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. wS.fT*??.'.'?'':*. "'-.''""..'?ri ' ?.v.M j?- *^J?,T???.VMSI^ . -ti?jM'mSl,,; V '' ^J * rte?;/or m to|Pr ASM iUVf ^rf<$> ff?ri J l/i^ra,/?r fcn ?m?j er fasjnhe sweet, wild blosaomtrf 50 cents for w.h. mb*e%n orot?nd'?ihereJ $GP Obituaft,t -eatngfive tines, ?W6 ute*, of Respect, ty o?tfnWation* of a personal character when . admirable, and Announcement* of Candidates, will be charged for as advertise' ?viente. ? ?VC. (. WGfiJob Printing neatly and cheaply executed 1 Map* Necessity'compels us to adhere strictly to tA+.rtquiremtnt of cash payment. ~^ WALHALLA, S. C.: Friday Morning, February 25, 1870-. VIatpT,-?fr. (Tup8. P. HOYT, ono of tho pro prietors of tho CouiUEtt, will have charge of the business ^opartmont of the pupor. He ORT) be fonud in the office at all times. i Mer In NeW York, on the 19th instant, 1 Cotton was quoted at 241. Gold, 18 J. * ' ! \ft. v w' w 'f * *". " ".r * ; ?3^"* Our exchanges announce that in c many placee the poach trees are in bloom.- < This weather will "nip them io the bud;" ' t Largo Turnips | 1 TH?S. F. DAVIS, of our County, bas left at tho Cornu KM office two Turnips, woighing S . respectively eight and ten pounds. \, Failure of the Mail. 1 V The mail due last night failed to como to a hand. We aro compelled, therefore, to go to i preta without the latest news. r Laws of thc State. ?, We commence in this number, tho publi 8 cation of such laws passed by tho Legislature, y as are of general interest. They will bo con- j tinned, from time to time, until all of this chai ac ter arc spread beforo our readers. 8now- j, The third snow for this year is now on the fj ground to the depth of six inohes. Whilst u this intelligence noithor "points a moral" nor t? . /'adorns n story," we have the satisfaction ol j, recording the trite saying, in connection a therewith, that it betokens a fruitful seimon p, for tho faroaev. p( The Ueetiog 8aleday. ti< . The meeting of tho "Oconeo Agricultural nc and Mechanical Society," on Sulcday next, s0 y'promisee to bc an interesting one. Let our 4'( r farmers, mechanics, and business men devote ?' . t/fow'houra to their mutual benefit and enjoy- w' r"ment. InMr. WATSON, the Secretary of tho ty *> Bociety^fl^bc glad to receive the names bf j P f? i*?tibirn,'we trcVivo *>dh &w ^fl wittTtbo'TireokB Dcm?t?r . ' ?ieter, th \l is, vi ??Mothorj^tb/*: Lr? t!l^fini||yj tobo A,mi worshipped as the ohiof doity of Efiypt, and 8U> * the namo is from I-Si, sjzntfyine: fartilitu .?JLBA$?2 . r^TWMJ?'-"* .CA.?'ir.t' ,lTlc^i0 B08<""" 0ll1 UOt people,',' in our columns, that he is selling off bia stock of goods at reduced pri?es. Try br?. Mr. J. E HENDRIX advertises butter^ poultry, eggs, &c, for sale. Housekeepers and traders will find it to their interest to give him a call. Messrs. GEO. W. WILLIAMS <fc Co., of Charleston, havo a limited supply of "Caroli na Fertiliser" on hand. If you would be in time order early. Seo their advertisement. Attention is also invited to other new ad vertisements in our columns this weok. Juries The N?w York Journal of Commerce suggests tho idea of dispensing with juries in aft civil case?, where neither party demands ? iury. This is thc law now of fo * >n this S tn to in trials before magistrates, anu wt can see no valid objection to such a course in tito higher courts. It would rest with tho Dartics themselves whether they would prefer the de cision of twelve elia ncc selected men, or of the judge, with his knowledge of the law and nott. Radical Economy < Tho taxes collected in this County amounts to twonty-eight thousand six hundred dellars io oath, with a delinquent list sufficient to foot up a sum total of thirty thousand dollar?. I? 1850 th? Slate tax for Dickens: District, (O-eon/jo- a<ud) Pieken? Counties,) was 85,098. The real and personal proporty of the two counties are about equal in value, making $8,000, tho State tax for what is now Oconeo. If we add 50 per cent, for County tax, wo have the tax pf ?conoo for 185f>, at $4,500, against 830,000 in 1859.' Why is this great difference f ,,' , Air Lino Railroad . We havo received from Major TOMPKINS a- briof of tho points and authorities mado by him. in nn argument beforo the (House) Committee on Railroads, in opposition to the power of the L?gislature to repeal the charier of tho Air Line Railroad. After citing nu? yr>A?ou? authorities from the United State? and Siato Constitution, and doeided ease? in vari* ons States in opposition to tho right to repeal, when tho corporators have violated none.of thoir obligations a? parties to the oonfraot, Major TOMPKINS concludes with the following aonflihle romarks a? to the policy of enjoying or exe ?ci sin;t suohn power? "Tfye pot?oy would be ruinen to invost 'itV?