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-Thursday Kernag, March 1, 1861. .gr T. P SLIDERi ESq., in the sole agent, for tNis p*1per'in Charleston, S. C. n i &ave E suppO ot'Revenue Stamps of various denominations, which can be had by applying either at this office or at the office of the Clerk of the Court. ' - B. A. GAILLARD. Conceit. Mr. JosEPH DENc and Ilis accom plished son arrived in our town on Wednesday evening and we are -jn formed by him will favor odr compiuni ty, as recently announcedin- our paper, with an instrumentat efiteitainmet at 8 o'clock this evening at 'the Ithespian Hall. We. do. sincerely tHist that a generous response will be made to this noti& ad a hearty appreciation tani fested by one people for the high'cilture and ackuowledged powers so eminently possessed by the performers. Mn. Josup DENCK, Jr., , has 'eceived th6 plaudits of the Virtuosos atid the most cultivated auditories o! Germany. Variety will be afforded by perf4rmance upon the "Zithern an - instrument.with which we are not familiar but sweet and melodious we are -told. We hope everybody will be present it is an opportunity not often enjoyed by our ipland towhe The 86idiers the Nspe of the Country. When the grand interests of the cotin try, with which the' radicals are now trifling so much, are thrown. back upon the people, the great National Union party will speak with telling erli-ct. No. inconsiderable number of that party wil, he the solAiers of the North and of th. South who hiav so 'often in late yea" dnet in deadly strife. Now that 6hujjtr of battle has ceased, they. can ivet 11ponl onle Co1m11ni political plat form.- and an adnirition for.each others, mourage will ten(l to unite them upon is vm(s involving the salvation of the U4ion. From Maine - to the extreme ga,at Northwestern States, ill true U.fioin soldiers will show their apprecia. tioti'of honest Southern eoldiers by aid. ing',iem in restoring and perpetuating the Union of all the States unpon the fundamental -principles of the constitu . *Polities. The, inajority in Congress seem at last to have shaped a definite scheme of action in relation to the Southrn States. Tiw. reconstruction committee have re. ported a bill for thepdmission pf Ten. nessee not to her just and constitutiqnal prerogatives a aconstitient member of ,of the'Governmnt-but to aplace in the Union-assuming that she is outside of the holy pale if the Union--and that the remanded herself by :force, of rebel. lion back to a territoral condition. This wonderful inversion of the wvhole principle and theory of the late.war as conducted upon this. Federal side has been enunciated already by STCEENS, and though -not embodied before- in -a general policy, will of course secure the dutifud assen't of the .pljable automata that compose the Congressional 'mnajori ty. Upon the question~ 'of the pro bability-of a Senatorial concurrence~ in thian-enlihtenment may be derived. from a recent vote u'pon the -Constitit t.ional amenIment 'ill .in the Senates. ~This bill thougt a pet of the part.y,and a special grouge of ts oracles within the past few 4uya faepassed, the Senate by a Vote of 25 to 22. Unless t,he'. close' ness of the vote was occas.ioned by ex traneous considerations-i 'm ay indi cate a waping minene or. at least a hesitation in theo"arty." Bhould either of t,es 'oeasures her'ever. fecekte the regularCe.gresiovIal sanctIop, we haye the asuranee of the laat- vetq bf the Prisident, 'that it will - inet'blA(be <;rushed 'to aeth beneath 'the weIghit d his executive disapproval. Hfe thet -1* taught to live upoi. a.lit. vie, .owes mor e.to'his father's wisd%m thvin he that hus. a great deal left hinm .loes to his fat.her's carr. Cominnlatlon. EDITOR NKwS: On the 8th inst. I .hahl the satio.faction of attenditig tht exitmination of the pupils under the lcharge of the Rev. A. G. Stacy. The examnation was one of the'most satis. factory kind. The proficiency of instruc. tors, and the progress of the instructed wre gratifying to the pttfons. The examintion"devel6ped two im portant facts. These