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From tlio Yorkville Enquirer. Col. Memminger's Letter. Cmakllston, March 0, 18G0. My Dear Sir ' 1 have just received yours of the olh inst., in which )ou re quest iny opinion hs to the elleot of the Act of the last Session, upon the citizens of North Carolina and Virginia who bring into our State for sale, their corn, tlour, tobacco and other products. The Act seems to be very sv eeping in its provisions, because ol us using lit" general terms "other persons'* and "oth or wise." l?ul tlie context shoes that these words are really to he construed 111 a Inn O...I - 111. ivwi QU)icvi 1 iiiw irniUiVb flit' iUKIt'U IU llusc "oilier poison*,'' lo complete ilie description. They have no per manetit pi .10 of business, no stock ol goods hi the Stale, and the)' are iial>!o lo pay a tax. 11.0 wolds atu "ll thail not be law ful for iidv petti chapman, itinerant sales man, travelling agent, or other person, not having any peimanciil ami estab fished place )\ business, and stuck ol goods within the Stale, out of which the tax may be levied, to carry on nade and make contracts lor sale, by means ol samples or patterns, or otherwise, with out riist procuiing from one of the Treas nreis, as bereiti provided, a license t>> oar rv on such trade as itinerant salesilia" " These persons are reipiired lo apply lor a license, atal the terms of application and ofho license add other features to the description. The applicant must set out n description of his Hade. The license must specify Lii<3 nature of the trade, and the bond wineli is repined is "conditioned that he wul make a true retain to tne Tax Collect- r of the District i- wnicli the sales may he made, showing the aim nut ol the Tax to be paid b\ him for one year tioin tliu dale ol tho Pcense, and will pay such amount as soon as it may become due, eke." These provisions imply two things :? tir t. lli at the party is to engage hi itino rant tiiiue secondly, that he is to sell something upon which a lax is laid. The liist provisions, therefore, limits the gene r il words "other persot s" to persons eu jcsili um yeiteris with the chapman, nine ram salesmen and iraveiing agents, witii whom ihev ate connected. Ihe second provision turns us to the tax Act, to as ertain upon what sales tin-Slate has laid 'I tax. I oere tto find tli it It 11 eXj'leSs e\ iv|fon |V in taxes is made in favor ol "die piud'icl* of this State and the maun f ?ciured products of nnv of the LTnted St ait s or Territories." This exention ci!) I'Hues the i.iell'.ical ptoduciS \\ (licit form ihe subject of \ our enouirv ; ;ui<l tlii< l.<x act ?>l last year in r<dulimi |ii llit '.:ix nilp/).-oil on *t t-M belli l>v permanent ami transient persons, li-es (except as w amount) I lie same laligU uhicll hat Wen list d mi pr.ee> ing years. No new tax has be.*n laid, and it tlie products It which you refer paid no lax last tear there is no ground for holding tlieiu lia ble lliis year. It is erpially manifest lliat the person intended to be reached by tin* act are o a peculiar character. They were t<? be o the itinerant class mentioned in the til!, of the Act. From such, mischiefs hav. been found to arise, and ih? !??? .twl.,, to guard again?t tbese. ltelore thos ilinerants are permitted to have free access to our people, some uf our citizen must answer !>>r I hem Hut to oar owi neighbors who have been selling us ih i agricultural products for many yeais w A-ou'tl offer the kindliest h.?spi?aiity. 1 the words of the Act he strained so as n embrace them, they would re.-u h our owi planters selling their own produce, am would make unlawful even an rdinart sale of a home, or negro, or any article o commodity*. I am, therefore, of opinion that the A< does not extend to the wagons whirl bring to your village for sale flour, corn obacco, apples, potatoes and other pro Juois frotn the neiffhhorim? States. Very Truly, Yours. c a. mkmmin<;kr 'Col. li (jr. McCaw, I Yo;kville, 8. 0 J ?mm* mm Itinerant Salesmen ActThe Darlington Southerner has tin following remarks upon this Art: According to the language of the Art hy which alone we must he governed ii reaching a conclusion, we cannot see how any one, with or without legal attain rnents, can for a moment douht the appli c ability of the law to wagoners as well a V inkee Drummers. Nor can we under stand how a douht can he entertained at to the construction which our Courts wil put upon this Act when opportunity pre sertts itself. 'I'lla language is : '"Thai hereafter it shall not be lawful for an} petty chapman, itinerant salesman, trav e'.ing agent, or other person not having any permanent and established place o business and stork of goods within tin State, out of which ? tax may be levied to carrv on tra h*. or make contracts foi s i'e, bv means of amples, or pa;'ems. otherwise, without fir.M procuring fri.n one of the Treasurers, as herein ;?roviiled a IcfMie td carry on such trade as iiino rant salesman,'' cfc . We repeat, that we cannot understanr how, upon a reasonable construction o the language of this Act, wagoners cat escape. In our opinion it not only in eludes thrill, but is app irabhl, also, t< drovers ? Selling hogs, horses, dre. It is so construed, a uioit salutary law, Important from Mexico. Nk-v Oklbaks, March 2'2.?The Kinil} Keith has arrived from Vera Cruz witli i.. i ,.