^^'?Y/.'o^pjtal in Railroftd?,-~rui?ou? to / e^rn'er?te.^ruinous to the development of tfie V?^urc?s pf a country, ?ruinous to Immi fn\-Uin.(rtot no' oalamity could befall a ko groat and serious as that when tfie, turo.esaumes tho position that they have tho ?ight to take away a franohiso oboe gran tajjLwlth impunity whether it be out pf. mal * - J&f&tiWt .Jobbers or, under ?rn ^rJP^^^^^ihor would bealike ^siote" , T_J_ <^ .sob- Tempo ranoe ?JV Tho (rite onylog, thai history repeats itself, is hoing realized io tho temperance movement* We notice that oi'meeting has been called jip Sumter to reorganize tho Total Abstibeaoe Society of Sumter. Tho Lancaster Ledger has the following, bearing upon the ?ame subjeot : "Is it Vot time that the people, the Pulpit, the Court, the Press, should raise their voices in dofenoo of morality, virtue and doeenoy, when a lady d*re not walk our streets upon publie days ? Is it not incumbent upon every arood citizen to rise up and speak out boldly in condemna tion of the universal lioonso liquor trade ? This thing must, to some extent, at least, be cheeked, or there is no tolling whore it will end, or whether at all, with many, short of the gallows." Nothing has contributed moro to tho de moralization and degeneracy of tho prosent age than the common use of liquor as a beve rage There is soareoly a cross road or way station but has its dramshop,' and every vil lago contains one to overy twenty-five inhabi tants. No oncean deny but its moderato uso s an ovil, and its abuse a curse. No ono can loubt but it subtracts from the wealth of tho sountry, by tho timo and money consumed by lioso'wlio, apart from its uso, would be thrif y produoors. Wo, too, with tho Ledger, bink it high timo thut' every power for good hould speak its condemnation of .tho practice if thc liquor trade. If to prevent tho muk ngr.nd salo of it bo unconstitutional, then, at east, every county and.township should have i right to prevent tho licensing of liquor shops n their limits. A general law, which per nits County Commissioners to grout licenses or a sum certain to any ouo and ut any place, s wrong, and should bo amended. Any per on, buying an nore of land, oun open out his ittlo hell hole and destroy tho peace and .inning prosperity of a neighborhood. Fenee Law. While in Columbia wo received several otters, from persons iu different sections of 'ic State, requesting us to introduce and favor Bill to compel all owners of stock to keep 10m inclosed. At tho Agricultural Fair eld in Columbia last full thc propriety of such iaw was under consideration and among thc roceedings of that body* wo notice n Bill iblished, which proposes to leave tho quos m to tho voter? of each county, whether or it stock shall be inclosed. In thc Ander n Intelligencer of the 17th inatmt. wiVl ?o a communicate*.-,0 ?V0S- 1 do not J stock. -rtHtrtreib expands, but it s/""^^* ' \{. H vend-not tra.?'-- ' '??voonting tho inclo nave somc*"\-ne8e f"cta aerve.to show that 10 W'10 JO a live question before tho peop carD.'o State, and ns .every farmer is intere ll? ?rf its solution, he should bc calculating 'benefits oud, disadvantages likely tp,r< rfroin it. Tho proportion of fruble^tp; * j land in this jaunty ia^oR ono ? ?Vrelv^ ? 