtly haruilesa, and cannot injure the most dr!icate infant.—
Pricf*. rirentf. Fnl] directions accompany each bottle. Pro-
pared only by
CHURCH & DUPONT. D nggist..
No. V'\ Broadway, N* v. York.
45cow ly’r. Sold by HERTY &. HALL. MillcdgcTiBe.
And by all respectable Druggist* throughout the country.
” THE WOADEIt OF THE AIiET
BLAKELY’S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT, AND
ANODYNE EMBROCATION.
Also, his Liver Alterative, and Tonic Pill.
THIS magnum Linimentum cures articular Synovi
al and muscular Rheumatism, Neuralgia and other
j pain#, almost instantly, requiring in many ettsesonly
l wa art lire® applications. It acts powertully on the
I absorbents,and cures by eliminuting tLe moibidhu-
' mors from the system, it acts us a discutient a# well
i* an anodyne resolving tumors hi a short time. In
Surgery it is destined to taken high place, supplanting
in Homeonses tha liarshne*# of the knife.
The LIVER ALTERATIVE AND TONIC BILL
is an excellent pill in all (iiscase* of the liver biliary
dcrangeinentsand in allcases in which a cathartic is
indicated, acting as a cathartic. Alterative, Touic and
7)*ob#rruei!t, according to do*c.
These remedies are #old by HEUTY & HALL,
Milledgeville Ga.
Tims. B Daniel, Atlanta, Os.-, Hnmmit & Groves,
Marietta, On., G, T. Anderson ,t Bro.. Ringgold O*.,
\. A. McCartney,Decatur, Ala., LcGrnnd, Blount St
Hale, Montgomery, Ala., Rains. Brown &l Co., Nn*h-
villeTenn.,HuviIand Chichester & Co.. Aagu°ta.Ga ,
Kiiigst Waning, Savannah, Ga., Hull ,V Lamar,
AmericuSjGa. Smitli'fr Etliridge. Stone Mountain,
Ga., T. S. Bra lfield. LaGrange. Ga.. J. It. Mallard,
Calhoun, Ga., P. H. McGruw. Natchez, Mi**., Norton
.C Fitch, Lexington, Ky., and by Druggists und Mer
chant# geuernllv.
BLAKELY & WOODS. Proprietors.
Apr. 10, tSfi0.(4*tty) Tullahoma, Tenn.
Oxygenated Hitters. To such nt our reader# a* are
troubled with the debility incident to the approach of
warm weather, wo cordially recommend the use ofthe
Oxygenated Bitters, a# an invigorating tonic—safe,
eflicnciou#, and highly palatabl" when dilnteii aci’ord-
ing to direction#, cor.tninirg uo alcohol in its composi
tion, and poyopssing more real merit than any prepara
tion of the kind ive have ever known. Many leading
physicians u#e it in their prentice,and have spoken of
it iu the strongest term# of praise over their own signa
ture#. It* reputation a* a cure for dyspepsia i# univer-
sa!.—Ogdensburgh E••publican.
This peculiar and exeeltimff i-»-—-oiy i* worthy of ail
tiie numerous tributes which bus beeu paid to it* rare
us tha' had been destroyed by numerous trial# of ad-
n rhsed nostrums. Hut the effect teat magical! Mu
friends re-re again hopeful, and 1 teas astonished at
tie rap’d change. Tiie rncking cough, the severe
pain in my side, and deluging nightsweat*. which hs
reduced toe nimost h
keletoti, abated and I was | spread information whieh he _ _
•on in a fair way of no .very, and bv a continued use Babl - n ,,j h( , Ik1 . )( S everv allff ,. rcr wl n p
: the remedv was restored to rood henlta. I .. ,
Your* rerv tralV as it will com, thorn uot lung, aud may ]
■ Gfto. \V. CHASE
Innngurnted on his Birthday.—Tiie lion. Alex
ander Hamilton Stephens was horn on the 11th of
February, 1812, and wa# consequently 40 jeara
of age on the day he took the oath as first Vice
President ofthe confederate Stale# of America.
The Son cf Zachary Taylor.—The military ordi
nance lately adopted by the Louisiana Convention
was reported by Mr. Taylor, of St. Charles, ron of
the late President Taylor, and oneof the most
able - nd efficient, members ot the Convention; nnd
its passage was advocated by him in a speech of
marked abi ity.