are that Mathe. maties and Phistology should be made prominent branches in fed%le education. This the Rev. Mr. Stacy has donei and its benefits are already visible. By such a. course the raind is trained for thought, and the inaterials of thought are nindo subservient to all the faculties of the mind. The Academy 'under .the charge of tev. A. G. Stacy is in a flourishing' condition,' and bids fair to become of great imp6rtance.to the educational il interests of this community. A PATRON. The So-Called Conpittee on Reconstrue. fion. In the House of Representaqives on tl. 26th uit., Mr. Rogers, of New Jer. sey. the only conservative member of th4t Jaedbiaical cabal styled the Con. mittee on Reconstruction, thus spoke of .this committee: The name of this compiittee ought to mo changed frowu the committee on re. constraction to the committpe on des truction. It is a source of despotism tind partakes of the ch.aracter of the English Inquisition and the Jacobin committee of France. . I usurps the p6wer't6 regulate the affiairs ofthe Union, Iits in secret inquisitiotn over the liberties f the people, issues edicts and mandates to Congress, and wilh iniperial dignity orders Congress -to pass laws which would snp the life blood of the notion, -Postrate the Coiistitution, break dow.n the Union, and destroy the rights and liberlies of the people of Amedrica. Its condici has' been recorded for posterit.y to jndge of. and that judgment will con. sign its acts to oblivi-in and eternal shame. It was established to prevent the Southern States frim having repre. sentation in the- Uniou, to reduce thetp. ticonqijered provinces, and t6 blot from the fng . of our country eleven of its stars, and to allow none to even como in by act of Congress until it would ratify these aibomnable and des potic amendmients to .he Constitution'. This is wicked, pestilent, and odions despotism. 1. say th'at the liberties of Fr%nee were no more invaded when Napoleon sought, to regulate the destin ies of France. -he bloody acts of Nero and Caligula were not conceived in a more determ.ined hatred of law, liberty, and order than are the results of the ic tion of this committen I do.not believe they -intend to'do wrong, but the are mad alid know not whait they do. They are like John Brown. who believed he was doing God's will in the murders at Harper's Ferry. I kndw they would not do an intentional wring, but fanati. 'cism has made thei delirious in their vengeance upon, th South. Do not n. angurate this spirit of despotisup within the portals of this Capitol ded icated to the immortal W asingt on. - .* -0 * * * In regard 't3 this committee, I say that a more fatal and bloody tyranny did ,rnot' insult humanity when Louis XIV. proclaimed hi,s edicts than thro' the operation of that committee i-a stalk ing forth over t.his country. The Em-a peror Tiberitns harbored no m'ore ven .geanve tqwatrd 'thme Ronman people than do. the radical portion of this committee toward thme liberty and rights of the peo. ple of America. When Charles I. sent his file of soldiers to the Britia)h Parlhia ment to arrest smembers of thmat bddy, he did 'ni defile liberty more ti-an is proposed to ~e done by these consLitn. tional amen ments in sweeping away the civil, religions. and political rights of the people of tJhe States., Axustro'Ihr.ina.-Ani amusing inci dent is told of .a woman in England, whose husqband,.';a wealthy 'man,- died.asddenly without leaving. any will.'. The wtdow, do. sirous o( securing the whole property, eon' oaled, her husband's- death and persuaded a poor.shoemaker to take his plade while, a' will could' be miade- Accordingly, l h4 was closely muffled in bed, as if very siok, anid.a lawyer Was called to write the. wilh .The shoemaker in a feeble voice, bequeathed halt of all the property to the widow. asWht shall be dlone whith the remainderd" i,sked the: lawyer. "Thme redms qer," re plied he*, "J give and bequeath-ohe poer 1ittl shmomaker asrosa the streot, '*6'as IIw#y been a good neighbovn t-t tajn,"ths*eeit-la.g a tiebi aMS for bin$sif. The widow was- 1hua4stc wifja the man's audachous eunqleg. ba 1 Ret dat-espose the fraud, gliogigotpqei phbed thie est ate. o-filuVerno by Mr. Johi A. 4AahIugigp. DhnuYVIL., VA. Feb. 26,1866. Mmri,.