1 iOrir ridges and mountain sidcs; are cov with the richest summer and fall pastui which to a great extent supplies Columbia ChaaU'f inn with fine beef cuttlt.at no exp to the owner for fattening. Our most, cl nuts, chinquepins and acorns often su(Ti> falten our pork nt little expense Thous , of pounds of pork were sold in Wulhalhi fall which had never cracked a grain of i For theso reasons perhaps tho ihclosit stock would bo ugainst thc interest of County. On the other hand, many bei would result from such a law. Necc would compel us to keep a smaller nut and better breed of cattle, hogs and i stock, which might bo foutid more cconoi and profitable than our scrub stock wit tho advantages of pasturage. It would vent the loss of fertile lands where fence: through bottoms and open fields, &o. I question which should be fairly and full; cussed in every County Agricultural So in the State, and wc suggest that coui the Society in our County. It concern farmers and they should decide it. The Fifteenth Amendment. Tho U. S. IIouso of Representative adopted "An Aot to enforce the Fifi Amendment to tho Constitution." I vides for the appointment of three eor stoners for each election district in the D States, who shall have tho sole right to d on tho qualification of nil voturs for mci to Congress or eleotors for President vice-President. These commissioners i bo sustained by tho United State? Mai and their deputies in their respective dial and in oaso their force be insufficient tc servo order at any polling p-cciuot, thc aha! Ahall have the right to call on the est commanding officer of troops of the I States for aid". The Seoretary of >Wnr quired to Station troops, immediately prec any election herein provided for, at ooi eut points, adjacent to the principal p places of the several Congressional Dis and in tho parks or other suitable pia? the principal cities. What a comment; Republicanism ! Congressional Corruption. Tho IIouso of Representatives has a; ted a oom mitte,3 to investigate the ol against carpet bag Congressmen for i cadet appointments to West Point Aoa The ovidenee i m pl ion te? Wurr TI: MOI South Carolina, EDWARDS, of Oeorgii others. There eeoma to be no doubt guilt of theso honorable gentlemen! however, if a small matter, compared corruption which esitta at Waahiogto may, nevertheless,'beve tated tho abili ingenuity of WHITTBMOUH, KDWABD otbera. , go we ge. In jp Logan, Ohio, the Demooreo, selected colored m on os candidates for G ^it^itor;.4?it^^Iarshfti, ?na Councilmnti , A. I '?. ? #.?/? I II tmii lHnTi?.li i 1 mi OMM,_,_; from Columbia. . Wo condenso the proceedings of the Legis? laturo up to tho latest elotes by mail : ^. The Attorney General reports favorably on tho bill relative to the appointment of Sheriffs Acts signed : Seouriug civil rights in law j regulating tho powers of railroad ; pro vidiug for the eieotioo of county officers; in corporating Elliott Hook and Laddor Compa ny, y Notloo of Bills : by Jackson, to better car ry out tho provisions of tho education bill. ?. Acts signed: Amending tho aol to empow er Circuit Judges to chango- vonne ; proteo* tion of migratory fish ; bill providing for tho appointment of certain ? officers ; to incorpor ate Delaney Hides of Charleston ; to incorp?r alo Columbia- Od Companj^.to incorporate Sumter Manufacturing Campany. A resolution wns adopted authorizing tho Governor to opon corie?poh?dueos with tho Gorernor of Georgia concerning fisheries on tho Savannah and Tuga loo rivers. . In the Senate, a bill wKffrovido for-an oleotion to fill vacancies occurring in certain county offices was introduced. By a resolution introduced in tho House the Comuiittco on tho Penitentiary aro in Instructed to inquire by what authority visi tors are charged, forvisiting tho penitentiary. A resolution was adoptcoV^o, prevent tho listob^ipo oX.^ N?tico fta'sglveo bf a bill Ao prevent men rom having moru thontwoitm?s^ ... Muswell, Senator from ManOor^was cleo ed by tho Senate, and Smalls, of limul fort, >y tho House, as members of tho State School Commission. /} Mr. Smythe iu'rodUccd a bill to outhorizo ho County Gominessionorsof each and every County to purchase a farm, to bo cultivated mder their supervision, as tho model furm of heir Districts. f Tho Committee on Engrossed Bills reported lie following, which were read the third time nd passed : A Senuto bill taprovide for the ayment of claims of teachers for services sndcrcd during.tho fiscal -year commencing ?ovcuibcr 1, A. D 1868, arid ending Octo cr 31, 1869 j providing for tho general cleo ons and thc manner of conducting thc same ; .int resolution oppointing Trustees of thc os ito of John Do La Howe ; \?