Lute Suit Between Horse Tamers.—An action for
$iUtUl<;0 damage has been commenced in the Su
New Orleans, against John S. Rarery, the famous
horse tamer, for an alleged violation of a contract.
Mr. Offutt claims that ho is tho originator of this
system of horse taming, and that in the year 1850
lie taught, it to Rarery, who bound himself in ti e
pennlty of $50 in each case in which he should
impart the secret to any other person; that be gave
Rare rv a book of the system, which he (Rarery)
ha* since republished, and bus further imparted the
system to divers persona in Europe and the Uni
ted States.
icure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge) with the direction*
for preparing atul using the same, wlii.-h they will
find « sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, II run-
i hit is, A-c. The only object of the advertiser in send
ing the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and
►nceives to be inval-
ry liia remedy,
prove a bles -
singT
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Kkv. EDWARD A. WILSON.
Wiiliamsburgh,
Kings county, New York.
Oot. 0, 1JG0. (c. x MCA.) 20 ly-
TO SHIP CAPTAINS nnd voyagers.—We know
of no class of person* to w hom we couid better r<c-
ommend ‘‘Jacob’s Cordial,” than those who follow
the sea. Subjected a# they are to cold and lu-at,
storm and sunshine, renders them liable to the many
dinease# of the lungs and bowels, atul a n.o.-t valua
ble addition to tbe medicine cl:e#r, wuuid be n pack
age of Jacob * Cordial. For Colic. Dysentery, Diar-
rlaea, Cholera Morbm, frc., this medicine can be re
lied on, if tbe directions are followed out; and to ail
those, especially, who make long voyages, we would
recommend it as the best medical preparation tha'
can be laid in; and we are tborougiy convinced that
T , , . „ , n . - , , . , , if a trial is ouce uncle with tiie medicine, it will *1-
Kadway e Jteady Rebel is endorsed in the strong- wny3 ntler ^ m.hs^nsnbie to the medicine
Chest.
to Purchasers. The only genuine IVts- !
tar’s Balsam Uns the written signature of “I. Hi’tts”
and the printed one of the Proprietor# on the outer-
wrapper; nil other i* vile ami worthies*.
Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE A. CO., Boston,
and for sale by GRIEVE &. CLARKE, MUIedge
viiie. 3ti 4t.
R. R.
AMERICAN CONRri.M AND? m.MSTKBK,
FOREIGN PRIESTS.
SPANISH AMERICAN PHYSICIANS
Testify to the Lijc-sating properties of
RAEWAY’S REMEDIES.
est terms by our consul at Rio Janeiro, and our late
Ambassador to Brazil, as having saved thousands in
that empire from being carried off by malarious fevers
nnd choleraic cnmplnint*. A single dose banishes in
ternal pain, and, applied outwardly, it instantly as
suages th
For sale in Milledgeville by IIEKTT he HALL, and
GRIEVE 4c CLARK. ■* *■
MRS. WXNSLpW,
c n , . VT i • «* An exporienciHi nurse nnd female physician, has a
Agony of HheumAth*m, Nenrnhna, Tooth- _ . . . , • , „ rull H v f..
.... _ _ ... ^ Soothing Svrup for Children teething, which great!) ia
nclie, Sprains. &c. Torpidity of the atomaeh or hrer, . .. ... 4 ,. » mtmi
* 1 J * : ciiitnte« the process ot teething bv soiteuiD^tne j^uuis
and all forms of indigestion yield to it* invigorating Ujurinpiffi inflammation-will aliny all pain, and is
action. I sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers,
it will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health
R.IDHAY^ RKfwITf# ATVIVG J to your infants. Perfectly safe in all cases. Seeadver-
In tiie liandn of the Priesttiood of South America, nr©
i riseuient in another column.
’t'OUtiflS. The ritidden
accomplishing cures of Billions remittent Fever, Chills 1 r yg- t tiu«r.n«. ine rttmeten change
nud Fever, Liver Coinplaint, Dropsy, aud all disease* j mat* are Aourconof i > ulmonary, Bronheial, and A nth-
of the secretive organs, the stomach, heart, kictaeys, | n> a,ie Affeotiows. Experience having pro veil that sitn-
, ., . , ; pie reme-lnss often act Kpaedily ami certatniv when ta-
aml bladder, which the people consider mtraouUma. I ^ m t( le early stagesifthodmeaso. re^imoe should
In this climate and at this season they are invaluable at0!lcf . i, e had to “Brown’s Bronchial Troches,” or
corrective of the system. Costivenesa, Indigestion, | Lozenge*, let the Cold, Cough, or Irritation of the
ter and subdue tiie proximate cause* of sicknes*,
it . cause in every organ and re-estabUi king a condi
tion of health in each.