* REIJftr Zaltis.ore 4azeu .-E In your-issue Of thi 21A inbtant yon re. rTr tda inphle6eoently &sblishe# in the ity of ton, by G.' T- Trowbridge, Gihl lianilton and a woman tamed Lucy Lur com. The-strictures made by you as pub. liojournalists upou state:ents contained in that publication, designed to blast the re putation of a decestsed relativeand friend hd late John A. W%shington, demand from ins and tho'se who rev,;re his momory so1 notice. 'to silly anecdote narated by the author'above referred to in tiltr pamphle in regard jo the negre woman, is too eor. tqmptable to to be w4Athy of notice. But the referehe,to lhe sale of Mount Vernon, ade by Colonel John A. Washington, does loservo a passing notice. The item refer. redito is in these words: "I have heard pedple scoff at J. A. Washington for selling he inherited bones of the great-for sure iy $200,000 paid lSy 'the Ladies' A veocia Ion' for the Mount Vernon estate was not a price merely for the old mansion, &c." Now %lessrs. Editors, will you believe me when I state that Mount Vernon never was offered ror sale by Colonel Washington? When taked if he would sell the property, his re ply was, that if the United States or the itate of Virginia were to offerhum $200,000 [e would sell it under certain restrictions. lie even went so far as to publish in the public papers that the property was not lin ie i*arket. But so great was the desire on he part of the public thht the place which was held sacred by the American people should be in the hands of the people of the United States that great efforts were made .o induce the Government of the United states to*purchase it. This, however, 'ailed. Then the same attempt was made o get the State of Virginia to purchase it. rhis %lso failed, and as a dernier resort, the )nt,husiasm of the American females induc !d them to form an.ass9ciaion for the pur pose of making the purchase. This scheme Inally prevailed, and the property was sold inder severe legislative restrictions, dicta ted by Colonel Washington, one of which eft the enti:e control and ownerahip of the .emetry in the hands of Colonel Washing on, thereby giving the lie to the charge hat he had sold the inherited bones of the great. But. Messrs. Editors, to put the .rowning cap-stone upon the reputation of my deceased friend, I will mention a fact inknown to the general public- Whilst this subject of the purchase of Mount Ver. i n was agitating the public mind. it struck some shrewd and calculating Yankees in he city of Boston. that there was money in it, and they sent an agent to purchase the pe'operty at the larfie sum of $300,000 I and the (offer was actually made to Colonel Washington But lie at once declined the )lfer. Where among the traducers, can you 5pd one man who would "vi valued his principles above4190 0? If the defam era of my lectaid fri ad 1kd goi amongst the-ionorabte and juliT of our lard' to learn the true character of Colonel Washington, they might have been able to' write his epi aphias amongst the pure, the honorable, thejust, the gifted and the truLy noble .f iheland. i S. 13. Amx. BUTItit T DJlD."-Tho Wash ingidn correspondent of the New Orleaus l'ewaPyuna thoisr notices An fncident that took place at the Bancroft oration on the Lincoln %niversary. Ilesays: "On the Hoor of the House were the Judges of tei .oSupreme Court, p their ele. gant and becoming black -:ilk robes, the President of the United States and the Cab. inet, the Embassadors from foreign coun tries, all the distinguished officers of tie irmy atd navy in their rich uniferns, and Aenators and Representitives General ilter ,sat directly behind General Grant. Niere were three vacant arm chairs beside Itim; nobody woW sit, althou h every other )hair on the flodM the Hox .6was ocks. pied. Nobody went near him or spoke to fim. All the other persoa near him were he recipients of courtples aod'lvilities. Reverdy Johnson, Senat'or Harris, of New i'ork, Chief Justice Chase, and'many mor~ listingumished mn, all grouped in that I nediatoi vicinity, pdntid thefr respects to each ther, and to Gleneral Grant and Commo inreShimbrick, but took. rIot tho slighmtest notice of him. It was the most complete :ut I ever saw. R EMAAESLL INDtAN A.