\\\\ to pr?vido >r thc construction and kt'oping iu repair ublic highways and roads, ?j <u. Mr. S. J. Lee submitted a substitute fora ill to nmend au Act, entitled "An Act to nend un Act to define thc duties and juris ietion of County Commissioner? " Thc Speaker attended in theSbenate, when ic following Acts'werc ratified*^ To rec?late? ic publication of all letra I and* p.'hlio notiV s; to incorporate thc Unify?and Friendship icicty, of Oiiarleston, and toJepiifor corta i ti J iwers thereon : to establish ,*T t of o' ide AwakelW' ITT A OJUJ?I? A" nfl Y&Q&WAX* Engine CouijWny^ot^Suin tor; joint resolution to uuthori?c< tho Secre tary of State to purohaso copift^ftltichurcb son's Law ?nd Equity Rcpprts.^ . y " Mr. C. D. Huyiie submitted a joint rosolu timvauthdfiziusr the Conunittco appointed to investigate into the late Con^tessional cleo tions in tho Third Congressional District to make similar invcstigutiuiis Uff-tlie Fourth Concrcssionul District. '- i 'gTjm Tho A?t ??fnnaia? ito TM3P oL^thoycity Vor Columbia b is passed both lassos. Mr. Boston introduced o br)?i to regulate marriages, and for other purposes. A number of bills were ordered to bc en grossed fora third reading. Thc Senate sent to tho House, bills to cre ate a sinking fund and for tho management of tho same; to provide for the appointment of Trial Justices; which wero read und refer red, ki Mr. Corbin introduced a bill to doGno the jurisdiction of trial justices. The Amnesty Bill Tho movement towards a general amnesty on the part of Congress has at last assumed positivo shape. On Tuesday morning thc Re construction Committee dir otod General But ler to report to tho House a bill by which Congress transfers tho greater portion of tho pardoning power to thc Uuitcd States Dis trict Courts. It provides that every citizen disfranchised by thc third section of tho Fourteenth amend ment, except persons who have held commis sions in thc anny or navy, or have been mem bers of Congress, shall bc restored to all tho rights of citizenship on applying by a peti tion to such n court in any State or Territory in which he had hi? homo during tho war, setting forth what office he ever hold under tho United States prior to April 1, 1861, (which by law required any oath to support tho constitution,) and also in what manner he bad given ?id or assistance to thc rebellion, or who:her he had held any olfioo under a State or tho Confederate governtncut, or either of them, during any part uf the war giving a particular description of the net done and offices or piucos held by him in tba, behalf; mid that he therein and thereby re nounces all nllegianco or fealty to any sup posed government heretofore set up against the United States ,w.i,ihin .tho,?.ime| and that ho truly intends hereafter to act and conduct himself as a true mid loyal citizen, and will bear .true faith and allegiance to the govern ment; that ho has not done, since Juno 1, 1865, any act of hostillity to the United States, or committed nny criind by violcnoe against the laws of nny State ; and that he has not endeavored since h >t time, by force and froud, to interfere with the civil rights of ony citizen, or to prevent thc freedom of election or of speech ; that from that day ho has boen a well disposed and good citizen, and that he prays th.H his rights bc rostoied to him. Tb ia petition is to be sworn to ir. open-court, and is to bo publicly advertised thirty day?, at tho end of which timo any person may ap pear and oppose snob petition. But if there bo no opposition, the j migo cnn issue a cor ti fioato to tho petitioner, whereupon his disabili ties aimil bo removed, if there be Bufnuiont evidence showing why tho eortifioato should not be granted, then tho petitioner is forover debarred from relief, except? by special net of | Congress. Nothing in the aol ie to be con strued to restore any rights of property here tofore lost or forfeited by an citizen, or to al low any claim on Congress for tho sat??, Hombold, tho great raodioine man of New York, occupied an on ti re pago of the Sun with his announcements, j At tho pub lifihed rates of that paper, this little orte day's d?monstration cost him exactly 8?80 grentcrsum than ?OHIO sleepy old fogy