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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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