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Cimratft rUBURLIKD AT LANCASTER 0. II. S. C., UY COX^nKS A C ARTfilt. WKDNKSDAY M MINING, January '2.1, 1SG7. Subscribers tiudins * (X) cross mark on the marina of their paper may know that their time is about to expire. TKRMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For nno year, in advance, |3 00 For tix ii.onths, " i 1 bO For three months, " ? 100 The a ho ve prices are in currency. When paid in specie the prevailing discount St the time paid, allowed. The Supreme Court, The late decisions of the Suprome Court of the United Stales are woll calculated to reanimate the Southern people with something like hope, that the present in supportable rule of Radicalism is not ab vrajrs (o continue. While Congress is disposed to oppress and degrade us, it it cheering to see that a co ordinal branch of the Government is adhoring to the old landmarks of constitutional right and lib erty. It is believed that other decision* of the Supreme Court, rinr la?* imiweini thau those lately promulgated in their bearings upon the interests of the South orn people, will soon he announced. As a eotemporary says, having manfully aud justly set aside military government, and tlirowu around the people the safeguards of civil law, the people of the unrepresented States feel encouragod to hope that this eminent body of jurists will shortly restore thorn to their rights in the matter of representation in Congress.? The powers of that body as now consti tuted will probably he passed in review, for a.i military commissions were pro. in-?i ?? muu.^ou meg*! uirj uuconsiuuuonai, so must that clause of the Constitution guaranteeing to every State representation in the Senate of the United States be en forced by the samo tribunal. Taxation and representation must be declared to be inseparable, and this vital principle must be established by the Sti premo Court as the law of tbe land. If the States of the South are unrepreseot' cd, it is manifestly against right, law, justice, tbe Constitution, and all those principles upon which tbe Government was founded, that they should bear any portion of tho burden of supporting a Government in wlgch they have no voice whatever. It is this grand old principle, for which Our fathers "rebelled" against England, that inspired the people of tbe South with hope?that, in a case soon to be brought k^farA nilr )tS<flt?al liiili^Sel uUvnn-l !?? I bod? will decide that the now excluded State* are TStaUs in /act, and that they are emitted to the representation guaranteed to them by the Constitution. This expected decision would not only bo more instrumental in the work of re cuperation ot the broken and despoiled people of the South than any other in? etrumentality that we know of, but it would at once revive the business of the whole country, now stagnant under the weight of taxation and an inflated currency. We feel perfectly assured that if the Southern States were restored to their1 political status in Congress by the decisi ion of the Supreme Court, tbia gloom would aoon pass away, and that a more practical legislation than that of the rights and enualitv nf the emBneir??tort - ? - "1 J ' ? African would speedily follow. Let us hope, therefore, that we of tbe South are on the eve of better times and a more prosperous future than was anticipated soma weeks ago. Col. Weatherley's "Mission " We have published some of the many statements and rumors currant among 111 a newspapers in reference to tbe sup pos'ed "mission" of Col. Weatherley from the Senate of South Carolina to President Johnson. Col. Waatherly has pub* lishcd a card In the Charleston News, in which ho gives a corrected version of bis late trip to Washington. He says, (alluding to the statements published in the Courier) ; "l litttfA (uriiiar lr> ?? i!imL aiatu. - . ?;' ?" """ rnenU are, in some essential particulars, inaccurate. For instance?-it is Dot cor rect (o say?and I have Lever said?that ray visit to Washington was "to cod far with the President on the probability of the State being restored to her place in the fTnion should sho adopt the Constitutional Amendment.