busi ness men think of sponding for junking their bltetftojsS' kno.wn.iii twenty year?' time. law? of th? ?tate Tho following Acts have passed both branches of tho Legislature, and beon approv ed by the Governor : An Aot to Designate tho Offioor by whon Sidos Ordered by the Courts of Common Pleas and Judges thereof, and tho Courts of Probato, shall be inndo. Suction 1. Be it enaotod by tho Sonnte and [louse of Hepte; ontatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Asssoinbly, and by tho authority of tho sume, that nil sales of personal or real estate, j or other iutorest, hereafter ordered to bi mado by tho.Coutts of Common Pions and Judges thereof, and Courts of Probato, shall bo mudo by tho Sheriff of the County in which said rea) or personal estate or other iutorest is, ut tho time said sulo is ordered. Seo. 2. That in all sales by said Sheriff, ? under tho order of tho Courts of Com mon Pleas and Judges thereof, or Courts of Pro bate, shall bo tho samo us now fixed by law ' for sales by Sheriffs under executions issuing from the Courts of Common Pleas, exorcising common law jurisdiction, or under tho order ! of Courts of Probate,.the foes of said Sheriff ' 'huit bo tho saino as now fixed by law, for sales , try Shoriffs uiidcr executions issuing from tho rfourls of Common Pleas, exercising common ' J aw jurisdiction . and that in all Hales under -he Order of Courts of Common Pleas, exor- 1 lisinir equity jurisdiction, tho fors of said | Sheriff shall be the same as those now fixed 1 >y law for eales by Sheriffs .under executions J ssuing from Courts of Coin mon Pleas oxer ?sing common law jurisdiction. , . ~ 1 in Aot to Authorize Administrators, Kxccu- J tors and other b'iducaries, to Sell certain : Evidences of indebtedness nt Publie Sale, ? and to Compromiso in Oertain Cases. j 81 Bo it enacted by tho Sonate and (louse of JJ teprcsontatives of thc State of South Curoli- . a, now met and sitting in General Assembly, '. fl? nd hy tho authority of tho same : ?A Section 1. That all administrators, exeou-j Q| irs and other fidioiurics shall be allowed to ? q. di to the highest, bidder, ns other personal j roperty is now sold, nil notes, accounts, mid ,her evidence of indebtedness, coming into nj ?cir hands as such, wheu tho same is appruis 1 doubtful or worthless, mid the purchaser y tercof shall be allowed to bring his action in ^ ia own namo as purchaser to collect the line. g. SeO, 2 Th it all administrators, executors, . idv blhcr f?duenries may, by and with thc W| nisent of|thc Probate Judge, compromise all nj un a nds coming into their hands as such, . licro thc same is appraised doubtful or worth- er ss; and where such Codiprontiscs aro mude, t. nie, and Pitiiitotv oni. M k~ ?heir anim- ? .Hole tully up.to .standard as per u.. o' bough* r " , ,, n<> ; - ??Mnvizcd I 0 P- 1 KIO sanio shall be tully shOjfrOu^i?Vjfr.j NO al returns. ? . * 7 ? ' . - -s <J v ^ -SST" Thc Grand Council of Royal and Se lect Masters of JSfiu^j^iiroiiriv met* on Tues day morning, at Masonic Hull, in Charleston, and elected thc following officers for thc en suing year : ? r / Companion A. G. Mackey, M. P..Grand ^Companion B. R. CahipoV?^^hricVSclcct D.ii. Rt, * v +)l ^ i ... Companion E. W. Lloyd, S RI. Hiram of Tyre, Companion C. F. Jackson, Grnud Trcasur cr, Companion II. NV. Schroder, Grand Rec order, Companion J. A. Hoyt, Grand Marshal, Companion J. Birnie, Grand Captain Guards, Companion C. RI. Miller, Grand Conductor of Council, Companion L. P. Meyer, Grand Steward. i?2T The Grand Royal Areli Chapter of South Carolina w is in session in Cha. lesion last week. The following compainions were elected grand officers : Companion RI. Moses, Rf. E. G. H. P., Companion C. G. Jaeger, I). G. H. P., Companion Jamos A. Hoyt, G. K., Companion E W Lloyd, O. S., Companion W. S. BoWimin, G. Chaplain, Companion C. V. Jackson, O. Treasurer, Companion A. T. Smythe, G. Secretary, Companion B. Z. Hurndnn, G. C. M., Companion ll. V. Covington. G. lt. A. C., Companion L V. Meyer, G. Sentinel. m mi jtgr Tho Philadelphia Press says there can bo no doubt that thc general apathy which prevails in nmrly cvory business centre is mainly duo to tho unsettled condition of national questions, involving