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zen FOR m assault on one OF its members,
why cannot it punish Mr.. Brooks. His
constitutional privilege of freedom from
arrest does not extend to breach of the
peace. Ii the Senate have jurisdiction
over such an otfense, there is nothing TO
prevent it from proceeding against Mr..
Brooks. Assuming the general juris,ilc.
ton over such class If ofienSes, the Senate
have declined to exercise it against Mr.
Brooks on the authority Of the English
precedent.
But in following the English precedcnt>,
the Senate have, submit, with Difference,
but with entire confidence, entirely over
looked the grounds upon which the Eng
, IIsh prccedCnts rest. In case of an otieusc
10y member Of the House Of Commons
against the House OF Peers, the House of
Peers does not take jurisdiction, out COM
! plains TO lhe House Of Commons, because
II is fundamental principle of the cons,i-
! tutlonaI law Of England that every man
has right to he tried by his peers. This
principe would be violated if the Huus .
of Lords uGcrtook To punish u member
of the llo,.Sc of Commons, or anv Other
commO: er. So, lloNi> the House of
| Commons cannct proceed against one ol
| the peers. For authority on this point |
refer to FerraI's Law OF Parliament, l3!.
! THIS distinction does not hold in this coun-
try, for all are peers. II is familiar
maxim of the law, that, The reason OF the
rule ccasimg the rule likewise ccaSc.h.- -
The principle upon which the practice OF
the House of Peers proceeds not beng
operative here, the practice cannot exist.
conclude, therefore, with eutre conf.
drnce, that il either House has juii>djc-
ton III this case, it is the Senate; that the
House cannot take jursdi,liou as could
the House Of Commons for n defect OF
power in the upper House, because the
ground upon which that defect Of power
IN the House OF Peers reSlS-necessi,v ui
trial hy ones pcers-does not in point OF
fact exist here. invite attention TO this
point, as | consider ii settles the case con.
ciusivcIy against tie jurisdiction of the
! House, especially when we consider that
the committee rest their claim of imris,lic-
ton upon the ground "that the Senate.
for Il breach of its privileges, cannot arrest
a member Of the House" The commit.
tee, after Z brief recital Of facts. say:
-. That this assault WAS a breach OF
tl,c privileges Of the Senate.
"3. That the Senate, for a breach OF
lis privileges, cannot arrest member OF
The Ilouse Of Representatives, and for,
tori cannot try and punish him: that
such authority dev"Lvcs upon the House
of which he is a member, and; therefore,
that it Is not within the jurisdiction ofthe
Senate, and can only be punished 10y the
House OF which Mr.. Brooks is mem
ber'"
1t was my purpose to have gone into
ihe facts OF the case, but having been cut
of by the expiration of my hour, I do not
feel at liberty TO pursue this line Of arcu
! mcnt.
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5fli5rrll0llll.
A LEGEND OF NEW ENGLAND
nY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

"Shricks--fcndish ycils,-thcy stab them in
their sleep.
One hundred years ago the hunter,
who ranged the hills and the forests OF
Ne" England, fought against other enc.
mies Than the brown bear and the pa"-
tier. The husbandman, as he loi,ed in
the plain, or the narrow clearing, kep,
closely 1T Ills side n loaded weapon; aud
wrought diligently and firmly in the midst
OF peril. The frequent cracI of the III
dlah's rifle was heard in the still depths
of the ,iDrcst THE death knel of The un-
wary hunter; and, ever and anon, the
iia'He OF some devoted farm house, whose
dw'llcr had been slaughtered 10y mer-
ciIcss ioe, rose rcdly upon the darkness OF
the night time. The wild and fiery eyes
Of the heather cleaned though the thick
underwood Of the forest, upon the passing
Of the worshippe.s OF the only true God !;
and the war-whoop rang shrill and loud
under the very walls of the sanctuary of
PRAYER.
Perhaps no part Of New England af.
lords wider field for the reseaches OF
the legendary, than that portion of Mas.
saclusetls Bay, formerly known al The
province OF Maine. There the fcrocous
Norridgewock held his stern councils, and
there The tribes of The Penobscot went
forth with song and dance 10. do battle
upon the white man. There, the roman.
tic and clIivalrous CastiGe immured him.
self in :he forest soltudes, and there the
high-hearted Raile--lhe mild gifted Jesnit
gathered together the broken strength
of the Norridgewock, and built up in the
great wilderness temple TO the true God.