** Nor is it true that I was Ma Commissioner of the State ol South Carolina," or of her Legislature, to confer with any one upon the subject of tbe Constitution al Amendment. I did go to Washington at the instance of a number of Senators for tbe purpose of satisfying my own mind, and to,gi*a them the benefit of such information as I might be able to obtain concerning the condition of publio affairs. It seems te ma that this was a vary proper purpose, which ought not to have attracted any pablic attention, and which certainly Las been greatly misunderstood and misrepresented in every direction. The Bankrupt Bill. A Washington correspondent of tba Baltimore Sun says, that, from a pretty general comparison of no'aa among the Km a tor* it it understood that tba hank* rof)t hill, pa*?ed laat suasion in tha House trill pass the Senate. x Tax on NeWf papers. The Charleston News characterises the tnt Imposed bv the last Legislature ou nevrspapet* as a tax on the spread o( use* ful knowledge, and adduces the subjoined pertinent enquiries for the consideration of the members of that body ! Have any of these enlightened legisla> . . _ . I .1 ? _. I - L . .. . 1 lors ever consiuereu wneiuor mo article t sx**d can exist under such ft levy f l)o they know anything about the outlay ne cessary to conduct a first class newspaper; how much money the type, sticks, cases, stands, f. diets, chases, rules, mallets, plainer*, quoins, and other furniture coats; how much imposing stones, rollers and proof prcsocs ; how much a large iloe's newspaper printing press, and the steam engine r.ecossary to furnish the motive power? Do they know the length of our monthly gas bills, whan our printera are kept at work at the telegraphic dispatch* es till four o'clock in the morning, and sometimes later! Do they know how much are our weekly bills to the printers for "composition ;" how much the price of the raw material ol prihling papet (the heaviest of all the items enumerated ;) how much tho work of the press.room ; the folding and the mailing room ; how much the carriers, book keepers, collectors and clerks? Do they know the price of telegraphy (?) of from two to tkreo columns daily dispatches over the wires ? llaee they considered the vast amount of edito rial labor engaged on a daily morning paper,?requiring several ''locale," a news editor, a commercial and shipping editor, and several political and literary writers; and- that nearly all these employees are engaged during the greater part of both day and night! Do they know bow much is expended for correspondence, foreign and domestic ! We know not; for if theso facts had been in their posses sion, we feel assured there would he no tax on "the gross receipts of newspu pers." What is the natural consequence!? While the tax falls oppressively on the proprietors of newspapers, its influence is no less felt by every subscriber and reader. We do not refer to sn increase in the price of subscription, for this is not always practicable, and is only dona as a dernier resort. The proprietor, however, must protect hhuself Aga>rst positive loss, and the subscriber receives a less amount of reading matter. It is, therefore, clearly a tax on knowledge. "is ii not junt ft* wght that the mem hers of the Legislature should attend for nothiDor and find themselves, as it i* for civil uflicers to do business for tbe State for tothintr end find themselves and horses. The officer bas to ride ie all kinds of weather; tbe member is well_ sheltered and receives every cent due bim from the Slate ; but when tbe officer ends on hie account, it is cut down to a mere nothing because tbe members have the authority to do ?o, not that it is law." ?Advertiser. I "Might ift right" with some people, law or no law 1 So snv tbe Radicnis, and so said tho South Carolina Legislature in raofe instances than tbe above cited. As regards the payment of civil (district) of* ficers and tbe publishers of newspapers, there can be no caleulatioo made We are expected to work for the State for nothing?or at least, tbe old price in "greenbacks." Of course tbe Legislature and Stale officers dent get any more f? We are given to understand that this Is All lliAt most be expected from the Executive department. We do not question the patriotic plans of retrenchment of the Executive so strictly adhered to in tome cases, hut think it would accord ,more with justico to deduct a small por tion from his own salary than scale the small amounts due publishers. Labor should be rewarded. In fact, it ia regarded as a email affair for a Chief Magis trate. Important Decision?The Teat Oath Decided Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States. Washington, Jao. 14. Associate Justice Field to'day delivered the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Missouri test oath case, John A. Cummins, a Catholic priest, who wee indicted for teaching end preaching with out taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of that State, being tbe plaintiff in error. The court decides (hat the