tho general in' dustrittl interests of thc country. Tho fund ing, currency and tariff bills, now pending in Congress, and thc possible results of tho re cent legal tender decision, are all so many disturbing influences retarding improvement and checking enterprise, and unless some de cisive settlement bo speedily readied, it is greatly to bo feared that the anticipated spring revival will ho like tunny other of our hopes of lato, among thc non <,$t inoentus. Bgfc. Governor Soott hos pardoned and re mitted tho sentences of nearly two lmndred penitentiary convicts, including several mur derers, since November, 1869. The Gover nor's clemency, as explained by himself, is in tended tn preserve the civil rights of the con victs : which is a good iden, as it saves to thc Republioan party many voters whom jury verdicts would otberwiso disfranchise. [Guardian. ?iT An Indianapolis Womata recently gavo birth to a child during ber husband's absence, and just bofore his return "tho neighbors" borrowed two either babies and placed them in bcd with the little stranger.' When tho father asked to see bis child, the coverlid was turnod down, and although he must bavo been iromenpely surprised, ho ooolly turned to his wiro and asked, ''Did any getaway?" The population of Ban Francisco ts one hundred and so von ty thousand. Tho State ig filling up with nu industrious and perola? neut population, and the agricultural wealth baa greatly iooreaaed, and the prospoot for 1870 ia encouraging. The Greensboro P?irioi says the Ne groes are leaving that part of the State in largo numbers, and hopes tbeir departure will bc mufu'lly honeficinj..to- white? and ^Jgoks. Washington Netta. WASHINGTON, February 17.-In the House, tho Utah Senate squabblo over the referenoq of railroad bill involving grants of land wan up. Cameron wanted lt referred to the Oom- ! niitteo on Agriculture. It was finally refer-1 rod to the Committee on Publio Lands.. The j Pacific Railroad Committee was defeated on roforonco. Tho House Committee on Foreign Rela tions considered Cuba, but took no action. Two bills relieving commerce were report ed, and made tho special order tor the third 1 Tuesday in March. ll Tho Ways and Means Committee resolved < to doy to rcduoo tho internal revonue bill 1 $90,000,000. Tho incomo tux is to bo ro duoed but not abolished. Orant and the ad* 1 ministration favor a reduction in the tariff of 820,000.000. Efforts to fund the debt this year will bo abandoned. ( After generally unimportant proceedings, ; the Mississippi bill'was resumed. Tho bill tis it oamo from tho House passed by a strict ' party vote, ned goes to tho President. ' WASH I NOTON, February 19-Tho House t proceeded to tho consideration of appropria- | tions. No quorum. In tho Senate, Mr. Johnston presented a s jill removing all disabilities. The President . ?as interrogated whether any revenue officer r ind attempted to collect taxes from the In f lian?, in contravention of treaties. A huge 1 letition was presented from New York against ho renewal of tho income tax ; it is inquisito ?al in eharacteiv making it particularly odious o tho American people. Tho Mississippi 1 lelegathui desire a postponement of tho Pres dent's approval of. admission until after tuesday-thus postponing the meeting of th? n 'lissi.ssippi l?gislature ono week. -j In tho Senate, tho Committee on Publio .-ands reported, grunting 2,000,000 sores for w sheol purposes in tho District of Columbia. al Tho Mississippi delegation, headed by levels, visited tho President, to day, praying im to withhold his approval of tho Missis- fe ppi admission until tho passage of certain Qj ets for disabilities. Tho delegation has no . bjootion to tho general features of tho bill. 18 ho President will s'?n the bill on Wcdoes >y Curroncy balance in thc Treasury $23,- OJ 30.000. Gold 8111.500,000. tl, Several votes recently regurding additional . xceutivc buildings, indicate no disposition ?novo thc capital. The Senate passed n bill appropriating 1,000 for witnesses to tho cadet corruption m vestigntion lt. noes to the President. A bill " is introduced and referred, to pr?vido stay executions in certain cases. This bill is tended to aflord some relief ngninst tho op- th ution of tho recent legal tender decision. j{0 gives a stay of execution on all judgments unded on debts contracted prior to the ll-,1, u il. Sundays Iii lo i p. ta, ter C v. 20. 