There, too, he pershed in the dark on.
sIaught Of the Colonists-perished with
many wounds, at the very foot Of tie
Croas, which his own hands had planted.
And there the Norridgewocks feIl--onc
after another in stern and uncomplaininr
pride-neilher asking nor giving quarter,
as they resisted the white spoilcr upon the
threshold OF their consecrated place OF
iheir wives auG children.
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13ulitilal.
ASSAULT ON MIR. SUMNER.
S Z l. &C III
w. w. HOYCE, OF S. G.,
S z + &c ii

In the House of Rcprescnta,i, cs,
July ~, 1856
The House having under consideration
the report OF the committee on the AL.
legged assault Of Hon. Preston :. Brooks
on Hon. Chare> Sumner Of the Seuate.
coSCLuDED.
Then, again, the power 10 punish fbr
assault and battery on a member j. claim
cd from that clause Of the Constitution
which says that every Een.,er shn!! Lc
free IN his pe,son from arrest. IL is said
that an assault and battery is, To "a linrile,
extent, an arrest, aud therefore in violation
Of the privilege oi thcmemlc or and in con.
tempt Of The House. But, sir, that is an
illogical conclusion. What did the Con
stiluion intend TO guard againstl Il in
tended 10 make unlawful that " hicli was
hitherto lawful. Without that clsuse Of
the Constitution, il would bave been law.
ful to arrest members of Congress IN civil
actions. Ii would not have been Lawful!
for any private citizen thus to- arrest him.
The object Of the Constitution, therefore,
was TO deprive the courts OF this power OF
arrest, vhich they would otherwise have
had. 1t was not intended 10y the Cons,i-
tuIion TO do nugatory act--to make II
legal an act which was then illegal. This
WAS not the intention. The intention OF
the Constitution was clear--to make lille
gal M arrest by tie courts, which other.
wise would be legal. Thcref re, this
clause Of the Constitution has nothing
whatever 10 do with n case of assault and
battery, by a private citizen. That is q
matter unlawful in itself; and il was not
necessary 20 guard against IL. Therefore,
il can IN no sense whatever, under this
clause be said that an assault and bate
ry is a contempt OF the House.
Well, sir, what other clause now il re-
lied uponl That which privileges mem
Der Tor anything said in debate. This had
no reference to Illegal assaults upon mem
bsrs. The objec; was TO protect members
from actions Of slander, which, without
such constitutional prohibition, could have
been maintained. II furnishes no pre-.
tence Tor tie assumpsion of power in
the House 10 punish for con,empis.
Not only must this power 10 punish for
con,enpts be derived from some clause in
tho Constitution, but, agreeable to the rule
oi construction whichl have stated in the
tegim ing Of my argument, il mus, not bs
inconsistent with any other clause in the
Constitution. Let us try this assumed
power by this test. The Constitution has
several important prosisioas bearing on
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NCustuliull guut.
MY LITTLE COUSINS.
VOL u NJ Z V.

Laugh on, fair cousins, for to you
All life is joyous yet;
Your hearts have all things to pursue
And nothing TO regret;
And every flower to you is fair,
And every month is May,
You've not been introduced to Caro-
Laugh on, laugh on, to-day!
Old Time will fling his clouds ere long
Upon those sunny eyes,
The voice, whose every word is song,
Will set itself to sighs;
Your quiet umbcrs,-hopcs and fears
Will chase their rest away;
Tomorrow You'll be shedding tears
Laugh on, laugh on, to-day.
yes; il any truth is found
In the dull schoolnan's thcmc,-
IL friendship is an empty sound,
And love all idle drcam,-
If mirth, youths playmate, feels fatigue,
Too soon OH Efc's long way,
Az least he'll run with you lcague,-
Laugh on, laugh on, today
Perhaps your eyes may groS more bIiGli
As chidhood'a hues depart;
You may be lovclcr to the sight,
And dearer to the heart;
Iou may be sinless still, aud see
This earth still green and gay;
But what you arc you will not be-
Laugh OF, laugh on, to-day!
