NEWBERRT, 8. C. 4,oieiaw lorning, Febiuary 5, 18E. TERMS, Ingle copies, one year, . . . '6 .-- r-ix months. . Vire copies. one year and extra copy to getter up of club,. . - .- 1 Ten copiel. one yer and extra copy to getter up of club, 0. . S*ctly in 2dvauce. The X mark deuotes the expiration of rub, seription, awl the paper will be dascoutinled if not roiewed. Tran.ient advertisementr cash.in adwunce. Job woik tuus. be paid for on delivery. Red insteaL o .1A--. A few, and we izr- happy to say but a few, hIaVe l.nd an ugly black cross made be f9re and after tlieirliatmes,which signified the expiration of thoir sub-criptions and a wi'h en our part for them to renew. "we .that these jsubsribers~ ha ve een (m.ad.c at the black cro., as ve Lae he:rd- o ing from them, we teg :ene:e to a gize uios: hu !ly. It shidl n-,ot ui occur. if it can lie avo'i: no '; *iy bl - A il qullv the names o1, eriers : the time expires, but a hoamii!, 1ar.:e red c:a -sba! 1e su sti:uzed in-ted. 0:ir red leia was lost, aid was s toos.i :o .hav.!e b surreptiiously carried off, hatatjug bei-i found,vwe will do our best witi the reeo% ed red hereafter. Look otu for the red. The Cotton Tax. The telegraph b i:y thc gratil.i Aaformation that.tde Ilouto- Eepresen ,,tatives hawt adopted the -report of tuj Confrenee Jamnittee on the lon- ,on tested B-1 to repeal the Cotton Tix. -bThare kno dou6t tht the. Seate %v r: -,"cor. The Bill, a.t;pased; repe's ilk t.ax unrestricted'y and at onre. awl a-so,4 abolibbes the tariff on im,-orted cozon goods, to take effect. in the ttttr i stance after the first '~ovenar - bThe anr.etgimtbr. We rid amopg our oc4aiges a co cf thitsRaper. t ii "recard of Law portsand~Proecedir* i Bankrp - 4r1' ote Sttne. The record of eises UWipresent number -is ittending. - Pui - Ksbed, week'y- by George -T.'Dle;5 Liety St, N. Y.at$5r nnum. ey's Wiekly, A copy of whidh 'has found. its way to *tursetaie is .handsomt ey ilufiated s4~pet for the centre-tabli and 'fire-side, - and,will comipa: e farorably'>'ith any paper of its class now. lnblished, e'it'her - Jn embellishments or reading. It is pub. --lished by A, A. KelLy & Co.., 808 Broad-I * -wayN. Y., $4 per year in advance. D4e3orest's Yoang America" Icr Febrtuary. i We are 'glad .to see -this beautiM. f~onthly. T'he children are jubitant over its arrival, and antjcip&te its 'comning Vith persistent questioning, timaking its advent a relief and pleasure. It is quite iniq'ue in its way-fr'esh and spirited"in Stn,full of iUdistrations, and not? at aLl - ody" and- 'mawkish. Long life to~it. - mnysueribnr who, by the was', - a ha'nden' premiumn, .in- addition Merry's Musetua. P.%4W acknowledge the reception of this - bandsomely illustrated, beamutifully p"in 4ed ad well filled monthly .Magazitne for b~oys and girls. It is the y outng people's old .friend, being. now ,in its twenty -eighth year. - It is long. since we have ~had the pleasure see-mg '"Merry,",and * we give it a warm wilcomeg'.and' ad' ise * -all-the boys' and girls in this- region -- 'to subscribe for it at once. "Merry" is published by Horace '1B. Fuller, 245 'Washington St., Boston. Single -sub- 3 - ciptions, $50 a year, idi advance; e. numbers, 15 - ts CLUBS:, thieeocopies, .$t.0, five coies,, $6.00, j eleven copies, $1,.00, twenty copies,1 $212 Special tertos to.. larger cJbs Send for 'specimen numbers with circu irs. A destv.etive fire occurred in- the town of Marion last week, the' work of'an incendiary. Loss about $10,000, upon which there was some insuran ce. Two fuimilies occupying' the houses a:hich rere Gurned,narrowly escaped with their I livea ' The Yorkville Enaquirer auiFounces the destixof the wife oi Mr. 1Iezry Lytson, wbch.occurrdj op fund(ayvight, underi ~ery i)inful ci'rctunstances. She 'fell o~utof the bed, a.nd being- quite a- large -woman,, fractured her s tl or. the'wa~sh board, which prod.u-ed instant death. The Marion Cr'escent records the Beath~ofRev. J. P. Morris, of the S. C.. Conference, pastor of the Darhngt.on )Ietodismt E. Church, South, he died very auddenly last week. Mr. Morris was a young man o[superior talents and earnest piety, a great loss to his church. The Greenville Mountaineer says an inquest was held on Tuesday evenuing by Ucroner H. M. Smith, over the body of a negro woman named Leah Gadsden, onl Buncombe-street. The verdict of the jury was, that w'he came to her death I.y wounds inflicted with a knife in the hands of Hectar Williams, negro man of this town. Cause of the affray not sta ted. A list of filures in thi- city, says the New York Herald, for four weeks ening January 25, exhibits aggregate liabiliies of over $8,000,000, of n hich the assets will cover aboutone-fourth. The military have instructed the civ il authorities to arrest Mackey, son of the President, who assatulted