RADWAY’B RENOVATING RESOLNKNT.—
An ee!;o to tiie bonte approval of this ell poteut enn-
Decemiier 1S6*>.
Circumstances vs. Education.
We do not intend to argue which of these give a
mnn the best position; but we nre “educated' to be-
stitutiotial remedy comes back from thn whole of I Her(> , J)W .. n ,„ler the eirenmsfatmes” a grey haired
Spanish America. There, a# here it :s pronounced a cn h(l(l h „ (er n „ fi Hztllstreet’s Hair Kestura-
pobitive obliterant of Scrofala, Svphillip. Fever Sores,!.. * ... ^ . . ,, ... . ,_. r
* ,, ... . > - 1 , .... tive, anl tako a “pinion a>non? “\ouu^ Amer-
Sore Kyet*. Bronrmtiu, Curonio KlieumatT5m, heridita* ‘. 1 ^
ry lleali diseases of all kinds, nn«i the powerful of ! IC *‘ .
all constitutional tome*. Radway a Remedies, aep-, Pv c« fiffy rents, and one dollar a bottle
erutely or oombined, are equal to the subjugatiou bold every whore, and by Herty & Hall, Milledge-
W. E. HAGAN A CO., Proprietors,
maladies ever combatted bv medical • science.
PURE SKIN—CLEAR COMPLEXION.
Rich, pure, aud healthy biood scoured to all who take
RADWAY’N RENOVATING RESOLVENT. St.
Vitus’ Dance, Kings Evil, Scurry, Salt Rheum, Ba
ker’s Itch, Pustules, Tetter*. Are., will yield to one or
two bottles of thiscleansirg, cooling, healing, and pu
rifying medicine. Dr. Rudwav’a Remedies are sold
by Druggists and Merchants everywhere.
Railway's Remedies are sold by druggist* every
where.
RADWAY A CO.. 23 John Street, N. Y.
AGENTS.
ITERTY A HALL. Milledgeville; DAVIS A
GREEN, Eatonton; J. C. BATES, Loui*v:lle; A. A.
CULLEN, Saudersvillc. 3d 4t.
3d 4t.
Trov, N Y.
Woodruff’s Concords.
I T is a general acknowledged fact that these
Buggies are far snperior to any now used in
pieme Court in New York, by Denton Offutt, of j the State. They run lighter, ride easier and last
longer t 1 an any other Buggies; hence the increas
ad demand for them in many pait# of this State,
also, in Tennessee,Alabama and Florida. If you
want a good Buggy or Carriage of any kind it will
pay yon well to go to Griffin, or send yottr order.
Woodruff keens a large stock from the fine Coach
down to the Iron axle Plantation Wagon.
Any person can be supplied direct from New
York by giving their order* to WOODRUFF A
Co.. Griffin, Ga.
May 8,1860. M tf
Wisher's Balsam of Wild Cherry, bo long a* d*"
ease prevails, and it ia the lot of nunnuity tliet it al -
way# will, so long will the suffering seek tor tLe
beat remedy which science and skill have discovered
for their relief. In our climate especially, congh*-
colds, nnd luug affections are ali-prevaleni. Few. it
any, are fortunate enough wholly to escape iln'ir c -’
facts, the slightest form of which, if neglected, i# - ’ n
ble to lead to serious result. If, then, a remedy i» t0
be had which is equal to cope with the worst feature*
of disease, which is speedv in action and permanent in
effect, it should be known to all. Such a remedy
does exist in Dr. Winter’# Balsam of Mild Cherry,
and we confidently recommend it as such.—Bridge-
poit AlicerUser and Farmer.
Every word of the above is truth, as sli the affix' 1-
ted among us can be satisfied by making trial of t!ie
article which can be obtained of nil the druggi* 1 *.^
Jacob's Cordial.
This vnlimble"medicine can be obtained nt the Pro?
Store of HERTY A HALL, also for sale byOHIr-**'
A CLARK, Milledgeville. No family should D*
without it. See notices &c.
pyQuei- Have you seen that Bio IsiiiaS in •“
fhereolumc of this paper boiiling. Rons, »***»
a nd Lx avis ortheCHBROKE* Rembst.