Ger Inc have many Winters crcpt,
With less of grict than joy;
But have learned, and toilcd, and wcpt,-
i am nc more boy!
I've never had the gout It's true,
Ny hair iS hardly gray;
but now cannot laugh like YOU
Laugh on, laugh on, to-day
used to have as glad face,
AS shadowlcss n brow;
once could run rs blhhc n race
As you are running now;
But never mind how behave
Don't interrupt your play,
And though look so very grave,
Laugh on, laugh on, to-day!
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The Printing Pr,ss--the Lever which
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which makes Kings trcmble
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Turn to the Ercss-its tecinimg Sheets s,rycy
Big with sbc wonders OF i, passing si;,y
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A Fast BoY.-There is a fast bow
out in Madison, the capitol of Wis
consin, who, if he gets no back sets,
will scarcely fail to reach Congress
or the Penitentiary one of these
days.
His school teacher, young lady,
was prosecuted by his parents for Sc
verely welting the young rascaps
back for his badness. The case went
to Court, andthe verdict of the iu
ry was in effect, served him right"
We give part ofthe boy's testimony,
the wit of which atoned for his rude
ness. He asked her to do sum for
him-which was to subtract nine
from twenty.eight. One of the
counsel asked him if be could not
have doue it without any assistance
from her. iiA1 eAt
s BoY-"I might, but the arithme-
tic said / couldn't subtract nine from
eight without Borrowing ten, and /
didn't know where the hi to borrow
it." -gg
We think it questionable whether
a boy who does not know where to
borrow ten, viii ever get to Con-
gress.
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rHE UARY LAWS IN SOUTH Caro-

THE UARY Laws IN SoUTH Caro-
L1NA.-The following Law, as we learn
from the Charleston Courier, has pass,
ed the South Carolina Legislature:
'That from and after the passing Of
this Act, no bill of exchange, OF pro-
missory note. made payable at CT
within ninety days after date, OF not
having more than ninety days to run,
shall, by reason of any interest there
on or secured thereby, be subject to
provisions of any law of this State, fol
the prevention of usury; nor shall any
person or persons drawing, accepting,
endorsing, signing OF negotiating any
such bill OF note, or lending or adj
vancing any money, OF taking more
than the present rate of legal inte-
rest for the lean of money on any
such bill or note, be subject to any law
relating to usury, OF any other penal
ty OF forfeiture" 9amsS o.
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A woman is either worth nothing,
ora great deal. If good for nothing,
she is not worth getting jealous for;
if she be a true woman, she will give
no cause for jealousy. A man is a
brute to be jealous Of such a woman
"a fool to be jealous of a worthless
one-but a d--d fool. to cut bis
throat for either of them. yIi-a-e
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: For the Fayetteville Observer.
To my Pipe.

4
| Dedicated to DIR. ***, Friend and Smoker
A wreath of fragrant cloud
[ puff from this my consecrated pipe,
And as its folds enshroud
Ny listless and almost forgotten form,
My thoughts with it arise-and rising, warm
But warm they not to issue in storm 1ripe
Of words-but sober, dreamy talk of passion
I knew this pipe when young;
| saw my father puff it day by day.
And as he puffed his voice in laughter rung;
His cares on curling smoke arose o1
And scared away.
Iloved this pipe in youth;
l quafed its fragrance then with jovial friends
1t gave thought zest to love and truth
That manliness thought it gave
That wisdom lends. !f
In manhood's sober days
Ny passion for my pipe did not abate;
Itcalmed my tickle mind to business ways:
Itmade me thoughtful, resolute, lai
,esI3m Resigned to fate. 5el IS I.as
If all that mighty mass
Of sweet narcotic have smoked away,
Could but be used as fodder or dried grass,
'Twould feed five hundred calves
I0 Awintry day! 1i23t 4sH1
IF all the pungept oil
Which that old pipe unwittingly has stilled-
(And which grew stronger as 'twould seethe
and boil--) a'5}y g
Was dropped upon the tongues of myriad dogs
81 sig They'd all be killed.