< .. - i !--> is.i. st. i i .Mfn\o ??' ??IW a-*mf ?? ii IH'II) |>>|| <1<J< I it u c:ty on the ICth. Little damage wm June. A detachment of Mnnmoirii iroopi from Alvarado attacked and wan completely routed by the 1/berals. On the 14th a tl.ig of truce was (ton to Juarejt, which u'S'ihed in a suspension of hostilities. A Military Congress of tin Chief* of the two armies, which the Itep reselltattveu of Foreign Government#, ir.el on the name evening. The result is un .known. I', is reported that Miratnon ha* abandoned the siege, deserted the army and taken refuge aboard the French lleet II;* coi ni'liiicHlions with the interior are ent raly cut off The City of Mexico has pronounced against him, the artuy desertj ug him $ # V "f (Tljr Crimn. LANCASTERVILLE. S C. I WEDNESDAY MORNING, March 28, 186C Rm.u;ioi:s Notice.?We have been re quested to annoiince that the Rev. Thnma Mason, will preach at the residence of Mi Hammond in this place on Sabbath nex! , 11 o'clock, A. M. Convention Meeting. A meeting will be called at the Conr ! House on Monday next (salesday) for tin | purpose of commuting delegates to tic State Convention at Columbia on the I6tl proximo, where delegates will be chosen t( represent the State in the National Demo cratie Convention, to assemble in Charles toll on the iMd of April. Persons through out the District in favor of the measure i arc corovnm invited In attend the meeting and take part in its deliberations. Wea.sk attention to Mr. Howie'i advertisement of a Carriage Depot in to day's paper. Mr II., has well earned the gratifying MUceess which has . nded liii efforts to build up so useful and imporlan an establishment in our town. One tha the community had long fell the need ot and which the District is under ob I i oat ion to sustain so long as it is conducted so sal islaelorilv and efficiently as we are warr.in t<il in believing it is under Mr. 11's charge Itinerant Traders. We lind in the Yorkville I'.nijitirrr a can from the Merchants and business m-'ii o Vorkville, inviting North Carolina tiadcn to tiint place and proposing to iudemnil) them from the effects of the recent la.v ? our State regulating the granting of li censes to itinerant salesmen. &o . in selling in their market the articles of cotton, wheat | corn, ?>ais. iinur fruit, bacon, iron, tobaecri and -'tilers of a similar nature. There is also in the same paper a lette from t'nl. Metnminger, of Charleston, writ ten to Col. MeCaw, upon the s.ime subject and which letter we have transferred t our columns. This opinion from so respec table a source is entitled to all confi ictiet and \v e think there is very little use i keeping up such a to</o about a law w hie ; seems so capable of a satisfactory exphi i nation. Il is true that there are yet pel 1 sons, including some of the legal profes? ' ion, who say that by a proper coustruetio of the Statute, it does embrace a class ? 1 individuals not intended by the l.egislatur* IJut these are in the minority and we In lieve are ill error: nt nnv m.. m. ... , ... .v mil. I I l\ I s ly lliat miy honest wagoner, under the prei C out state of feeling, will bo allowed to sol I ler fro in this Act, and we recommend a e mic!i to tiling oa their produce to Soin e Carolina markets without tear or hesitalioi ' tvi.%, khickii in no useo hi me Act, "r * other person." "or otherwise" upon whoso much stress has been la'd, seems prop? enough when taken in connection with tli i ** t r preceding phrases, The language of tl ,, Act is: "That hereafter it shall not be law f j t'ul (or any petty chapman, itinerant salei L> men, traveling agent, or oilier person," <&? i The terms "petty chapman." "itinerant sales I man" and "traveling agent" are all designe k to dciiominateimt a single class of liuder r to wit: those a ho sell by samples. Tin identical class might be called by otlu names than those enumerated, and tli words, "or other person" was designed t include all of the particular class wh might be called by, or who might assuu other titles than those enumerated ir. tl | Act with the view of screening llieinselvt ! trom the consequences of its violation., The general terms coin plained of wei , doubtless used for double caution ? tin , none of a eertain class of traders might ? t. cape or fail to be identified as a party \\ lioi the Act was intended to prescribe: but t j say tluit because of those terms the At ' : embraces wagoners and country dealers i t i produce, would be to give it a more enlarjj ed construction than .Statutes usually r< ' eeive. It is