a reporter on Monday. When is a plan.t like a h.g ? W hw it begins to root. And when is it like a sol4er? hen t shuts Agefs Ws or the Gray laekete, And how :it.v Uved, Fonghr tind Died foi Dixie, with [icrevmmd 9ketchec of LifR inl the C,uf0dracv. eonprisin- N:irrtive of Pe:-sonal Adventure, Aimy Lile. N,-v; Adventure, Llome, Life, Partisan Daring l ill the..Campi), Field ar:d Flospinil to, ge:hLr with S4-,. Bdiads. A necdotv and .Humoro, idents of the war fot So w.r iii de'e:k-n.u. Tliere kise c ta;n rtir?on of thc war thal WI in r go imo iie re_:uh- bist 1er es, !not be embottied in rnoance or poetry, wbich is ar vorv real p-:ti of it, and wi!i, if pm.wrved, Couvey to Sliucce,dn: generations a bevter idea of4 te spirit .ot she comfnWct than maroy drv reports or careful niriatives of event's, arI tlas jiirt may b:- c led tte go-sip, the fn. rIti p>lthr 4-f the w:1r. This i:zt rntteS Ih eb- l . ritr the e lder he . o , (:it:> .,: the:ic an o o .- . t; niv. v of i n, it'i i . o n ti r herpe., -t com4e :1'It-irip ot' thu wvice. Taikia and Brate hwartvd, the Pie tare quie and Diamaie , the W itty and Mur, veh>,;, the Tend-r and Pathtic and the wholev P.,orUm i of the War are here thril litar portrayid in E mtt:1fairly manner. nt - - nil zi- r: ria:r it u:i ir iAvryr p::re, :s ;;:;l. - , 1:r:l. !:Ztt wit, :ndla le :e h -,y m iit ! merwov:n in ths': o:k or il,rry vrt I I' d l.:.o:4 of the wfrh. JONES i2Oi'ir & CO., J.: 15 2 Atlanta, G.. Th York-!:ilk- Tiquirer's "conitribu -orial" says that "Gree!ev's advie to ;!we Seuth is i'not 1ica, or D:e. Tiiere ti Ctizl v. * ., ;in it. V han:11d i Onild. I-ace h:,; a 1gh1t to Spa.k-to Iggs. II m:Le:stan1%i tei -. ant.,; hta. :eb onie a go-,d AilhisVa; anwid it is all in t6C ,tI!v" witfi him in the I t er. - We like y. A ashigtn. tera:n s.s Mr. Jo(nsnu is sewed up; Batter I sill _ttIevd up-, nim t ispii -:diV tded tip Sto i, 0.Ed up); and the_- collitry, :.,tit.u:i- *;.2y ..peam-g.~i gone up.. As hie estresponid2 t t'ayl s. inothing o4 (ree eyV, ther i:.!:rrnce mra,y het. dr:a.'' that he s g04ing . " Thie~ next tnt: eestinig.par:grap'o noticed that of a Missis.,ppi negro, who was ;d::!-y 4mriL'detd in die woods by the )Pdv r&a st~cl hog. On :he -negro the j!k,wiog i:n.cripwti!:n was pinned-"'The iger killed the lio:, and the hog ki!kd .he KiG6er. Sdah," thnL. August Coti:tituLicnali.A ge:ts days- .since, a female seminary for f-oung lbs of white compijlexion. These aidies, live huzndred int number, Phil us. ed.hitdeed, it would appear .that he uad his fill of kl.,sinig; for, on the follow. ng day s acredl to this osculatong feait, Ie -visitedI a1 neg; o chool, anfd--oh shamei~! >h inbiilOnes!-heC uever kissed a thintg. A disgraceful discrim'inration- on accouint ~f 'ra~e, color and- previous conditidn." Horr,ee -Greely delivered a lecture on 'Sf-Mde Men," in the Maryland in itute.' The lecture was irel! .attended. N~e&Tork Tibun~e. ang th.is@f addamen," and proper y-so ; he could hardly- find any man arid Kuman who wouki confess the mnanufac urd of so vite a fab.ric.-Savannrah Ad ertirzer. Orz RxiALRA.-As no-lways p;Mer' o praiseryathet' than blame, we are :ratitied at' beinig able-rto record the fact hat the condition of o"r-Rolad b&s been naterially impi~roved witi the last two er three weeks, wnder the supervision of rr. Jcob Bovers-so l6nng conir.ected chih the GirnmiU.e. R.oad-anti our rains arrive now vwith somiewhat ofrega ttrity. Mr. Bowers is an efieient Rail oader, and a good worker, and we COnl :ratulate. the Lessee dh ther procure.s nerut of his serv.ices. - We are authorized to say that persons wh may wish te furnislystrinigers and mss-ties wil confr .with .Mr. Bowers, r4o is a~uthmized to mrake contracts for te same :or with P)r. B. S. James, at 4rartini's Depot.:-Laurensville Herald. There is an ugly kind of forgiveness~ n this world-a kind (If hedgehog for ~ieeniess, shot nut like quills. Mea t:ke me1 who is rIf,:ned, andl( se.ts him down e e the blow) pip. of their intdigna~tion, imd sea'chI himi, and1 burn his f..ult intoi im), and whien they have kneaded .hinu ~ufticiently with their fiery fists, they 'ten forgive him. A. letter bas been safely delivered to he pern to whomz it was addres-ed in oawa., w..hr i had, besi les the usual sn ersetiLption, these words: "There is- a en dollar bill foled ini this letter, and if rou want it noy wor'se than moy mother BamsTru loNo:ANc.-Olicial rot urr.s :ho. tat in Li verpon', orut of 2:1,740r )m'r ons w.ho werie app rehtended int 18f6, .ny23cou|d reaed and w rite well: ylhih- of 72') cibblnen, dealt with uinder :he Juvenile Offernder's Act, riot one :ould do so. In 148.000 r.mrriages that aere made in Englard in 18e4, 42,000 of he mner, and- 58,500 of the womern using rocud numbers) .signed ni ith ai chark. HIousr BUnn:n.