teat oath In this case is Uneoostitutional, being in tbe nature of puniahment without trial, eot) in it* character is pott Jacto end a? a bill of etteioder. Tbe judgment of tbe court below naa reversed, with directiooe that tbe pleintifT ehall de part without delay. Justice Field also delivered an opinion of (he court in the it jtarti canee of Oan land and Marf, who, having taken a part in the rebellion ; ask to be allowed to re turn to practice at the bar of tbe oourL The court hold* that the statute impoeee a punishment for a crime which may ijot have been punishable at the time the of fence wis committed, and it ie in its Mature ex jx>3t facto law. Attorney* are not officers of the United States, but of tbe court, end hold their offices during their good behavior. The court ienot the reg wor vi tile euicin "I wnv oiner power."* The applicant* obtained a pardon (rem the President, wliirh relieve* from the conaequeace* of the offsnce, and makes a citizen in the eyes of the law what he wee before it we* committed. Oongrewa cannot limit?the prerogative of maroy cen? not bo fettered by legislative restriction. It followed that the prayer of the petitioner mtiat he granted, and alao the prayer of Mr. Marr. The ritle which require* attorneys to take the teat oath muat he rescinded, and ibe order it made accordingly. Associate Juatice Miller, for himself, Chief Justice Chase and Associates Swayne nod Dana rendered a dissenting opinion* A new religion* work entitled "The Spiritual Muatard lot," ie calculated to make the soul sneew #ith devotion. "LATEST BY MAIL, Congressional. Washington, Jan. 10. In the Senate, petitions were presented for the passage of the House laritf bill. Mr. Lh ne presented a petition for the mollification of the duty on segars. Mr. Sumner piesonteJ the petition of the College in Pennsylvania for a consti* tutiorial amendment abolishing all tlis Unctions on account of color. In the House, Mr. Cooper preientsd the credentials of A. M. llrancb, a Reprcsautative of Texas, and Thomas J. Foa t,er, a Representative from the Third Com gressionni District of Alabama ; which were referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Mr. Miller introduced a bill supplenun tary to the Act relating to the cancelfa lion of revenue stamps } which was re. ferred to the Committee of Ways anil Means. After some discussion, the bill whb passed. In the Senate, among tho petitions presented, was one by Sumner, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, asking .immediate legislation to prevent anv distinction being mnd* in the District of Columbia, the Territories and tho ton nil reconstructed States on account of hirlh, race or color; referred to tho Committee on Reconstruction. The Senate passed a bill fixing the commencement of Congreee on the 4th of March. The II0U80 concurred in the Senate a* raendmont to the bill fixing the tiino of meeting of Congress on the 4th of March. It prohibits constructive mileage. Also concurred in tho Senate amendment to tho hill amending the Act organizing the i erruories, wmcli provides mat. there shall be no denial of (lie elective franchise on account of race, color or previous con* dition of servitude. The Vote stood 104 against B8.. It has been ascertained, on good authority, (hat the New Orleans Kiot Com mittee will submit two reports, a majority and minority. The latter denving that the riots were brought about by any agency of civil authority. At a recent Cabinet meeting, the territorial organization came up informallv, and all the members, Stanton included, expressed their opposition to any distur banco in the present State Governments. Washington, Jan 11. A nsgro regiment, recently recruited here, and commanded by Gen. Miles, bns been ordered to South Carolina. The Kev. Dr. Sehon, Missionary Secretary of the Methodist Church Sonth, is in this city. He has just removed from Tennessee to Italtimore, and reports tjie progress and prospects" of the Methodist mission throughout the world as more favorable tban ever before. Under Dr. Sehon's direction, special attention is to be divon IA I raliivwuiu oultn ?1>a ..... ...... V/. mo 111 groes, in opposition ic the measure* of the Roman Catholic Council. Washington, Jan. 10. Sknatb.?Tbe Chair laid before the Senate a communication from the Covernor of South Carolina, transmitting a cer tificate of the election of Jirnn B. Camp, bell. Laid on tbe table. Howard call*.] up tha resolution heretofore introduced by himself, instructing the Committee on Foreign Relations, to inauire into the present relation between France, Mexico