true that the Act might hav s been better worded, sj as to leave no doul j ot its eflT'-ct, and until a ease is made, n * man can speak'with absolute certainty n t<> Hie construction that tin; Courts will pn , upon it ; but the united judgment of tli 1 Legislature and the opinion of some of th | tir?t lawyers in the Slate as to its effee should he sufficient to silence the fears o j- our neighbors of North Carolina nnd nls , Hie tumi 1111 which has been aroused here i home. r . Sixteen members of the Spnrtnnhur itar oaVe joined in ah OpiliiOii corfobor. ' live of the above. The Charleston Cut ' rier suggests, that if nothing else will a j lay the public mind, let an issue be mndi I and the couit of Appeals tell U'liat thel.ej f j is'ature .lid mean. No Act of South Car< , I lia ill nractice is comnletele iin.h.rui.... until it ha* gone through tin; Court*. ' The ChurlfHton Courier report* th death of Mr. Win. l?nston of that pity, we known ns on extensive denier in furiiitur< cabinet-ware, Ac. lie leaves n large pro| ertv, accumulated through hi* own indui I try nr.d business hiihit*. It i* estimated < t from two to live million*. He left no fan , iIv except a widow to whom he bcquuthe the income of hi* estate, real and persona charged with the payment of eer'ain liber" t bequests and uiinuitio* to collateral re In 1 lives After the life interest of the widoi ' and the reversion or lapse of tho revert charge* mentioned, the whole estate is giv ^ en in trust to the City of Chnilesion, fu the establishment and support of a relrea for aged indigence under certain eonditioni Tile principle condition being, that th City of Charleston ni'i*t first furnis h eigh acre* of ground upon which to eroot mill hie bnihting* lor carrying out the design c the testator, Court. Week j The regular Spring Term of the Court i of Common Picas and General Sessions I for thin District, which convened on Man' day of last week, adjourned on Friday evenJ tog following. A considerable amount of ' business was disposed of, generally of an uninteresting, tedious and unimportant character. A less amiable man than his Honor, H Judge Glover, would have had his patience , i sorely tested. t | .Our Sessions business was very light; the ' Solicitor had hut little to do, and heisprr-mI i-ed quite a small harvest the next Term. We have understood that years ago the j Sessions Docket would usually occupy t I half of the week in its disposal ; hut the ' I ease is very different now, and thu change augurs well for the morals of the people. ! . The Issue l)<>?ket was prettv well cleared | of all the causes ready for Iriul with the " : exception of two Will cases?the "MeKeniia " , Will Case" and the M'lyhum Will Case"? * I and for the trial of which causes a special | Term of the Court is ordered to he held in i > j the week commencing the 23d of July next. I The order for the extra Term is published ! in another part of this paper. The Wdvcnna s Will case was called on Wednesday morn- j inp. The pentlemen upon both aides evinced I ; a williiipiiess to po to trial, hut it was | * feared that the remainiiip four days of the I j week would not ho sullicient for the hear 1 I inp ; consequently the Special Term was j ? j apreed upon. * j The branch of this case, which was taken j - ) op upon an appeal from the judgement of I the Ordinary deciding to grant letters of ad- j . | ministration jiemlenle lite upon the estate of I Win -McKciina. deceased, to certain persons, j I was heard on Friday. It will he remern] ; hered that Judge Withers granted a writ ,>f j f ! prohibition to restrain the Ordinary from I I issuing the letters pending this appeal, upon ! ; I which the Oidinarv's tight would he deter- , f , milled It was purely a question of law-. ! - t and was argued bv Col. Kershaw for the | j Kxecntor.s and by Me-ssrs J. Williams and . i lieo. W. Williams for the applicants for i, i letters of administration. Judge (ilover lias I not yet dlivercd his opinion. The liraiid Jury rendered their final rc( port on Tuesday. M. P. Crawford, Ksq , | was Foreman of this Jury. They reported ,, I tin- public buildings generally in good eon!diii<>n. I.ess than the usual number of preS'UitlUiUlts were made. The great question ? of education was briefly adverted to io the I, : ri port, ia language pertinent and conclusive L> i of the high upprei iation in which this im- | .. j port ant subject is regarded by the (irund 4. Jury and of their convietions of lire neeea,, sitv which exists for redoubled exertions ,? in this matter. The Clerk has obliged us u w'tlr the report, from which we have made the following extract : . I The r* turn of llu? Ooutmissioner* of Free j Schools was laid before Ihe Grand Jury j. and duly eotisidered. We find the Coinmi--a?ners have fully discharged their duly. " ! Their return shows that the demand for h education is greatly on the increase in otir ^, lhstricU Under the present mode ?f dis. > _ .1 I.'