18t?0 7 . . . 1 . 5.*?? July, 1802, tho~uTitc of the passage of tho first legal tender net, for fro?npme. to four years, according to the nmount ;. but provides that if tho plaintiff in such judgihonf will re ceivo pay in currency, thora shall bc no stay; and that whenever specie payment are resum ed, all stays under the Act shall terminale. A?mle "was adopted, that the Comniitteo ob Elections 'for,' tho forty-first C?hirvps.i consist of fifteen members j an di eti" ~ ' ted case)may bc unsigned hy the ot^ | [ ?.ajnu?Ep co?i/urttti?tf 'of three, for exclusive consioOrution ; these shall report decisions directly to the llouso. LONDON, February 1G.-The Novn Scotia ship Riva lin.c boen lost off the coast of Lin colnshire. Shu was bound to Heston with a careo of coal. Eight lives were lost. In tho llouso of Commons, yesterday, Mr. Gladstone delivered nu elaborate speech on a bill for land reform in Ireland. The bill f ro vides for tho security of tenure; thc fioilita tiug of trupsfor anil purchase of land ; for lo'ius to tenants desiring to buy ; and to lund lords to enable thou to reclaim waste lund*. Thc now law is to bo administered by a court of arbitration ; Ulster customs uro to bo rceog nized ; improvements giving value tn 1 ind ar? to be-paid for ; aviations for non payments of rent are to bar all ol iinis against ten-mts ; no tices to quit are to give thc tenants ono year's time from tho end of the current year ; and thc county ces? is to bc divide!! between the landlords und thc tenants. UQy* Thc commissioner of patents, in his lost annual report, says that during tho. past year 46 patents were granred to citizens of Alabama, 11 to those of Arkansas, 5 to Flor ida, 68 to Georgia, 86 to Louisiana, 53 to Mississippi, 44 to Not th Carolina, 24 to South Carolina, 69 to Tennessee, 44 to Texas, 86 to Virginia, ond 37 to West Virginia. Io th? class of agriculture, tho examiner reports that .'iii 1859 the number of applications from the South, as compared with those from the North, was less than, two and a half per cent, of ibo whole number. In. 1869 tho number of applications from tho South was increased to over twenty-thrco per cont, of all thc oases in my class. *8F* North CaroUuu has tho ohar pion old man. He has reached 143. years hy dint of j living on o purely vegetable diet ond drink? ing spring water, and is likely to live ns much longer, from all appearances. He bas sur vived seven wives, and us tho lust ono died sixty years ago ho is beginning to feel lone some and talks about geing courting again. , An analysis: by professor Johnson, o* Yile Collego, of sixteen different kind of fer tilizers, som? of which aro sold nb high os $65 a ton, shows that a vory largo proportion of thom aro worthless. One apaoimen, selling at 828 a ton, was. shown to bo really worth, as a fertiliser, not moro than $2.8$. H??u Of leading officials in the United States, President Grant re?oives 825.000 n year; Gon. Sherman, $18,780 ; Lt Gen. Sheridan, 814^803 ; Gen. II ?Hook, $9,862; Seoretary Fish, 88,000 ; Chief- Juntos Chase, 80,590; Vioo.Prosidont Colfax, ?8,006; and Spoaker Blaino, 810,000. ' ' JgJT Mv. Soward is, going to Hay ti. He will there find enngonia) associates. Why cannot all the loading negro worshippers go there and settle, instead of remaining bore Slid endeavoring to convert this country into a dlayti nio?JqooXH o.? i " .,.(? .fi?T There were eighteen deaths; iii Charles ton for the week ending ?ebV ?2th, of whioh bumbcr' 3 wore whites- ' '."v'l \ ?WWI If'.f l-'tfJl W."IL!'.LI. m "HJ-U"! I Wtttl?rWItr** .Qr Some (doa of what tho liquor tradd of the United States amounts to, may be gained from tho fuot that on tba 1st of Decembct Inst thoro were in bond throughout tho. corny try 13,402,645 gallons-enough to djak??