IF all the grunting swine
On ten good farms were live with vermin small,
To spread along each porker's itching spine
There'd. be enough; 'twould drive whole
aa' crowds sl ~ Cs TI
-iYgi. And kill them all
If all the air Pve puffed, Tened bowl,
Sucked through this yellow stem and black
Was in some tight place prisoned. pressed and
stuffed, ~ ft
Then let on to a sailing ship.
'Twould make it roll
If all the time Pve lost
With this dear friend. .enveloped in sweet smoke
Was reckoned up, and could count its cost,
The sum no doubt would startle me:
- 'Twould be no joke.
If all the cash I've paid
For weed to gorge my friends insatiate throat,
Had been with care in some snug corner laid,
'Twould buy me many beaver now
IS ff And splendid coat.
2 But still love this friend; ll1
hail its soothing pow'r in early morn;
At noon and night its fumes my wants attend:
.J Without its company I'm lost
And most forlorn.
I'll do without my glass.
Forbear to pluck the kiss of beauty ripe
I'll spurn all common joys--but, by the mass,
won't for all this mundane sphere
Give up my pipe!
Kinderhook, Tenn, 1856.
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HooPs.-The Boston Bee says,
that in some of the fashionable church
es, where five could sit, last year, on
ly three ladies can be accommodated,
this year, on account of their hoops.
The consequence is that more pews
must be hired, and The prices of avail
able ones are increased. Fashion is
costly and inconvenient. am GO ms6l
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CIEANINGS FROM PAPERS
With Editorial Sprinklings.

A Kentucky paper states ina
some time since preacher, ana
most excellent man, became muci
concerned on account of the splrltua
condition of one of his female flock
very exemplary lady, and hugget
her so zealously that be broke me-
ribs! BY judicious tleatmentshe Wa'
set all right. Lately when tie hus
band returned home, he found thai
the reverend, gentleman had agar
been there and again broke bis vile
ribs! We know that these things
have actually occurred, strange as
they may seem, ane the parties are Al.
persons Of the highest respectaDili'
ty.
ALARMING VIsToR. R.-Our planting
friends inform us, says the Grenada
(NIiss.) Republican, that a species oi
worm. red in color, is making great IN
roads into their grain. Ii some means
are not devised by which they can be
DESTROYED, in very short time corn
will be wholly unfit for use; We un-
derstand that in some localities stock
have died up, and families taken SICK i
growing out of, it is thought, a Tree ::
use of grain in which this worm Is
found.
Properly OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR
FeozEN Mt is stated that loo Ca
nal boats. loaded with flour and graln'
consigned to Louis Napoleon, are lro-
zen in between Schenectady and LIT
fle Falls. NY. The amount OF gram gram
cannot be worth less than Sl,O0o,ooo'
and ten freight cars a day are en-
ploved to carry it to tide wa. water :,
They were engaged with difficulty
as the amount of freight business Oh
the Central Road is enormous.
MoRr "GBoRGrA MAJORS" "A bill
has been introduced into the Georgia
legislature to suspend militia musters
IN time Of peace, and to make oner.
IF. n sr o61cio colonels, their deputies
majors, and constables captains
Even if no new counties are created
this would give an addition to the
nresent abundant supply, of one nun.
gred and twelve colonels and at ieas'
that many majors, aud an indefinite
number Of captains every two years
urniapas Elections in Massa1''u
setts.~-At the recent municipal elec'
tions in Massachusetts,, 'Sam was de'
feated in every contest. In Boston :.
the Anti. Know-Nothing majority Is
1880; in Lowell, 500; in Worcester
10; in Newburyport, 50; in hoApury
33; in Charlestown, 559.
An edition Of the Bible, recently
nnbIished at Nashville. is said by the
southern Christian Advocate to be the
= first that has ever been printed soutf
Of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
Nearly a million and half of dea(
letters were opened at the Genera
Post Office, during the last quarter
Three thousand Of them containe'
money. to the amount of $4,000.