...,, > ....a II : r?" Iricl is entitled onlv to $1*200, the demand h as shown by the return of the Commis r sioners is over 5>l40i?. As education is the ... chief deh ncc of nations, we can not too strongly urge upon the Legislature ttie no' eessity of immediate attention to the wants of tiie people in this respect. We hope i. she will not relinquish h--r eflorts to meet , the educational wants of tie; people, until she has taught every child in the State to I read and w rite. Without assuming the language of die* I s; tation, we would lift op our voice for ed- I ,t neat ion. and remind the State that when | j she leaves the unimproved hereditary free| nold to Iter children, she has done hut half lU l Iter duty. Experience shows, llial hollt o liberty and property are p'eearious, unless o | the possessors have sense and spirit enle ongh to defend them. Only lei her lit her I people uv education to understand their >e | . -J . Mil I I njjiii.n ami siiiu ? in uu tM|uai iu any finergenuy. Below we nppend h list of tlie I'etit JuI ror*, drawn for the Special Term in July : .t Hubert llimern, Cuban PrrgiiHon, ^ | I \V I'lyler, Littleton House, I Minor fMinton, Abrurn Niel, o Jas K Curelon, Robert Marshall, John M Harper, A J Connors, p \V A Moore, Jas Barr, Fleming Maekey, Henry Hancock, F D Green, Allen Small, ({ j S K I'orter, N J Vincent, t John Hiltor, Wm A Cole, o I z.doek Hilton, Phillip Snipes, |( ! I)an Hilton, Jas C Caldwell, John Stogner, Littleton Hauler, John Briley, sen., II L Heik, e i ( | Riley Cutoe, Simon Bennett*, j. i Jesse Catoe, R T Miller, ( Jus It M.igili, John Usher, . f) S Caskev, Jonas Carries, II " , i . John Carnes, Jus Catne, John Steele. John S I'orter, ^ I Richard II Cousart, Glass Caston, " j Jiih A Blackmon, J C llilliard, ' j Wm Culp, Jonathan Knight, | Hiram Joyner, A J Baker, Our Next Governor. The Clieraw (Sazrlle says ; Wo ha\o been pleased to note the marked unanimity of feeling, among the oress of the Slate us to our next Chief Magistrate. If this una n nimity is an Index to popular feeling, then II | Hon. I D Wilson is to la* the man into e. whose keeping our destinies are to be en) j trusted for the next gubernatorial term.? # j Cndowed with talents ot a high order, irnit ; lined with a patriotism that has known no > I (lagging, and a zeal for the honor and pros<1 | purity of the State, that never Iium flickered, , our destinies will he Hate in Inn nana*. I'p to this date, Delegates to the State Convention have been ehosen by the folI lowing District**: Anderson. Barnwell, Char lesion. Chester, Darlington, Ivlgefield, Fairr Meld, Georgetown, Greenville, lamrena. |j?iington, Malboro', Dickens, Richland, . ' Spartanburg, York. In several of the un represented Districts meetings have been t projected ; so that, notwithstanding the op. | position manifested in certain quarters, f | there will be a good representation of the I State present, i Washington Items. The preseiitulives in Congress fron South Carolinn, Alabama ami .Mississippi ! have held an adjourned meeting in reference to the policy of calling a Southern Convcn lion. A majority of tl ose in nUendanci were in favir of requesting the Coventor o ' South Carolina to call the Legislature o , his State together, to provide for delegate: I - to tl?e proposed Convention. The Committee ot Ways and Means hnv< repot led u bill for the redemption oflronsu i ry notes and increase tItw tariff, which wot | referred to the Committee of the Whole. I Mr. Wilson, of Mass., introduced a hi I | in the Senate for the consti notion of fivt ! steam ships, to bo used on the Coast of AI J rica in the suppression of the ."Hive trade. Mr Gwin of California, aiso introduces ! a bill of a somewhat similar tenvr. The Senate has passed the hill for tin protection of female passengers it cinigran ships ; a bill to reduce expends of tin \ public printing ; and a resolution calling on the usual conditions, for copies of tin instructions given to the Gulf 'Squadron concerning our relations with Mexico. The Senate have passed the biil amend I ing the 1'ostoflHco laws, so as to reiptiro am direct the return of all undelirercj letter* to the writers, when their address it endor sed. In the Senate n resolution olfired bj Senator A. G. Hrne n, of Mississippi, win adopted ; instructing the Committee or Public Lands to inquire and icportim tin expediency of granting the lands to tin States in which they are respectively'. In the House it was decided with t largi majority in favor of the restoration of tin inland mail service, which had been sns peiided bv the I'o-tollice Dcpurtmnit foi want of appropriali >ns. We lind the follow ing in the New YorH Times : Washington. March '20?The news froiti Mexico has created a profound sensation here. Particulars relative to the capttirt of the two Spanish steamers are nwinter with great interest. It is supposed llioc w ere aptured as pirates, and the act on iln l?art of our