and the United States, as to the possibili* ty of the withdrawal of the French troops, and tha ability of Msxitnillian to maintain himself, <fcc. Howard sail our trado and commerce had been so mucl< injured by the war carried on for several years, that, the country wanted to know the exact statu*. Th? dignity and interest of this nation rerpire that this Oovernmont should laks such measures as will secure the immediate restoration of peace and the re establishment of the republican government. The resolution was laid aside for a bill regulating the tenure of office. Discussion on latter continued to adjournment. The House took up the bill for the ad mission of Nebraska into the Union ? The Senate had inserted a condition to admission that the word "white" in the Nebraska constitution should not discriminate against citiftens on account of race or color. lioutwell moved to amend, by substi luting, as a condition, "Provided, that tbe Nebraska Legislature should givesuf frage to all, without distinction to race or color." During tbe debate, Davis of New York, desired to know if Congress had the right to impose conditions upon a new State, and to enforce those conditions without tbe consent of tbe phOple. Farnsworth stid Congress clearly had that right. It waaeirnply granting a ter ritory a charter to become a State, and there was as much authority to impose a condition upon a State as to impose a condition on a territory while it it a ttrri tor*. Wise, of Kentucky, and others opposed the bill, when it was paused with Bout' wall's amendment by 108 against if. The bill for the admission of Colorado, with similar conditions precedent, passed against 78 voting in the negative. Wasbinqtoh, Jan. 16. In the Rerrr .e, the amendment to the Nebraska bill was taken up. Mr. Wade favored, and Mr. Edmonds opposed the amendment. The probabilities are in favor of the roucurreoce of the House. In tbe House, the Secretary of the In terior wee instructed to report in reference to accoinroddstions for Clerk of Circuit and District Courts of the United States in North Ceroltoe, end whether legislation is necessary to secure the records. In the Reoate, there were eleven peti tions from North Caroliaa negroes, favoring Stevens' bill. The bill for the admission of Nebraska and Colorado, with the House amendment, passed by 29 to 14, and now goes to the President. The House Judiciary Commits# has been instructed to report in writing what legislation is necessary to enabls three* fourths of the represented States to ratify iho Constitutional amendments that have passed Congress. ? When Stevens' enabling bill wns dia i? cila?e?l, Mr. Pay no opposed the second re section. P Mr. Bingham said the bill instead of hi bejng ono of reconstruction was one of *' destruction ; instead of restoration was m for disunion and perpetual dismetnber) di ment. lie showed tbe absurdity of deny* 10 ing tbe Southern States beiog States by ^ showing that Congress, the Courts and !H the Executive had recognized them, 111 Tho Contrast?U eorgia and South CaroUna. P1 A correspondent of the Anderson jlpt peal writes to that paper as follows: * The people of the State of Georgia, j through their Legislature, seem regardful of tjjo condition and hardships of the limes, end by ?>se and humane legisla lion are atteinptihg In soften down and ame4iorate the sufferings of the citizens of Jv that State. ^ 'Pin Legislature has provided by '*w 81 for the payment of debts, by instalments, running through four years?the first ^ commencing 1st January, 1808. Also, fur a liberal homestead, one bun, e| dred and sixty acres of land ; two horses ^ or mules \ two cows and calves; bousei ,i hold and kitchen furnitu^e ; farming itn. plemeots and enough provisions for oos 7ear' . le Also, a law to secure to all married women their separate estate and inheri- ^ tanues. j Also, a law declaring how contracts for slaves shall he construed and collected. 0| The Legislature of South Carolina has h: ?abolished all I AWA on fliA r\( I a*. - - - v ~ . V. ?, Usm*y. . bi Has refused to allow aoy time to dob- P< tors, and oven rejected the Annual Court Bill, which in all large debts would have *' allowed one more crop to intervene before ia judgment. lias refused to pass any Bankrupt Law. Y Has refused to pass any Homestead di Bill, or enlargo at all, property exempt B from levy and sale. pi Has refuted to abolish imprisonment for dobt. ^ But the legislature did aid one or more j Itailroad Companies, and did pass about one hundred acts?more than ono half ?he number being for the incorporation of ^ private and public companies/ What real and substantia! good to the ta people of lbs State, was or will b? accomi .plisbed, we leave some ouo else to ax. 0/ plain. l0 ' Tnr. Tax Aor.?Our wise legislators # ? Heaven save them from further legisla- ? tion?in a spirit of emulation, ami deter i. ? -? ie mined not to l>* outdone by the govern- ||. men*. have succeeded inXiven going ahead of it. The Internal Itcveuue Tax waa le looked upon an odious, intolerable, bardie r0 to be borne, but in comparison to the (c Stato T?