-We are sorry tc earn) thait thle dwe-llg house of Mr. MarcUs Kirbyv, ii ir.g about ten mniles btelow this town, was enUtiel consumed ny fire 41n the 23d u!t. Mr. Kirby losi every thin'; in thle house, save afe rieds. The fire is believed to be accidler tal, loss aInIount s t o abou111t $1 ,5tf. [Spairtanbiurg Spre-tan. Aso-Hrm: Ro.CBEiY. -\e regret tc earn that the store of Thominpsn E-rrle Fqwas entered, on Wedinesdlay n'ighw mrd robbed of a large quiantity of pro. ESCAPED.-Two Conviets--one a bur ~lar arnd the other a cotton thtief-s~uc de(ed, as we are informed, in escaping rm the penitentianry, Wedrnesday night. [Phomnx. Tihe present w. inter, for a steady aver ie de::ree of cIlei, is the severest in the Convention. January 28.-Converition called to or' der by President Ma,key, followed by payer from Isaac Brockington, colored. E. W. f. Mackey made a personal ex planalton a.,d apologv for his assault on a newspaper reporter yesterday. On mo tion the apilogY was received The as sault was made on the Mercury's reporter. Report from committee, recommend ing the Conventiin to petition Congress to e6ntinue the Freedmen's Bureau until the restoration of civil goverriment, and t!:at a bu'rean of eduenction bie estabhlji&!. The ma:jority v f the Comitn iitee d issen1ted, a by the time for the proposed discon tinuance-Jtuly 16--civil goverient will be established. The reports were made the special order fir to-morrow, T ej'&i order, "an ordi:.:tee to a i.l tax to defray the expens C ofl thio Cn.-vention and preserve Ihe credit h are," w::s ten up. The nitter :-edl, au-rias final a:de the j Wr da for hali-, ay, 'ean e p. T1. J. iM.rtson -aid tihe c1mittee culd see no other way of raising money, bout by endorsing the bills - receivable. alnl much nivr Cn the same subjtct, showing how disttessed .the uembe were fir n k:ne, c. A fter varnious :.n.nd mein t b Robz t ordmanie, as finally adopted, is as fol aOWS he pay of Members $11 j.er day Secretary $11 per- day; Assist:wt Ser 3; Engri .-sing Cierk $$; Re-tding Clerk (I ~; Door Keeper $7; Ani:ant Dom Keeper $6; two %dessengers $5 per day, e'ch. And the sums tuenti ed afire S:,.id shall be paid to the rmenbers and oili,ers in bills receivable 'f the State of So-th Carolina. The mileage of mem hers aud- officers of th. Convention, shall Sbe twenty cents per mile to and from the convention by -the usual mnil routes. January 29.-Con-venAtion being called to or.er r,nd opened with prayer, 'T. J. Coghlan offered a resulution, that the reporter of the Mercury be excluded fron the floor and privileges of 11h6 house. Tie motion was .,arried, and Mr. Logan retired. Arnim offered a resolution to pet.ition (;ongress to lend the State $3,000,000, which amount is the nett proceeds of the Icotton tax o'fthne State. Referred. -Parker moved that the President be instructed to Tequest Gen. Ganby to provide for the Convention, at once, $12, 090 in bills receivable of the State. Adopted. The special order, an or-diniance for the division of Pickens Districe: was taken up and passed by- a vote of ayes, 86; nays, 25. B3. F. Whittemore offered thne followring ~resolution which was 'referred, to the. Legiplativepomiitee Resqlved, .That aWpersons aball be eli iole to take or retamn a scat in the [louse of Representatives, who shall have at tained the age of twenty-one years, -anid have been citizens and residents of this State one year next precedmng the day of ~ee'ton, and for the last six months of tiin~e, anid shall continue to be residents of the District which they are to -repre. sent. - -* *Beverly Nas'a introduced a resolution to tax uncualtivoted~ lands one per cent. more than cultivated lands. Referred to Committee on Finrance. B. 0. Duncan offered the following resolution, which was referred to the -Committee on Petitions:. - Re.soNe'd, That a Committee consist ing of one from each Distriet, be appoint ed -by- the- Chair, to report to this Convention~ the names cf such pen sons as, in their opinion, this Convention shall petition Congress to remove all die qualinecations from, on account of past political ofl'ences. Thne tax ordinance was taken up, read a third time and passed, as follow's: That there shall be assessed and col leeted by the 'Tax Collectors of the seve ral Districts and Parisl'es in this State, in addition to -the tax already levied, Under General Orders No. 139, issued fro~ IIeadquarters, Second Military Dis trict, by Brevet Major G;eneral E. R. S. Cainby, commanding said District, dated Charleston, December, 3, 1867, the fol lowing taxes, which shall be collected by the persons at the times and in the man ner presented by said General Orders: On all real estate, seven arnd a half cents on every hundred dollars, except ingsuchn l-mds as are exempted in Article 1 of said