naval force is fullv sustained ? Loud and open indignation is c\pressor agaiiiHt tin* Spanish authorities in Cuba foi tillinj out this expedition to art again ?t tin <'oiisiiluiioiial Government of Mexico it i-? ucueveu nv souit that tlm l?o steamers were lilted out bt the authority ot' Jspain and sustained hj France. A re.i urkablc change hiM taken plact within the last forty eight hours in tin minds of those legislators who have oppo scd the Nicaragua and Mexican treaties.? The Democfaltc Senators held a caiii-u this morning to discuss the propriety o ceasing all ellorl to make any treaty will any Spanish American country, since tin Republicans have brought matters to j dead lock. The Republican Senators alsi held a caucus on the same subject, and tin discussion was warm. The result was tha Senator Dixon, of Connecticut, and seve ral others, joined Sciialoi Wilson in tin policy indicated by bis vote on the Ni tar a gnu treaty ; and it is said that sudicieti Wvnnktl '' *1'''' '* " * '' 1V- Jtis ? . to enrrv the Mexican treaty; and. n practi cable, resuscitate tin* Nicaragua treaty, ani pass it There are indications of unlir change in the Republican platform Tli sj.eiuih of Mr. Cox, in the House, on Mexi co, is regarded as a superb exposition o the subject by those who understand it.? The trouble is. tb it there are ri^ many ii Congress who know enough alum', Moxic< I to appreciate an clVort like that rd' .Mr. Cox News Item# It is said that a gang of profession:! pit k pockets is organizing in New Vork t 1 visit Charleston during the holding of th ; Democratic National Convention. The lialtimore ttechanics have held meeting of sympathy with the New Knjj land "strikers." A letter from Alunzo Dr. per, the leader of the strikers, says that th wages of Hit* slioeliaker now w ui not mot I than If.! 50 or $3, |>tr week, whereas sovel j a! years since, ?m> or ?7 were oblaine<l fo j tin* same kind n:nl ijualily of work. Ther were 15,000 men aid U,000 women engage* 'in the strike in Missachusetls and Nov ' ilamp-hire, ami to triable them to hold ou more tli .ii one thousand dollars per da< was required. A hill providing or non-intercourse, a; far as possible, will the abolition States ' lias passed the Virgni.i House of Delegntei by a large majority. The Petersburg Kipress aiys: Some idei may be forined of he crowd that will h< I ' ! gathered at ('hnrlest<n in April, when it it stated that the delegitiou from Illinois a | lone, will number one thousand Mr. Cohen, Merchyit o! Charleston, S. C visited N V recently,to pirchase his (j >odi carrying with him a n.'gro woman, who hac served his family fourteen years. She wn< enticed from him shortly ifter his arrival -..a I .. . i. .... I- ? 1 ' < ? not uixn iivnru ir'ii nincu. Date* from Monition to he 10th, ntatc I tl.at the Indian* are drprtntlinj in tht Bueque country, and have k'led auventeer I fmnilit * There wu* great lnrm. Volun. terra had lel't on the 7th to Ofend the fain. I Hie*. 11 \ ineu'a torch waa lighted i Dartmouth Ma**, I a* t Meek, to illumine'.he m irrbigr of Cornelia* Klli* and Dehorh (iiinnell. The bridegroom i? only 00 yarn of age, nn 1 hi* bride la a "aweet, guahig creature" of 79 Hiimuiera. (?iat Saturday, (nay* the Caideu Journnl.) wan lleliini-day for our Durict. Our worthy Hheritf", Col. Sill, wamept quite busy (luring the past week, no we learn Hint sonic 200 case* have been Turned for the Spring Term, n larger nuiber than ! usual lor Kershuw District. The Cornier nays that some of le enterprising merchants of Charleston re seriously considering the em?bli*hinu of direct ateani communication betwoi that city ard Liverpool. The Courier tg^est* that n few trial trip* might be uu.d with .? steamship chnrlered for the purponin ad. vance of the establishment of a igu'ar I line. m I Tho objeet for which the ladies of the , United States devoted so inueh of their time and persuasive powers, has buon fully 9 ) accomplished and Mount Vernon has been paitl for. For nil time to come it is beyond L, the reach of parsimonious speculators, and f - will be held as a sacred spot purchased f and guarded by the lovely daughters of the United States A young lady of "extraordinary beauty u and superior attainments," the daughter of wealthy and respectable parents, of Samps j son county, N. C.. attempted to elope with I a negro slave, the property of her cousinj J With a horse and buggy stolen from a , neighbor, they reached the railroad depot, _ when they were suspected, and on being ( questioned, the lady confessed the whole I affair, declaring that her intention was to i marry the negro when they got to the | North. " I j Miss Tennessee Gibson died last week , j in Arkansas, from the effect of snuff dip. ! ping Site fell asleep with the "mop" in f j her mouth and was found a corpse some . hours after. A post mortem revealed the ; I'aet that she had swallowed the juice, which : was converted into nicotine, a deadly poij j son ; her lips, cheek and breast were smearI ? d with the foul stuff in her dying strugj glen, alone in her room. Hefore she retirj ed she felt a deadly sickness, having swal' lowed some of the juice ; but she bad used . it so long, nothing was thought of her com. ^ plaint until it was too late. I Says a Special Dispatch to the Charleston ; Courier, dated, New Orleans, Mureh '20 :? i Gov. Houston is at San Antonio, and will i [ act iu concert with Colonel tare's operations ; ! on the Rio Grande. Col Leo was to leave - on the 16th for active work. Five hundred r Rangers are a I read v iu the field under Gov. i Houston's proclamation, for the defence of the Northern frontier, where the Indians i nrit iminli>rinir. I> 1 nm1??rinir ? ml tinrr>in?? in Iali directions. i | The New York Tribune reports: The ' I ('harlestoo Hotel speculators w ill not make I much out of the (California ninl Oregon delegations, us they have made arrange- I meats to lake with them tenia end camp i J equipage, furnished them by the War der I parlment, for the purpose, and will take to ) a held and enjoy themselv es in real borderlife style. The offer of (iovernor Houston, of Texas. of live thousand men for I lie defence of J the Texas frontier, has been declined by the ' (icueml Govtrnment. . | A communication has been laid before * | the Iloston (Mass.) Hoard of Aldermen, ^ I from John Wise, of Lancaster, Ha., and j | John L-iMountnin, of Troy, N V , propos- j i . iiijr to make serial voyages to London and | i | I'aris, one to start in May ar,>l the other on 15 j the lih of July next, provided the city will 1 I pay the exper.se, which is estimated hy La- | ,, ! Mountain at J&40OO, and hy Wise at ijpiOUi) ! t ! Gen. McUueen on the tariff. - I ti st . I'oiitoliouiiU iisvo beer. | j i using sll tiie means in their power, lately, I e I to yet a I aritl ILli before Congress.? [ 1 I I uelr IIIWltl object seems to bo to seeil'u i|, f : the t ?v<,r of I onnsy I vania. "Kutsvv," tiie - j \\ asiiingtou eorrespoudeiil of the Char" I lesion Mercury, writes a letter for that , | paper umler date of the 14ib inst., from which wo extract the following paragraphs : 1 lie bill, oreoareil bv thu i!n in? ! (i I of \Va\h and Means is not simply m Tar j I ill lull, t>ui it provides for the payment ot j must tuding I'reasury Not*-* ; to author* I i/o a loin ; to regulate hii<I fix llio duties " j oil imitoriH. mill for other purposes?in I j other words, .? financial omnibus hiil.? > Mr. Nht^iieen made issue with Mr. Slier c until in opposition to its introduction, iu e which ho whs sustained l?y several mem . j tiers, lie told litem that they bad voted j r away the public lands for homesteads, e i and :iow litei would imp se hii Addition* | j i hI lax to supply the need of h greater 10- j I coiue, llieietore ho should object Tti.s V j I brought Pennsylvania into the ring, mi l 1 | Mr. Campbell gave the House to under I' | stand thai lie should object to the iritro ductiou of any bill, so long as "this," the , s ( first "iu iuiportHiice of any bill, that can I bo submitted," is objected to by ths uth j ' er side. Whereupon a running debate j ensued, in which M>. Mrl^ieen took a prominent part. lie said that lie was i ready to admit that it was 'important to . | the iron inters*', of Pennsylvania thai a , lifitl hill nh ill tie passed but it was iui- ' p irtant to his consul mills that they shall not he taxed lor the support of the inter* i est of the people of any Stale. While it . was important to tnem that they shall { ? secure all the advantages lh?v can from I the legislation of the Country, it is , equally important to his people that they ; I hIIHII nnl I.? ....... 1...-'1 1 -1 ?1 - 1 , I.</ WO wvnuiKUCIlPil Willi WIIHl ||H j j believed to be mu unjust taxation." ii? j said further.? | "Thar* i* now, in my judgement, no | ! j necessity lor mii ii crease of the tariff for i | purposes of revenue. Two years ago it was urged that there whs such h necessity, ou account of tlie coiuiuereinl crisis | winch bud then pattinllv passed uver tlie ! country. There was h pretext then for i mii increase of the Tariff, hut sir, there is i no such pretext now. Thaie is now no i necessity for Hiiy increase of the laiitf for , the purposes of revenue; because tlie cominerciHl interests of the country ha\e revived, nod the importations of tins win ter, I understand, exceed, perhaps, those ever before made duriug the same time ' There is no necessity for any tnritf mess ure now, unless it is for the purpose of t auu |nnunK mm llio pockets of llits iron manufacturers, money taken froin the pocket* of the consumer* of die country.' The Charleston Convention. Wasiiinoton, March 20.?The National Democratic Executive Committee I are considering the propriety of csllitig a meeting, for the purpose of allaying ap prehensions as to the capacity of Charles* ( ton to accommodate visitors to the Coo* | vention, and also to confer with the hotel j proprietors there in relation to charges. t The Next Census. Iimiructions for marshals and Assistants ' in taking the next census are nearly pre pared. The modifications from those of 1850 will he slight. A compliance with the recommendations of the New York Chamber of Commerce, regarding commercial statistics, is not deemed practicable. The importance of information about internal commerce is fully appreciated by. tho Census Bureau, but no method of collecting that which is reliable, through tllA PP1KIU llUft 1 ?OOn 'PL. I ...w . | 1/VVH UIBVWOIOU. 