* Act it bear* a belter aspect.? j., We bad a tight to expect inercy from oar jQ own people, certainly hoped that the fos RQ taring caru of the State would lend a M helping hand to relieve us from the bur dent now crushing us down, but that hope dies out with the birth of tbie new evil, thie State Tex Act, to raise supplies. To ^ raise supplies for what! Uppreaeed by a heavy Internal Revenue Tax,of two yyar's standing, threatened on every hand with law its, criee are sent up for help, for P1 relief, an J the grand ineasura of relief comes io the ahape of a doubly heavy,, and uueqlially apportioned fetale Tax. di Xcuibrrrij Herald. ju Another >nd \ Largrh Dkcibion tl KxrRCTED KROM TIIK St'PKKMR OotjRT. 3 It appoars to he gouorally understood in Washington llutl the test case, in en ap? peal from Un:tad States District Judge A Husteed, of Alabama, as to whether Ala- (j bama i* or ia not h State in the Union, will shortly !>o derided by the United * State* Supreme Coert.in the affirmative, 'z and that tins decision will upset the theo- fi ry that Congress, from the rebellion and tf ita consequence*, Iihs the right to recon ^ struct tbe fste rebel States an Territories. Thcso questions will then recur, in the ? event of such a decision : lias Congress '' any power over the late rebel States, or has not a Siate tire right to rebel against the Union, to go out when it pleases, and tl stay out if it ploase*, or to come back j( when it pleases I Under an affirmative view of the subject, aud with the prospect P of a decision from the court as it stands, *' substantially pronouncing the war a fail ure, 'he first duty devolving upon Coo' grass is a reconstruction of lb it court. New York Herald. ? A National Convention.?The Democrtftic State Convention of Connecticut j jidopted the following nwolution on Tue? ^ day . e Jttxolvrd, That, after eolemn dolil>era' tion, it is ihe opii ion of tine Convention ?*t the ingestion of our conservative brethren of Kuntucy?that a convention of the Democracy end ell constitutional Union men of the thirty sis States should he called without delay hy the National Democratic Committee ; and we respectfully suggest that said convention meet in the city of New York, on ibe 4tb day of March next, to advise and counsel upon the great questions that now agitate the public mind ; to protest against the rev elutionary and unconstitutional acts of the present majority of Congress; to announce the determination of the conservative men of the Union to resist end oppose, by every Constitutional exercise of power, lbs disorganization of States nad the dealruc 1 tion of State authority. Cotton.?The cotton estimates are bow complete, showing a total product of 1 ,t50,000 bales, of 400 popnds each.? Aa the actual hales are now nearly 5O0 pound* each. tbw in nqnivalnnt in 1,600,000 nuch bale*. The eaumaU* nrn ramie up m follow*: North Carolina, 01,000 a bale*; South Carolina, 102,000} Oeor an*. 20/1,000 ; Florida, 20,000; Alabama, 220,000; Mi*ai**ippi, 270,000; I/>ui?i o) an*, 109,000; Tuxna, 300,000; Arkan* m im, 182,000; T*nu<>ue*, 148,000; oik?r 0| State*, 87,o0o.' * | F /tkLBOED GuoUND or IllrKACltUafrT. -A Correepondent ul I lie N?w Yurk I'o*t ya tliHl "one of the chief arguments lied upon for iho impeachment of the resilient is, that it was mainly through a influence (he Southern States repudi ed the peodiu^ constitutional amend* ftllt." 'i'll!