General Order. On articles manu factured] for sale, barter or exchange, be t-.een -the first (lay of January 1868, and thne first day of Janurary 1869, fifteen cents on every' hundred dollars, to be paid by the manufacturer. On buggies, carriaiges, gold and silver plate, watches, jewelry- and pianos, on hand on the 1st d nry of January, 1868, except when held by dealers for purposes of sale, fifteen cents on every hundred dollars. From the sale of goods, wares or merchandize, embraicing all the articles of trade, sale, barter, or exchange, (the cotton taxed by the United States excepted,) which any person shall make between the 1st day of January, 1868, and the 31st day of Decembher, 1868, fifteen cents on every one hundred dollars. And the Tax Col lectors, Sheriffs, .or any other persons whose duty it may be to collect, or the Treasurer of the State, whose duty it is to receive, shall be liable upon their re spective official bonds for neglecting or refusing to collect, safely keep, pay over, and dishurse the same in conformity to the.orders of this Convention. That a enfloint amount of the enun thus realized, is hereby appropriat.ed to refut1nh'the Trea-nrer of the State of Suth Carolnn1, any sum or stims Wh1i which may be advanced by tie order of General Caniv, or otherwise, forthe p1v me.t of the per diem, miltage, cr other expenses of this Convention, in Ui.ls te c.ivable of the state. That the faith and credit of the State are herebypledged for the redemption of bills receivable of the State of South Car olina, issued in conformity to an Act of the General Assembly of the said State, in Dccenl;r, 1835, and ,uhseqem:,!y the Act of September 18F.6; and alAn 1or the uay ment of the bonds and other obliga tinns of the State: Provided, Thit all obligations created for the purpose of aiding the r,bellion, and for maitainiig a hostile GovC*m-r.t to tle law;. :and at,.horitios of the United Stat-!, %re hTee by declared to be null and -voiJ, and shall never he naid by any tak to be im posed upon the peup.e of South Crolimn. That for the pu:pose of devfra;in e c'nrrt expenses, of the C:.ventionl the paytm-nt of iis oiie!r, membs and c.wtinge:nt anOts -lBrevet .Iajor-Gen e:'al Ed. R. S. Canby, Gim.iiding the Second Military District, be requested to is.sue from time to time, as may be neces st-y, snch orders upon the T-easury of the State (f Soth Carolina; f4r the pay !m;&* Gf suc sWWMis as IM be aathorizcd by this ( v en tim' t .n uCh- amToUnt as mly be 21greed po -etween tije Presi dct of the Cf.nvention and the Geoera) COmramnding, to the oflicers and meml bers of this body, their per -e;:lp and !:;eiee, andfor the current expen;es of the same; and that the' amonnt 'of tai, hterein-authoriked to be levied, shTi he laced-.in the-Treasury of the State t- re ifrburse said advance. That if t1e taxes levied and assess(d under this ordinance, should -be in ex. eess of the whale expenses of this Con -A vention, it shall be retaine he Treas ary, subject to the future-order of the Co'n vention, or of the Legislature, which may m.:et in confrmity to the provisions ot the Constitution To-be adopteL by this Conveotion. Should there be any defi cie:icy in tile sn required to be :raised by tax-tion under the ordinance, to- re irp urse the Tre;asury .for its outlay, the fir.t Legis!ature which shi'll asseukble. hereafter, shall make such further'pro vidons as may be necessaiy to raise funds ~for the -purpose. January,SO.-Convention openmed with prayer-by B. F. Whittemore. A committee of three was appointed to. wait on Geni. Clitz and luquire why he consdrdit necessary,.to send a police force to Convention for its proteetio'n. Pending this it was moved that r.o po liceman 'be adontted. Runion introduced a resolution, pro viding that all the offleers~ of the State 'shalLbe- c'ected by 'the peopie, except the Judges of the Supresse Gourt. anid the 1se~d States Senators. Referred to the.Gothiaittee on Fr.achiise and'Elec tions.- - .Ransikr introduced at resolution to .the effect that, although, the Gonyentlon would undertake to relieve the people of the State ironri their great distress, as far as possible, and pass such ordinances as a--e necessary to secure the pay of the members,-the special ohject of their as sembling is to form a State Constitution, and tbey will not usurp th.e place of the Legizla.ture which they have the power tm create, by passing,.laws on .extr-aneops s'bjects. Referred to Judiciary Commit tee. -R. N. Calin, (colored,) offered a long resolution to petition the' Freedn,en's B-ureau to loan $1,000,000 to the State, toj be invested in the purchase of lands for the benefit of freedmen, these lands to be divided intQ ten, tweaty, forty, sixty and 106~ acre tracts, and to have five year.s in which to pay for the