1 II U multiplicity of exchanges which products and manufactures undergo in the course of sale, re sale and transportation from one end of the Union to the other, renders an exact computation of the value of domestic commerce impossible. It is estimated that the cost of taking the cen sua this year will reach fifteen hundred thousand dollars, and the enumeration will exceed thirty-one millions of people. Superintendent Kennedy intends to have returns complete in less than three months from the 1st of July. They will he laid before Congress aext session, so that an apportionment law may he pass ed at once. Hi % however, will not he in season to act upon the ratio for the Thirty seventh <J mgres*, as a majority of its members will have been elected previous to the commencement of the next session, hut it wiil enable thoee States whose Legislatures meet biennially to ap portion their districts in ample time for the election of members of the Thirtyeighth Congress. Charleston Courier. A Practical Lkoislaiou ? An ainus ing scene in the Legislature of Penroylva nia treenrred on a (notion to remove the capital of the Slate from Ilarriaburg to Philadelphia. A matter of-faet member from the rural districts, who had heard of the great facilities with which brick houses are moved from one pail of the city to another, ami who had not the least idea that any thing but moving the State House was in contemplation, rose and said : --.nr. speaker, 1 hive no (Ejection to the motion, but I don't we how on airtli \ on are going to (jet it over lk? river." A similar anecdote i* told ?>f * "hack wood*" inoinber who in tin* city hi the tune our South CMroiiiiH Legislature | were discussing the removal of the Capi lol. A wag of the City or 1 *.?r?. *!?? ?. took hi* country friend around the State House, (now the (Jojit House) and con suited hi* practical wisdom as to the pos | sibitilv of removal. It was enough, and on entering Hie Ila'l of Representative* I lie country member eagerly caught the speaker's e\ e and delivered ins opinion. "Mr Speaker, I\e studied this question, and I've looked all round tins ero house, ami I tell you. sir, that all the oxeii and horses in the \\ hxIihm* w;|| never move it."? Chorlratou Courier. I 11K V HAitLKSTOS' LONVtSrillN.? V\ e learn thai several members of the Na lion d Democratic C inmittee <iai;cd iliis city yesterday in connect ion with the movement making at Washington) to ailjoiirn the National 'Democratic Con venlioii to tlo* citt after an informal meeting at Charleston. Tli?*y examined our pulilic halls, and received llie moat positive assurance from our hotel keepers tli'?t nothing mora than the usual rate of charges will be demanded in case of the Convention being held here. Baltimore has never taken improper advantage of the necessities of these vast riat'Otial an seuiblages, whilst, the liospita ity evinced l*\ our citizens in throwing open their houses to give a generous welcome to the stranger has never heeu equalled by any other city in the Union. We doubt very J much wl.eiherthe South wjl consent to the adjournment to Baltimore but, if it should be agreed upon, we can assure them of a hearty and cordial reception, ami a generous hospitality that wd| no' be marked bv parly lines or governed bv pirii-an feeling?lialtimore Aineiicun, 171 li inst. I cIIa u 1Kb ton Sl'lUMO Tli a ok.?Tilt lively conditio!' ?i our spring trade, which we have renortc ' continues with unusu al pressure, an . our loading houses arc still laxe I in ail their working force to meet :tn! dispatch orders. Not w ithstaud ing the very heavy supplies laid in, and in most cases by direct importation*, some of our Iiojsos have been compelled to replenish stocks, by special orders to New York importers. Having once received assurance of the disposition and determi nation of Southern merchants and retailelk to support and encourage the ilirn-t trade Hod import* of Charleston, our iin porting house* will be ready to make even more extensive preparation* for another season.? Charlrrton Courier. Columbia Fkmalk Collkuk ?We j were pleased to learn, w It lie upon a rerent visit to Co'urnbia, lliat the utmost harmony now pervades the management and exercises of the Female College re eenily established in that city. The re. cent rupture and withdrawal of the President, Dr. Smith, produced but a temporary commotion, which has entirely