--The remrc faute (Indiana) Erpress says: We mave mentioned several times time progress in boaring an oil well at Lodi, on the Wa bash, some 60 miles north of this *city. A Few days since time auger brokcJthrough the roof of a cavity. Thme auger was then ta ken out, when the gas began to come up in sonsiderable quantities, pushing the salt wator"before it, and causing It, to flow over Lhe top of thesconductbr. After the salt water was driven out, sulphur water continued to tiow in a small stream. The well was sunk four feet, deeper, which opened new ,pavities and increa'sed thebmmount, of water to ten gallons a minute, and is how flowing five hundred barrels a day of white sulphuir The water as it flows frqm the conductor is white; after standing a while It 4.sposits a black sediment and becomes clear. On -be ing agitated -L ht pils and etnit. gas. In mineraleintredie'nts, dise eable- sntell and spe'ifle if, Is said to ezxe the Lafayette artesian-eap af the sulphrotis .oder ; and it Is olace ta 4t" wijI rank willh tile most famous gaigeral waters ofd4he...rrld. The company, we understand,' will' cease boring until the water is andlysed and test 5(d. - Corncerning the monget, to John Bun yan proposed to be erseted In the town of Bedford, England, the treaurer of the fund has Issued a circular Ia .which he says that "it is resolved that, the monubsent shall take lime form.of larg! and handsome schmools, to he called o'the Bunyss Rooms.' The cat is estimated at nearly ?,S,000. Why is a soldier cting in cotnplianco with an order given him, like his -most formidable .weanon P Manna be's WASINOTOic, Marcli 42.-,-The Sn. preme Court, today, ajirigto4 thegebi. sion condemning the steamship 'er mudai" and cargo. From Washington -WCitgre18nal'. ..AVSUINoTON, March 1.-The Sen. ate has confirmed the iommation of Al. bert G. Macey aftCollecter or Customs for the port of Charlebton, ' and George S. Bryan as District Judge for South Carolina. Later from Europe. Nxw YonK, March' I1.-The steam. ship City. of Boston lis arrived, bring ing later news from Eur6pe. Cotton had adyancetl a half (1) periy, the sales it four dqys anyunting to fty-four thousand bales; market closing dull. Cousols 871 to 871. U. S. 5 20's.71 to 71k. oENItRA1. NEwS. Reports of the rsignotion of Earl Russell are unfounded. Arrests con. tinued plentiful in Ireland, and the mili tary force in that country was'to be ang. mented. Two vessels intended for the Chilian Government have bVen seized.in London. .' Washihgton News. WASHINGTON, March 10.-The Com mittee on Ways and- Means have agree(I to report in favor of a very aonsiderable rediotion in InIernal-Revennio taxation; especially to repeal the tax of six (6) cents per ton now lai'd on freighK - MAnICIn I1.-The British Minister has been assured bv the duvernmentl thkt no violation of the neitrili(y law will be permitted .by the Feiinns. The Canidians are greatly alarned and ap. .prehend an invasion. From Texas. Nrw OnurANS, March 8.-The veto of the freedmen's hil has arrested the gontemplated emigration of a large nun ber of Toxanp to foreign countries. Goods are aelling at JTouton at twen ty fiVe per cent. below invoices. In the convention at Galveston the effort to bise representatioU in the L'eg. islatwre on the number of free persons ftiled. The Committee on the L(gisla. tive Department exprefm unqualified 'p. position.to negro suffrage. . . A proposition has been,madq for the .election of State officers as soon as pra. ticable. Later from Iexi". Nzw Yoji; Mareh.