same. Referred 4a Comrmittee on Petitions. Thre report of the c6mrmittee recomn mlendlng the continuation of the Freed men's llureau, and that a Bureau of Edui cation be establlished as soon as practi cable, was taken up, discussed by --l. Byas, of Berkeley, and B3. F;- Randolph, both colored and:adopted. The ordiance defining~ pay and ..mile age was taken up and after discussion, read a second time and ordered to be en grossed for a third reading. Several members rose and 'isked to have their names recorded as votinrg against fixing the pay per diem of mem bers at $1 1, regarding it as too high. The last clause of the first sectionr of the ordinance as adopted ,says "the .same to be paid in bills receivable of the State, which have not a par val.ue in United States currency. January 31.-Convention opened with prayer by Rev. Wt. E. Johnson, colored. Thme following are the moost imuportant itemis in thbi5 day's proceedings: Cogiran introdue-d a resolution to expunge the wo:-ds "negro, rigger and Yankee," from thre vocabulary of South (Crolinma, and to make it tn offence pun isabIle with tine and immprisonment to use those wor ds in an oipprohrious senmse to wards sny Amrericanr citizen. Referred to Comumittee. Randolph introduced a resolution, which was referr ed to the same Conmmii tee, regulat inig the managemnent of dea:f, dumbf and blhnd asylums, amid other charitable State institutionrs, andl provi dling that tihe dirn c.ors of the penitentia ry and the trustees of State charitable institutions shall be appointed by the Gov-rimor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Corley introduced a resolution prohib iting guardians from offering Confeder ate bonds in settlements with their wards. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Corley also introduced a resolution abolishing capital punishment and, sub stituting imprisonment for life, tire term of imprisonment to be shortened accor ding to the moral progress of the con J. Whittemore moved that the pilive men remi otsid of the ih>or of th, Convention, sIject to the order of the Prksident. Car;Icd. Corley offered the following which was refeirred to the Finance Committee Whereas the several banks - of th'. State have, by the suope(ion Of spe,it paymentsduring the %%,zr and since, F,r fCited their charter: ; and w-rs,by their complicity in the ConfedIl sl'indl, they"have forfeited the re-pect and confidence of the people of the Com MOnwA1ith ; therefore, Olove,tat I he--Co"im:T1 fro hw reg Itd to :t ,. : e .ction tdI,i.ne to wrure the pe,ople, in the onre ngainst such a syste. -of 1eeiHVzed swnlg yrq Itnga hereLa:fter no such corpor.itions shal be rellwk.d to con duct any bat.king operatiins whatever, otherwise than upon the reaf amu'unt of capital emiployed, andr that the n!n:mhers? of al such cor;.ora-tions snI e hi amer. to the commowl e.e1 for the governe:ent of all other c iti.e[ns of the state. C;,.'Itr71',, February 'P.-Im the C - Venttion., h:iney, a c-i 'r.d d~.~ate, C-, fered a :ir. on,iiiOr, d icv. in to the p> p'e 'If .!, th C'IIdimI ad le%1 r t tha:t sal ; that n) In l-.eaon Ac t - been p.ed by Congress, al in belief of- the C(nventio, never wi!l he.; and tiit thel mily matner for the h:ndless to obtain laids, is by purclae. A white delegate fvered a resdOutionm, -that all investment of fund< of estates of infatk! and mlamled women ?n Gonfederatt- nr Statt-seeuliei ty -iminisLrators, ux,,c[Hors, gitardin.. I an age'.t-, he smi and 1oh1. and 0s,ch Iinves tm .shal I .st . r recovery i lawful mnoney'. Th:ues e.ution v.n re f-rred. A bItter di-wus.si"ll f n. c an o(,i nn-e invalidhit ing t;-. co t , based (in slaves. The tone cf t o veption is growing n-re c:ertiA.e. - Congr.sio-a. \NVA.-rHNGON:, rur L--The.Senate_ W3 Hint in .Sio1. In the aue Brookr.rpi'ezeted a pe tition from ninny citizen., of -New Yoik, pra) ilg the Iremiloval of the incoue tax. A,joirned. . This moruing's World has the f4flow WAsnNGTON, January 31.-President Johnson is to declare to Grest Britain the A umeiican ultimatum. The .tergiver sation of Secretar Seward.is of avail no. more. Aother and higher anUhority has determined upon the- cotmse which is to be pursued in respect to the.vlaims of the United States Government upon. Great B ritain-. I aim auhomizeil-to state; most Wfidently and decisively, that the legitiaiate demands which have been too heekly urged' by theSecretary of State upon the British Cabiniete to be en forced. at whatever - hazard. The snew B- t ish Minister, Mr. .ThorntLon, will yrobably be presen ted to Prusident .John son on Tursdaiy. Although the-address en that are to he exchanged between the President and Minister T1horntnn may he guarded and serene,.the fwt yet remnaits, that a syneedly anid .sati4factoryv response mu'st be miade~hy the ritis~h Goverinment to the ultim~atumx of the Executive of the Untid. Staztes, or else a declaration .of war against Great IBritairr muUat inesita bly ensue. 