subsided. Few occurrences of the sort have left so few untoward circumstaooes and traces behind them. We underslood it to be the intention of Mr. Wannamsker itie withdrawing profeseor, to eetablieh a female In^h neliooi at Columbia an noon a* the m-centarv arrangement* were com* pletfcd.? Sumter Watchman. Hymeneal. Married, on the Ittih inntenl, by Rev. K. J Meynerdie. Mr 8. I{ Bi.odortt. and i Mice Ki.izabf.tm Jobeb, ell of Ce.oden. At the reeidence of ike bride'* Father, on lh? 15th inat., by Ihe Rev. Win. (lank*, ['ol. Ti(oMa* T. lx?ao,of Kernandina. Florde, to Mia* Kljza J. Aeotaeoa, of Che*- i ler District. THE MARKETS Charleston, March 23.?Co tit on.?The sales to-day reached fally 1700 bales. The market was firm, with on tipwnrd tendency in,prices on the higher grndes. The transactions ranging from 7i to 12c. New Orleans, March 22.?Sales to-day of 11,500 bales Cotton nt irregular rates ; Middling 10} a lie. New York, March 23.?The Cotton market is heavy, with sales of 800 bales only, nt 1 lc for Middling Uplands. ^Liverpool Markst.-Cottnn.?The soles for the week, including Thursday, 8<h iust. were 47,000 bales, nt n slight decline f<tr all grades, amounting to }d fully on Middling and lower grades. ReceiptsDrR E Wylie, Feb 13, 61 Dr S I, Straitc, u " 61 I)r I M Blair, tt " 61 K Williams, April 6, 60 I)r (t (i Bell, May 1, 60 J Vunlnndinghnm, Jan 10, 61 B B Stogner, Feb 19, 61 C II Cathnn, Feb 13, 61 Henry Duncan, Feb 19, 61 John C Williams, Aug 6, 60 Jesse Catoc. Nov 19, 68 Col James Steele, Dec 30, 60 Joel B Small, May 16, 60 John E Robertson, Nov 17, 60 S If'unbcth, June 80, 60 James C Adkins, April 6, 60 David Hood, Feb I'J, 61 W Itobertion, Jan 35, 58 Nelson Bell. JaH 6, 60 Aaron I'lyler, July 30, 60 James Dulainey, Jan 3, 6t Rev W F Brazington, March 31,61 Thus Hill, March 31. 61 (iraliam II Tidwell, March 31, til I J K Beiinette, Sept 31, 60 Dr T F Me Dow, Feb 13, 61 James Bruce. Nov 31, 59 Dr W C Cnuthriv, Aug 13, 61 Thomas t 'nuthen. sen., Feb 4. 59 Capl B II Mastey, Feb 19, 61 John J McAtuer, July 18. 60 J J Ogburn, Nov 36. 60 Miss I' A Floyd, March 9, 60 ("apt John Barnes, April 14. 61 It T Nelson, March 31, fin C c Ilaile, J.,ri 13, CI ( W I, t 'atoe. May 35. 60 W M SmaP, May 9,. 61 I" ("i.\, March 514, HI K it Coua.rt, Jan 19. 61 A:.drew MclUvnin, J;'" 5, HI \V \V Ua-kiiM. Mnr. li 9, 59 Jnnic* N JovverN. Oct ilS, 69 Ceo W Phillips, Oct 98. 60 Speoial Notioes DAWKINS & WYLIE, Attorneys at Law a a d SOLICITORS l\ KQUITt', Will practice in Lancaster and the surrounding District*, orncit ix tik court noi'RK at I. A N C A S T KK VII. I. R. S . C. I'articular attention given to collecting claims. col. tiios. k hawkins. maj. john |). w f i.ik. Cnion, 0. II., S. C. Lancaster, ('. II., S, 0. March It, 1860, 6?if Hollway'h Ointmknt axo Pills, cerunt Cure for Wounds and Ulcers.?Thompson, of Halnvia, New York, w.is afflicted all over his body with running ulcers, his life at last became ijuite a burden to him, as he was a misery to himself, and an annoyance to his friends. In the hope of obtaining relief to his sufferings, he consulted several nhv-;..! -- ? r.v_v ami mr^ooiM, hot hi* cane accined i?a desperate that it was considered hopeless. At this ?Un'c he lntd recourse to Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and liy peraoveiing with theac remedies for ten weeks, he was completely cured, and now enjoys the beat of health. 31 Announcements. FOR CONGRESS. We .-.re authorized to annojnee Cut. C. W. MILLER, of Marion, a candidate to represent the lirst Congressional District of South Carolina in the ne<t Congress, The friends <>f the lion .IOIIN MoQUEEN announce hint a candidate for reelection to Congress, from the first Coagru*?iut):d District of South Carolina. LA scat:SR. vnn PT VBTT The friends of JOHN A. STEW MAIM announce him a candidate for re election for Clerk of the Court, for the ensuing term. Mr Editor?The many friend< nf v? II. J HANCOCK, announce lum a candidate lor Clerk of the Court for tlits rnniing term POE SHERIFF" Mu Editor :?I'leaau announce Mr, AlKW WcMANllS, a candidate for tha Office of Sheriff for l^ineAAter Dietrict, for the ennuing term and oblige hie Mary Frirrd*. Tha friend* of Cupl. J. B. COIJS \RT, Announce him a candidate for Sheriff for l<nnca*ter IMstrict, at the er.auing term. FOE TAX COLLECTOR. Mr. Editor :?I'leaae announce Mr. VV. H TWITTY, n? a candidate for Tux Collector at the enauing election. Mary FaiRRoa. Mr Editor.?The voter* of l,am:a*ter reaped full v announce J. It tl'TNTER a candidate for ro-election for Tax Collector, for the enaiiing term. Ma. Editor?I'leaaeannounce Mr Wm. Robrrtaor, a Candidate for Tax Collector at the er.auing election and oblige hie fri-nda Waxhawa. Mr. Editor.?By announcing Mr. R. C. POTTH, a candidate for Tai-Col lector at the next election you will oblige hie Mary Fmirmdr. Mr. Editor : By announcing Capt A. S. NISBET a eandi.Ul- P - - - vwnwwr ?t lb? d?i| election jou will obtim. Mm