* I'lmum itI' -? -II W? ~ u ? vuni|;0| IIV/?U*Df| II it b HII sinning, might be fairly otlset by a credit i Mr. Johnson on the proper side of Mr. shley's lodger, for Inducing thsSoutborn sopld to adopt the constitutional ainond nt abolishing slavery, and also repudi iiog'their own war debt, so as to place lem upon a better footing for aiding in tying the United States national indebtlness. Eu 10kanin to Klohiua.?The Pernan* iua Courier says: We learn, not only from oxchahges, ut from persons living in the interior, >at the tide of emigration to this Stale ist now is unprecedented in her history. , gentlen.au informed us, a few Jays nee, that he counted twenty seven wag us in one company, containing emigrants nd their household goods, and bound for larion County. ?Tlie inost of these fami, ee are from Soutu Carolina ; the irnpov. rished cooditiau of that noble old State impelling them to leavtf the graves of leir fathers, and.their native laud. Kmat.L Pot ?We ere surprised to iarn that some alarm is felt in the eoum y about the Small- Po* in Charlotte ? ome mx or eighi cases have occurred in ie city among '.he freed mm , four or five eing in one faiuiiy, but there is no danger F its apreadiug, na the city Ruthorit-es rtve adopted stringent measures to pre? ant it, and they flow remove all cases ayond the corporate limits. No white arson has had the disease, and there is 0 apprehension felt in the cormnun.it) :>oul it. There ia not the slightest danger 1 visiting the city.? CharlotU Democrat. 1)rath in a Ball Room?On New ear's eve, Miss KaIs Hofineister, a sughter of a widow larly residing in oonville, Missouri, died suddenly at a arty given hv the Turners' Society, at 10 Thespian Llall at that place About 1 o'clock at night, and while on "the sor waltzing, she suddenly threw up her finds and fell, but was caught before riking the floor. At first it was thought, nid the confusion that ensueJ, that she id only faioted. Restoratives were at ice applied, but before she could Re ken home she wn discovered to be !*d. Miss II. was about twenty years age, and apparently in good health up i the moment of her dccoane. Tit* Kikrrtuek Jail Ari'Atij.?The harleston Courier lesrns from a private Iter, dated King-tree, 8. C , January 12 at the jury of inquest empanueled in e above case, after hearing the tnaas of atiinoay elicited in tho investigation, ndered a verdict censuring the sheriff r dMvlietinn of duty in not having the lys at the jail, and that, in their opin n, had the keys been on hand at first, ime of the inmates might hare been ived. Cabualtieh Last Ykah?Daring the v jw tuare were 601 firee la the cited Statee, each involving a loaa of rar $20,000. Total loai bv theae Urea 16,610,000 agairat $43,1.10.000 for tha revioue ??*r, when there were only 854 f aucb firea. There were eightyiflve railroad accl? ante in the United Statoe in the year let ended, ean*:ng the lose of 115 livea, nd the wounding of 007 persona For la previou* year there were 163 accident*, 35 persone killed, and 1,427 wounded. We ace by the Orangeburg Timet that' uring the absence of the poet eoinmanant from that tows, tha garriaon beha ed in an outrageous manner, hailing ciU ens, demanding; their pistols, Ac., and ring upon those * ho refused to obey ieir command*. Several persona were eaten, and totna shot, though not aeri osly. Kr >m the above, it would s*etn iat the war i* not jet over. The London Timts of tha 12th save, iat the proposition to impeach I'u-aident ohnson, which ia now before Concrete, laioly indicate* (hat the United State* re verging towards another revolution. The Impeachment. A telegram announces that the tbrtat 4 impeachment question is assuming a efioite shape. Stanton, it ie said, has ean suhpronaed as a witness before the louse Judiciary Committee in the mat>r of tha impeachment of the President. CHARLOTTE MARKET. evit'J v?*kly by HiUchitnn Ilurronjk* Jk C?. Opyrite \?t tfatUnal Hank. ' Charlotte, N. C? Jam. 18. Cotton?26 to 28 cents. Floor, $13 00 to $16 00 par barrel. Corn, $1 60 por bo*hoi. Meal, $1.60 per buahsl. .Pent, $1.36 per bushel. Oats, (Heed} $1 00 par bushel. Dae?o, J'i to '23 coots per lb. f'ork, 12 cents per lb. la deuiaad. Ijird, 25 rents per lb. Hotter, 40 eta por lb. hf|t, 26 cU per do*. Salt, $4 00 per sack. Haf ping, 30 cents per yard. WbiakoT, (e?rn) $2 '25 p?r gallon. .Oold, (N. Y.) $1 36. MARKET8 LivsMfortL, January 16. Nonr.'The coll<>a market to riar.oosria earlier; aaloO will prob.ibly aggregate 000 balsa; Middling upland* I4HRiltiwork, Janu-ir? 10. Flour dull and drooping. Corn declined cent*; Cotton qumi, at S3 for middling. Nrw York, January 10. Gold haa baan 30 eanta. but at lha clone 1 ilia markat drauped to 36f. Cotton ora actlae and a shade firmer, with aalea ' 3,000 htlr* ; middling upland* tS cento loni doll and drooping. iiOCAli MAfTUItSi We would remind our feeders of tb* extensive eele of property ndvortired to take piece to day, hi lbs late S. b. Mhs-< see's plantation. And also at bis lato resirlshde in the Village, comttiencing ou Friday mortiing next. Important. Tbe time for an election of Intendsnt and Wardens of our Village is *near at hand. The present incumbents seem backward in ordering the election ; will nol the citizens take the matter in band before it is too late. It is very important ^ that it be f?tl?nd?