4 WVASms-roN, Februa?y 3.--T sthe HIouse, the fllowing notices~, amnong-oth ers were introduced.:3 Te:providt3o~r set-I 11eaient of contracts payable in gold, the1 courts are directedlto -e7force .coin pay-4 pints ;'.o establisha,depa-rturjerif4ps& tice; to bvild a postal 'railr'oad Ehetween Washiington an.d New York ; t6 su $l50,00.000 legal tenders, replaci.ng thoses' ithdrawn ; to tax United .$tates niotes, Tre:isury and fiacti.inal currency, fonr State and municipal 'purposes. Also several-regarding natundiz4ation 'and ,fi nances. Thie Secretary of War wvas called onfor the con espondence between him self;- the President and Grant, aind copies5 of all orders issued by. the D)istrict Coin umanders demanded3. In the Senate; a bill taxing National B3ank. shiares for State purposes, was passed. Reconstruction was tesumned and discussed to adjournme'nt-IL- was utiusually unfavorab,le. - - Ma., DAVs.-The Woodville (Missi.) Republican, of the 18th instant;says: Ex- President Davis arrived in Wood ville on Saturday- evening last; and is ait present with ,his relamive, M1r. .Wri. Stamips. lHe is greeted( with a wealth of 'welcome frotm nP. where the youth anf Mr. Davis wais spent, andi which was long :hlought to he his native o.e the editor of the Republican thus ex!dlaimsr. - Most cotn.?ant in war, greatest iniuf ferinig, and first in the hearts, aye, the ver heart's cnre, of his people ; suchi is the verdiet. II is,couirse in the adminis tration af the country's trust, during the war was -supithuman in its purity ;-no soil or blemishes. came near the itnmmacu late purity of his soul. Slander and cal iimny~ from every quarter hhtt served to illuomin:e t'ne mian's glh,riosadnsih nature. Such for his . ar record. .But it was in the dark, sad days of his anid ouir overthrow, and of his imprisos nent, that all, even his enleies, kniew him; hen lie touchded the h igh e.t po)init, the fullest mei idi-an of cam thi . glor'y. A pENsIBLE \ii:iNIA FARtMiR-:n.-- :: pen-ch at. thei close of a thir in North Caro li na, Mr. Mott, of Virginmi:i. said: I have a mni in nmy eyet who, whieni Rich rnond fell, had due him but $80O; hie rented i fa.rm for $100, amid bought a imimle for $4iiu: and the first y'ear he made $1504, hinring no oilier labor thi:i, was necesary I..>r eut:i;ig, thnhring and getting up his whieat. Tie no w p'Q $1m foii r on:e han :lred acres; and lhas sol $3000ii worth of wheatm, hiavi nil abOst paid his rnmt ini vege tables, etc., and his profits atre between 92i0 and1 mii.25n m. Theun for onr vounn meni to go about w ith lollg Ihees, 'omnpiainiing tf havinhg niothinmg mo do ! Whlen Rich mionid fell, Mr. President, I was fifty years old, and have been delicate all ruy lie Ii weniit imo1 the field anid ploughied megu arly iiid madeih a good crop .ind fed my famlily. And then for young meni mto s-ny the can't work, it's a shiame-a bningii shame' TnE TriEa'rO ADvE!CTI5E. -w len lly ers are reluctant, sellers must he active. It .is neither cheap nor sensible to sit till behind v'our couniter and( w"aIt for the bustle ofl trade to revive. When hni ainess is dull, that is the very time to adlvertise. In the first place, that is when you most need to advertise; and, n the second, that is when people de rote most time tio reading the newspa ers, and when your advertisement con sequently is most generally seen. Queer thing an insurance poley-Tf I :an't sell it I can cel it, and if' I .e:m.cel t. I ~,,'t selit. LOCAL TMS. Sc):s Drar.-We learn that 31r. Ch:ih-Iianl Rodolple, while at work in hi! .,hop at Ilclna, last Satur,iav morning,in %pparent good health, fell to the floor and Ainioit instanuly expired. Mr. Ldolphe was :a German, and hard residrd at elcua UtL SIort time.. -Ie was a -peaceale,-in duatrions man, and letrvcs several children to m11ou1rn h 's sad and sudlen death. CoTToN ro:: Cna t:svos.--Last Sunday n ; L-- i.-. l a -i;:: on the i . o -. i. n ;i:: vfcars so!:k .iy Ie ric1t..u with cotton'thit it i eiiiired tiree uvgii.es -to mtove it alo:g. Onle en;gin e puiling, Oi,e pn:dhinz, and anotier in the centre. It wai a long train, and a cheering spectaele. We learn that liere nust have been something like. t%%c e h:::4red b:dies on the train, and. Ill for Gia 1e-tvn. Tl;e Kke we had not seen since ruld lang syne. RE:MoUS NOTIcr. -thIre will e praching at, the Ba*)ti.t Chorch onSun-I day flig!t- jt-"It i- nt, difference %hat'l tuan b6l.ieves, iC he onky. be Ein This sject w; understand ns pro poszd to 1he yoig wen's Christian As sociation, but wasindefinitely postponed. We are confident that tho sul-ject will be most ablv handled by Mr. Zealy, .wio. freelng it' importancepromhes to ireach froni it' at the. above "mentinned time, 1:hat there will he a nrge attendance tire mt be no.doub4. -The xt isa popu lar one. - - "Ddf'1 Ari:TIse. -The InuivUle4 d %tara .;avs: "ioi't adverti.e, it' is a had plan. it will call attention to your place of buines and it-iq' much better for pople v ho wish to. trade with. you .o hunt. ( pu t, giv-. your rtsto IBes;ide:, if '.ou ade>ertisec somechahly wid~ buy 6p.lt your o and then you will Lave to got mobre, and it will b- a great bother to you. D50t! do it. Stewart, aNd Ayer,- anid Bnner, and Sehenck, and outeri never. advertise. They have-an idea ti;.t it injures their bemness. - .. As" oa MGTM: Do.