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| One evening as Gilbert A. Beckett
the rich merchant, sat at the banquet
table in his splendid London house, en-,
tertaining company of rich and noble
guests, a servant brought him word
that a beautiful Saracen maiden, pale
and sorrowfll looking, stood on the
square without, singing songs and re-
peating his name over and over. In
moment Gilbert thought of his be
loved Zarina, and springing- up from
| the table he rushed out. of his brilliant
hall into the street where poor Zarina
stood, with her long dark hair glist-
ening with the chill night dew, and
her sweet face looking very white and
fearful in the moonlight.
He knew her at a glance, though
she was sadly changed from the fair
young girl he bad left in the gardens
of Mahmoud, as gay hearted as the
birds, and as blooming as the flowers.
He called her name-he caught her
in his arms-and the next time she
spoke the dear word .'Gilbert," she
murmured it against his heart, while
his lips pressed her cheeks, and his
eyes dropped happy tears upon her
brow.
He took her into bis princely
house, and it became her home from
that hour. She was baptised and
took the Christian name of Matilda
but Gilbert always called her Zarina,
for he said he loved that the best.
The faithful lovers were married
and lived together many years hap
py, honorad and loved. The oldest |
son, Thomas A. Beckett, was a power
fnl and renowned archbishop in the |
reign of Henry the Second.
And so ends the true story of the
English Merchant and the Saracen
Lady. @ a igT
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Old King Lear in the play, when
he was out in the storm, said in bis
to the rain, wind, thunder,
and fire, "you owe me no subscrip-
ton" We wish we could say as
much to all our readers.
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!, OLD BREAD -VERY.-Among the
deposits in the Mechanics Institute,
whose Fair was recently held in
Richmond, Va, was piece ,of. bread
brought from England in 1880, by
Robert and Agnes Pierce.
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u PRAcHGaLLY CONSCIENTIOUS. s.-The
s. Carolina Conference have resolved
to sell their interest, as individuals.
in the stock of the South Carolina
Railroad Company, @because the COM
pany would dwork on the Sabbath day,
and they did not wish to partake in
making money on the Sabbath rs
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Gbuits pastrg,
Oh Blame Me Not.

On blame me not, oh blame me not,
There's anger on thy brow
:, If have erred in loving him
Blame me not for it now
For earth with all its lovely things
Is passing swift away sI
The winds have chilled the flowers. andI
Soon, soon, shall be as they. M rs
'Twere vain to tell, when morning breaks,
How bright, glad thoughts of him
Fill this young heart and sweetly blend q
With visions wild and dim, sA
How every breeze that fans my cheek,
Or song that greets my ear.
Seems in its minstrelsy to breathe
Of him, to me SO dear. .
When eve with gentle steps steals forth
And crowns with stars her brow,
What trembling, thrilling sweetness comes
With memory of the VOW M
He breathed, as clasping close my hand,
In low, sweet, earnesttone,
:. Hecalled me his own beauteous star,
His dearest one, his own.
Oh J blame me not for loving him
Tho VIC are served now,
For have striven to forget
And / am striving now;
But sooner far will every chain
That binds the earth be riven,
Than | forget the smile that taught
My heart to know its heaven.
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We rather like the inscription at
the head Of the Rockland N. VI
Gazette. 1t runs thus: "An In-
dependent paper, devoted to the
benefit Of its patrons and the pecun-
iary profit Of its publishers.
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A CRUCIFIxIoN IN CHINA..-An
American, writing from China to the
N. Y. Times, after giving an account
of the numerous executions of the
rebels, says: -
Two weeks since, to vary the
scene, they had a crucifixion. A
woman was sentenced to be cruciied
for the crime Of having given birth
to one of the rebel chiefs. If fa-
ther IS a rebel, his family, from the
old man of four.score to the child of
four years, share the same fate.
The poor woman was nailed to the
cross while living, cash made across
the forehead to the bone, and the
skin pealed down so as to hang over
the eyes; after which the breasts were
cut off: they then proceeded 20 break
every bone in her body; a large knife
was next thrust into the throat and
passed downward, cutting the chest
open. The executioner then thrust
in his hand and grasping the heart,
tore it from its socket, and laid it
beating and reeking before the Judge.
At Shanghai they drown them by
dozens. 3 ysat m5A3 G9iv e bI1ou
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"There, John, that's twice you've
come home and forgotten that lard.'''
"Really, mother, it was SO greasy
it slipped my mind"