} good sized lako. And thia is oxolusjVo ot, grapo, apple apd pcaoh brandy. // fl jar The Hartford Timen deolnres that when Senator Sumner complimented Mrsj Senator Rereis upon tho good fortune of her husband, that delighted Indy ropliod, "Tank ' you sah 1 dough do Lord affliok you wid a ! white akin, he gib you ? heart as black ai anybody's." _?P Tho "gaieties of the seaaOn'Varfe noV tolerably numerous in Washington. A bollo J af tho capitol rccontly visited seven s??liil ett-> tertainmcuts in one night, abd declared, ?a die concluded her half hour at tho seventh,) ihnt she had -"tao moro to go to" bofore d)ty-, ight. . ' ? * ' 19* Thc bill lately introduced in tho Mor-? J non Legislature, granting the right of W?/\ 'rngo to the women* of Utah, passed both ] louses and the Counoil, abd has bean signed ' >y Acting Governor Mann. Mormon woman^A , hereforo, have tho right to vote at tho clctfllt ion on Monday. , * " - J A littl? four-year-old hoy in Rich- ? ?end, Virginia, on being asked by his mother j f ho would not like to bo an angel and havo , inga, replied that he had rather bo a hawk [id live on ohiokon. , 1 ?&T Tho New York World soys, hanging j ir murder being "played out," the business / ? shooting and st ebbing is in a highly flour""- . hing condition. * 1 jp?X. The London Time* of Monday last * cults in Secretary Robeson's admission of e nbtioluto worthlessness of tho American 3n clads. t ' j,* ? / _??T Forty ono hundred tons of wild S?-\ no have been gathered io Virginia this year, sold for $82,000. . ' Deer is so plentiful in Mississippi is winter that venison ia a drug in tho mar- . t. . ' . ? ) ? ?.u"v>ses" annexing to it Jm ?ott-^u Al'J's i rm Cincinriui ^vjAM **t?^$f$& ) ' I suburbs to make it a city of forty two. M miles. i . : f?? Dry M _______ B? .fT-WT'Tho latest.^- - ^ocirHng. H 1> iJ*i1, Cashier riantors' ? senator, djevcj Rt Indian j?if Su porin ton dont Western W. j/Company. \ Vt. ROBERTSON, OnttlO Rrokcr. J I. HERRING i Wholesale Grocer. \ WALHALLA PRICE CURRENT.'! COUREC?ED WEEKLY BY I PIEPER At- LOWERY? > Ari'tRS-^flroen, per bushel, * j " -Dry. " pound, ^ ?* . Sa5 I BAOUINO-Dundv. per yard 30?3?I '. -Bale Roping, por pound, . 1"? -Jute,- " - * '25 .i - Manilla " " 35 -Cotton " " SOafiO jj BOTT RR, per pound 2U?fi& . -jj BKRSWAX, per pound 3(V 1 BEKF, per pnutiti 5;ift ^ja BAC?N, per pound-Bog round * l-^nlft .ttl BEANS-Wliito, ocr bushel 2 Of? :^ CAI.tc >, per yard, I0al&; I CorrtCE-Kin, por pound 2?a3:i ? '. --Luguyra. per pound 35a4il $ " -Java, per pound 40a")Oy 'i CANDLES-Adamautino, por pound, 30/ i -Sperm " M -IO 1 CHICKENS ANO FOWLS, per head 15a25 1 COTTON-por peund 20a22 jm .' -Yarn, por Bunch 2.00 ? COPPERAS, per pound 8alU"i DUCKS, per head 25 j Koo?, por dosen ii . .? W I FL .UR. por Sack, (98 pound-*) G,00a6.50 FEATUKRS-Ooese, per ponud CO -Mixed, " 35 ORALS--Corn, per bushel L20nl.25 .. -Wheat, " 2.5'm2.&Q .f - live, .* 1.75nl.T5 V -Outs, ?. 7AeJ.0p/ OKE8E. per head, fi?iw? i limes-Dry, per pound < lRa2f-l> ' -Or?en, " 8a\ ?J INDIOO-Spanish Float, per pound 2.00a2.2b fl .. -Carolina. " 1.25nl.C0B IRON-Enclish refined, por pound 7Jn8.* .'-Swede, " 10| ..-Band, ' " 12'L .?__H"op, " li I ?*--Putware, 41 il LARD, per pound .. ? 2t\ LIME, porbttrrol 3.75a4.0',| Lu MUBO, per thousand foot 1-J LEAD, per pound ~r^'V I MOLASSES, per gallon, 75a I \f MADDSR, por pound 40n5l NAILS, nor p<mnd 7}n!^ ONION, -?arbushol LO Jal. R OIL, Horosene, per gallon V?aHt? B .'-Linseod, boiled J.50a2.0^ "-Linseod, raw L25al.SrM ?.Tenner's, Straits 1.40a 1.Otk J PORK; per pound ?PTT&I I'oTATosa-r-lrish. per bushel, . lOOal.5(EJ -Sweet, " 75il Ri?g, per pound 10al2) , SALT-Liverpool, per Saok, 2.90n3.MM ? SHOT, per pound 15ol8 ; SPIRITS. Com Whiskey 2 50nfl\00' du -French Brandy per gallon 5.00a 10.00 , du - Bv? Whitey 300.a8.00?1 do-Holland Oin 4.00n8.00-. do-Of Turpentine per gallon . 100' SOAP, pe* |x4md . ) SUOA?, Cni?hod, per pound 22Ja25 do ~A White per pound 20a22Jj do -C Yellow per pound 18n20! do-^-BroWn per ponnd , 15al8, | STARCH. White and Blue per pound 15a201 S.iDA. poif ?v>*?r,d , . . . , ' V2JR15"? TOBACCO, per pound Chewing 70aLOO' do -Pw pound KiM.okf?g . 60al.OO! TALLOW, per pound 10al2Ji TURK BYS, per h?ad 75til;0? TBA. Gun Powder per ppund . 200A2.50 do -llynpp, ttreon pav pound. 1.75a2.00 do -Young ftysoh, Blnok pelf lb I'.?0a2.0fj Wbobl Wanhed perjpoian* 35a40 VARNH**!*. Coach Body. I*n- Pporgab 6.0f do --CnpaL-Kurnltero? par gallon 4!0t?j PA I NTH, W hi to Lead, Ch loora < por lb 14*187 .0n thc mcW-' .