- We 'were ammed the-et, eventil)g,- -aysY.A -Cx ehange, at Iree little- girb pLayin among hesage brush in a 1)ick yard. Two of them w re "mnaking believe keel house," a few yarfds di,tance frotp each other-neigh~or as it were. One of them nys to th~e ti'd ritie~ ~ir?: "There; now, Nefly, yr o' to' Staih's house1 andI stop a littie while and- talk, sud. then you come back and teli!rme what she says about me ; anid I'll -talk about ber ; then you go and itell her: 811 1 say, and then well, get mad aq~d don't speak t o each other, just like our mo.th~ crs do, you kniow, 0 ! that'll be such fuJn.' - . fiS: DEay.-Munday datwned s2reneiy, no cloud obsceured the sky, an' uncom nion eccurrenice latterly, arnd gdar-. th e inifinence eft a bright,genia1sd1i .'inge afid mttiy crowd. both of fed n'si'racied and unreconstructed citizensi camne to tqwnr. Conisiderab e property .M hoid by the she miff -tad cn iderjing the stnnr gency of the t.iures~ and .th~e fact'le athbe sales were nosly,. fo- cash, .the prices razdwere pretty fair. Thie follow. in rcsbroughi, respectively, one of 8661 aeres $1620, 640~ acres $1020, 1200 acres $2i0o,' 600 acres $125U, 130 acres .$240, '76 acres $200, 50) -acres $200, 50 acres $50 20 acres $29 a4d 7 acres '#20; -tyro bziek stores, renting for six hundred dollars, brough t the one 979 .the othe~r $ 12i5O whjile.a hijase and lot of eight aicses, in the to.vn of Frng Level, only brought $15 A-few good Llor'se< and niures wc'e kniooked down at from $0'to $fTO0, coi~inmon sock Wiinging k'iss. - ari ge,-ries 'agon<, wa t ehes, clothing, etc. were ah;'o disposed < f The incidents were none, that we naw or heard of', no fights, no rows; every one seeming to accept the .situation. Times are not li.ke they 'used to was.' We .did see a f.w u!ld ve.t.ans, who bore scars of recent date, but whether these marks of'peenmliWr mranhoodt Wre gaincd in an out'side rough un'd tu'mble,.flst an' slill, as men do 'fit,' or in the tliii nd. quiet of the domestic region,-wRh~'showel atnd tongs, finger nails, etc., we kniow'not, and werc afrauid to inquire.. Later-a little 'tit' camne off towards night, in which a very smaill qnantity of 'claret' was spilled, cosiudering t!ie whis key that was drank, folowd by an im nmensejsering~ betwe?en the two-disciples of king Jr>,hn Earleycorn, andI our wor'thy sheriflf. Thie law was supreme hoever, and the agitated 'mzuscle' finally sribsi ded, and slept. _____ Bae TIM.-The local reader wtill-agaee with us that this exquisite little- p~oem fills an appropriate phwie: Rosebud lay in her trundlle b.Nd, With her small bands folded above her head; And tixed her innocect eyes on me. White a thou;.hnful shadow came over their glee, 'Mamma." she said, " when I go to s1cep, I pray to the Far her my soiuJ ro keep; And be comes and cairies it fair away, To the beauriful home where his angels stay; I gather' red roses, and li!!ies so white, I sing with the angels through all the long night; And wien, in the morning, I wake fromi my sleep.. He gives back the sotul that I gave him to keep, An-t I only remember, like beautiful dreams, Th le garlands~ of hillies, the wonderful streams;" [L.ittle Corporal. Every grown up brother or sister re collects with fondness the old family trundle bed: The balmiest sleep we ever experien ced was whe'n we were nestling in the old trundle bed with a curly headed bro tr,er just turned out of the parent nest to mauke room fur a nlew customer. But trundle bed dreams were sooni at an end, for when the next customer came we ni.ke+rom for the next that was turned Put froln th parent nest, and so they kepi alternating for years, until we were fdirlv turned out into the world. 0 ! where are the little heads, that we have kiss'l a thousand times o'er as thev ncmled in the old trundle bed Site o them have grown old and gray; :1l othn- are resting upon their ever ltilg ilow in widely separated lads We :ire a!ways sad when we think of the old trundle bed. Sic.