-The eiad's Mexican correspondont ays that alf,im country in the noighborhood of Tampi. co s entirely in the possession o h Liberals. Communication with San LIouh Potesi was ecut off, but has prob.a1pydbpn re~ opengd' in consequence, or an 'ihpe'ri inove in, that~ direction. Quantroll; the Missouri gnerrilla, . reported to be in Mexico. Maximilian hams establiushod-the grad. .of Field Marshal in the )(eicap' army', and Gsn. Mejia is to be the &rst one ap lointed. T wenty mHlions of legal.tendeor'p&per is to be issued by th~e [4nperial Govern. mat. -- The Belgiau .roops refused to fiht under the Im'perial Miendez, who slhot Ostego, not caring if the Belgian prison. ers be shot in retaition, tohv - Marshal 1'againe wanted toh4 every fifth one of the offenders shiot,. b.ut the Empress interfered ia tlheir beh;tlf. The Belgians say they are waitin'g~ go home in disgrace, but will not .gght under Mendes., .* . Biazaine is repor'4d to haye qJ thought there mnst be -wai withIe Heavy detachn of l~ iav been sent to Quq 8 n,St ?Si Potosi. . a The nesppe le the has been suspesed for exposip~ tke ae sity of the eiid~ "a 6 (e 'nl .newsp. ex ZcQ. I. m orc x dispatch t thi 1.rI *d San Iran Cisco.. 6.01 intt',ft 4a. ct tiasilin Mexican' a ljro i near, ant epproachinOotit 4tkha k6 United) State may. te cile.d 11poW1o af, MEmm liomi4it in beial of the tjghits'an4 1ive's of its own citiZensI' -Tie French ttoops -in tlio -Xortber! and Western MexicAn States have beeis driven igtfiminiously to the coast, and' are hemmed in in a few port. towns, from Wrhencethey aro- liable to be drivel yn board their vessels of war f6r safety. Mza.tlan is besiegel, its sfreets,bar. ricaded, and the Liberals,. Vndps QoTte. nas, are pressing clse -tAp6n its'rear. Fighfiig has occuired. in which the Liberals, aided by Americans Who re. cently eflisted, had been victorious. he. antipathy of the Fre'ncli-Ond the Impetial Mexicansto' the.Aeicun is increasipg. Tfierb are instances of. Ainericans having been thrown"#Ouso-. lessly into.prison. Threats or the indis criminate. elaughttr of Americans are boldly made by the MQx1can and impe. rial anthorities of cortain towns. It is. necessary that war xesdels iould be lis. patched by .the Uiited Stateslo preveht: trouble, and demand a decent .respect. ror'the United States flag and citi*ens.% There is a ntemurirI tablet to.. BiShop' Polk in St. Paul's ohureh, New O'cleab, in scribod-i 6Th'e.iJg1tRev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisians. Born April.10th, 1806. Died Iutne 14th. 1864. Numbered with. Thy saints in gloty everlasting." Why is the letter L like a pricoleas gem ? Beenitse iib jh-walabte. 0 0.X'x E R 0 1 A L. 'w n.AN, 3arch 7.-Cotton unset lied and irre;nlar Sales -to-day,' 2,000' -bles; receif'ts. 2869- Nliddling nominal, at 41.}@15a. Gold 3i-. Sterling exchange ST. Louis. aInrch 7.-lour. is dull and drooping-sal-s at $7.50@ $11.14. Wheat, heavy, at $1.75@$2.60. Corn heavy, nt, 5660@d13c. O#ts easier, at 40(m45o. Bacon dull, at 14@Ci22.c. Laid ktgui&, at 10joe B.ALTI.Vunr, Nlarch V.-Western ftour dull. Baltimorehig4h gradesstead. :Wheat. tirnm. Corn Steady. Oats quiet. Groceries very dull. Provisions dull and declining, A u(srA, .1arch O.-There is no material change to report in the cotton market. The figures. for strict niddlings are 3 cents, with very little doing. The demands for gold it very lght.ant no sales to refort today. . Brokers buying at80it32, aug1 sking 84, NAs,nLL1t, Maich .-TIere was conaid orable 80tivity in the cot9u, nhrket, yes. ter y, sales re;iohr1j 186 bales at prioes 'ang -fr6m 88 to 5. The receiptp were 18 bale, apd the hlmtous 2138 b*s. Lovievil;x, t1arch O.r-Niliig Ootton is rjuoted a, P6@88 eents. . o sales. COnQ XXAvT,A1aro)i '-4otton quie4 ast 89 eet" fo.1middling. -Na* Ton6, m1ari 8.-The cotton marker* Va rather mot Oofiv,.f but without. Ia., proyement'In ,tone br prl. -Sales ;l,800 bales,.at, 4ll4j. for wilh PL. h ro enit for' the week fasl ao 9e;srgs; an a.tllogetllreAtitateb this time fog-th, etooK 'will dodrese, a .the.. market, wHil derIv.e i4eresset sti3ngt frnh BlMAEL but eie. ng Americab Priete,' jalJ dross barred ay rbpVs C. nade an'3d .'to,ll o 4 ; lask s 1Butons- - dea k1%Jt a-r,~6 o had a ass et A. 0..s us d-4A.