<l Tho Democratic Almanac Published by Vnn Evrie, llorton <fe Co.f Editors of the N. Y. Day Book, has been received. It contains mueh useful knowledge that would not fail to benefit every person. Beside political information cn ^ tbe true theory of republican governments ; the important measures passed by Congress affecting the South ; the Veto Mesja^es of I'/esideut Johnson, its astronomical calculations are adaptod to every latitude. Price, single copy, 20 cents. Broke Jail. It has become of eo frequent occurrence that culprits escape from the jail at this place, that n > importance seem* to be a'? < tached to tho matter. Ou Thursday night , last, Jon McCarJell, negro, a very bad character, committed for larceny, made his escape dnder circumstances that leave uo doubt but that he received assistance from an outsider. J.in had previously confessed guilt, in which lie implica ted two white men, who made their exit from the State in time to save themselves from the Sheriff. The Cry for Bread. From various quarters of this District comss up ill# well authenticated report that the poor are alarmingly dssiituta of the mem* of sulieistence. Many must inevitably perish before the close nf the present winter, unless relirf is obtained front lumt quarter beyond the District.? We hope that the Relief Societies, in the more favorable portion* of other States, will not, in the nnhle distributions of wbich we are -repented account*, forget the poor of Lancaster District. Xp Whom it may Concern The. following resolution* adopted at the last Session ef the Legislature he* been forwarded lo the Sheriff of tit is 1 > i a trict, together with instructions to proceed immedi ?telr to put tb?m in execution : * JitMolueJ, That it is not onlr fair, right and proper, but essential to order and good government. that the payment of taxee levied under Act of the Legisla* | tore at ite last regular seeeion should be equally enforced against all wito are lia* ble to pay them ; therefore, Rtiolv?l, Tliat the Comptroller Gene* ral do require the Sheriff* of the several. I District! to enforce the collection of the tax executions against all deiaulling tax* payers. or VTk hsre t.ui little cnfi lencc in the i timuKun nMieiiidiu oi Hie proprietor* of advertised medicines generally, but we are forced lo concur in llt? opinion, uniformly expressed by nil who have used Ferry Davis' Fain Killer, that It is a very valuable artieU, and ona that it would be well for every liouaehold to have at hand, in cane of bruise*, scalds, bum*, diarrhnu, d>sentcry, cholera, fever ana ague, and the host of diseases, external and internal, which ills adapted to cure or al lev lata. No article of medicine ever attained to such unbounded popularity aad exleusive diffusion. It lias penetrated to every part, even Uie most i eiaote, ol the known world, Itearing with it its ttea'ing influence* more potent than those of the spices of "Araby the blest." We are informed by our principal druggist*, that they sell more of this article for exportation than any or ail others, and that the demand *is constantly increasing?Salrm Oh$trver. For sale by the Village Merchants. Jan. nARItlllD. Married, at the residence of G. II. Jonesi Ksip, on the 17th inai., by Iter. J. N Craig, Mr. Lewis A. Beckham to Mias 0. Nrrno MassKt, of Chester Diet Hot. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS." ESTATE BAHfOBD H0BT0H. A T.I. persons having demands against the Kstate of Ran ford llortan, deooased, are notified to prosent them to the undersigned on or beforo the lal day of April nsxt, and on failure so lo do. said claims will be barred. J(JHN OAKDNKK, 1 . . . W. W. BLACKMON, f Aaa> ^ Jan. St, 1M1. St. JNotloo ALL persona indebted lo tho KaUto of John Taulanditighaa, dee d., ore hereby notified that they must pay up by the 1st day of February, 1867, And all persons having do* saaads against said Metal*, arc hereby r.oti&ed to present tliem to the undersigned according to|Uw, on or before lh? 1st day of Febrnary", 1447, mi fadere to to do ibor will bo barred. N. 1). VAHLAND1MOUAM, Ada'r. Jan'y. 14, 1844?St. John V. WUktnpMI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offers hia 1'refeaaioual Sere ices la the Practice oi Low to the CaiMtu of Ijencaater. UPOflloe on Dunlap gttoet, near the C. B? January 4, 1847. ly. Notioe. PKRSONN Indebted to by Bote or account moat pay at looot port to aeoid auit at the enauiof Tarm of the CeeM. My papers are io the hands of Meaer4. Kershaw 9l Connors for sot* or m.nL - JAMK8 M. INGRAM. | Jta. 9, '.M7-3L