-Our song this. week is of th woIMlerful premium family sewing ma 4hite. AEery man should have one. Onv of the best,and One of the kind that man can lokw. T nat wears. a sba*1 nd a softlk g1ove; Has the merriest eye and the daintiest *ot, And sports the charminSet gher- boet; An- a bonnet with feather, ribbonsandloop And an indeflaite number of-hools. One that can l.ve and possibly-Birt, And make a pudding as weli as a shy#, ose 1hat cn sing without drapft#go aI*, And play be bueewife, i Ready to g!fw ursbe est And do up our-follrs and thi* s noe We lp tlhc sortthat can laugh and talk Auj tae'c oir arm for an evenlag's wa%k; Thav can do whaever the owner may.hm% By 'he siightebt perceptible turn f the screw, 'iis the ricverest thi that-eti- *w sn, Our wonderful. 4.1 seing,m An old acielar hoad beconead. ancholy and poetical, and. WAifortu nutp!y sezcr triod one-of the surVwal derfal seing. mialines, wrote me erst for a v iae paper in whih4Wez pressed h h11 e that 'thi 'i:ne weaM soon, cone'w hen he ahuhd - - - R eb t c-dmly wk:n a.&sbroad; "With 4 weeping willv-w by my 'sde." i1ut to his horror, the plriter Wo k"eW -beter what the. bachelor-need,VWiT'e it read: .. . - "W hen Ls4all rest' cahaly withi a:l, With a weepini Widow by my side." - trrie:4, td R. Thwnas D Bet to N Hrri B:re : lIe-once w'darade i'bed Mri Iu Seojhmnd dared to :bea t ee*s But n wa,aays e'4a churebmnee date Far. greater feats, and.beth-fe t W h ich merits mo.! t? pray tell;. He bells the bear-she bearshe bel - Agin, Mr. Wz.. NeiRI to. Mis4ae Tier: . . A st!d cvent, .w,ratber far i . 8he turned to-inmect'ud 4ropped a Um -A yiin,r. J-3 a Cobb - T6 Miss &ate Wei. A .:ruf'old fool, who zits new.jualbedds, Says In our c:r "L,ok out now for 11st Spiders." And uce2rgain, "Thos.teed toSils Sardj E Curry: Smid Brown," Tom Steed'ssoveran.J I fear he WIlt be'fli rd," And a stor one is soon euI.* A n Iflin~ois edi tor proposes to 'bward around' wih b,ia non-pa'ying sabNiNe~rs. If they feed him on promises to a he'll starve. - -Thevre is a mn' i rTiesirso witty, ti.t higwife eatwfactgrtall the bones. a 'h s. fromn the creagofbhisjuks. -Gir4 are like peaches; .the.neae thy are ripe ite mon; they blush. SPct.-laie Voti Sorrow?2 are you troubled1 with 'thgijdes ) if so,'we adw s book-stor'e, ivd has 'sonie it- the m a readable and entertaining iboks of tho day ad, angh ar.d grQw fat, -theow er.r.eua to the wind. Call on Chaene first and foremost, and ptrhase a %oo.r A few centg laid out ak.bis ceu.ntsrwill t-ikeanyrnumber of wriifes frow, fer brod. A -e yo'nilusicall inicli.nedJ 4 yon sing ? yes ! well grqcenre a copy.of thavecry charminrg-de,' entitied ^'Pre ceius dreamzs of' h me" ands thee, feav copies of wkieh are-still to be bad. Mesuars. Wren & Wheelep have rea~vd from the galery over Mr. Mower'estore to tt.e one formernly occupied by Drs -Kimp msore, w here thgy are prepared to take hiandsoine pictures-as usual. - riWth letters froin CIicago reien, Mrs4 L.incoln as -anquestionabyassur Index to New Adverti4ma, The foilow ing A d wer t.iments for thes,irst time.. hese to b be found under their respective headsins 'next issue : - r & Wheekr.r-Remov3k Dudtie & Chapman-New Bo~.oks. F." Hl.'DG)nick-Notice. J1. J. Recder & Go.-Di&.oltioni of' partuepphip. Lauren.s R. R.-ghange of Schednt4ls D. T. Faughu-Set,ie. Dr. Panknin-Hiepati'e Bitters. .Jhukrupey Notiee. QBITUASE~ Died, at the residenge of Mr. 8. S. Selg, on the 30th January, Ma JaCos EPxg aged 18 years, 3 mon ths and 11 days. Fb?e deceased was a young' an' of ytr moral habits,and gavYe much promise cf use fulness. lie was a worthy member of Beth Edjen Lutheran Churcb, and met death witl4 a firm reliance upon the mmeritsof his Satlor expressing himself as ready for the c~ The family of Mr. Seig have the cmls of knowing that they lfet no meal- unph to retain him in the bgmily ecrles ad ese God lias ordainedl otherwise, that helaasgeqp to join his friends"above wlbere separationl unknown. - AFPazzNr. * COMMERCIAl,. NE wBe'ny. Feb. 4.-Cotton Ia ged dmn at from 10 to 18 cen'a. - eaa Ni w Yong, Feb 8-7 P. M.-Cotton ls tive and lower; sales 2.801, at' 19} a 191. Fto q iet and unchanged. Corn 2 a 84. better. G'Id 414 ('BA RLEsToN . February 8.-Cotton I.. boer, but little done; receipfi 1,t46; sates 85) bales-.. middlhn:ta 18. AUGUST., Fe-b. 8.-Cotton market very dali amid irreamular ;rzales 275 bales; reoeiptsi.mld, ding 17 a 17h LivsarPooL. Feb. 3-Evening.-Gottos elesu quiet, at a decline of 1-16-u'plands 73, A GEN T8 WANTED: FOr thbe Camaigns of Forrest and his Cavalry. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This h'storical.re'cord of the most bril liant exploeits and daring adventures of the war, among its tnany valu-ble and interest ing contributions to historical truth, cleare ip, on une;uestiona'ole authority, all misre presentations in regard to the taking of Fort Pillow by General Forrest. Address, -J. P. MILLER & CO. jnn 8 Phi!1de1nho Pa.