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WINNSBORO. Saturday Morning, November 24, 1866 Legislature. 'The general assembly of our State convenes in Columbia'on Monday next. While -there are certain questions of internal policy and economy .that ought to receive the most zealous at tentioI of that body, there are eer tain others it should as careful ly abstain from encouraging, First amiorg these latter is the Stay Law question. It is to be trusted that. it will not be revived, but suffered to die the death it amply deserves, This whole idea of afford ing relief by Legislative interference is achimeva and we believe, an insid eous and dnigerous one. Let the Legislature rather direct its energies and its brains-to questions affecting internal development, such as 1. The abolition of Usury Laws. Let this Legislature expunge these acts from our Statute books. They are an obstacle in the way of our pro gress, unworthy of an enlightened government and a reproacit to our laws. 2. The enactment of a Stock Law. The condition of the times demands husbandry and economy.' Here is A wide field. In three fourths of the State a law of this character is an ab solute necessity, and we trust the Legislature will recognize the fact. It. will relieve our people of a tax, which if exacted in dollars and cents, would appal them, and it would be an undoubted advantage to the stock of the country. 3. Measures to promote immigration to our State. This is a question of vi. tal interest. With our wide areas of wasted lands, we are poor and will re main Sounless their settlement. can be effected by a hatdy frugeil and thrifty pi tan h ri.gd, an. im. may he done to facilitate this immigra tion by prompt, discreet, and liberal ac tion. Charleston Mercury, The publication of this distinguish ed paper bns been resumed and the first issue made. Identified as it was for so many years with the history of the State and con stituting a pbwer in her' politses as it (lid, under a succession of able editors, we wish it every success in its new career. The Carolin,vn says of it: Without exception, it is the most substantial and elegant looking sheet published between Richmond and Now Orleans, and it bears upon its face the marks of prosperity and power already determinied. The salutatory editorial is full of brave, honest words, &c. Released. Messis. Keys, Stowers and Ilirem have at last been released upon labeas, corpus proceedings, and arrived in Columbia on Wednesday-another recognition of civil authority. ExcitaruxsT AnoZ.( TIla lnAVOAL. -The Republicans of letroit, ' Michi gan, are said to b)e contsidlerablv excited - over the fact that, the Board of Canvs. sers lhas thrown out the vote of two wards of the city, on accont nf more Votes being found in the the ballot box. es of these wards than there were on the pci1 lists. TIhe. excess is said to have been only four in one ward and eight in the other. The result of this atnon on the part of the Board is to elect the en tire .Demnocrat county atnd Legislature ticket. DrArnI Oi THE Tyco(ox ) o1 JAiAN. We learn from a despatch by the At lantic cable that the war in Japan is ended, ank that that t.he reporgj the death of the .Tycoon is confirenedg/fhe war arose fronm the revolt -offne o thti .numerous hereditary pritices or siefn tains--200 in number, it ill ougg whom the Japanese empire: - Of these princes, the Tycoon-fs , the ~~'chef, but they are all 'subject to the a hority of the Mikado, or suprem% liir ofJapan, who is the spiritual lead. Important, if True, A special telegran ftromu Wtiitshington to the New York /erald, of the 19th. 'urnishes. e following news, which, if reliable, is soiro what importai t "Statements made to-day by a numher af the leading representalive men of both the Republican and Democratic parties tend to confirm the few intimations that, have leak ed out fsons the recent consultations at the White louse, that the President is on the eve of a grancoup d'etat, that will gratify his friends add bewilder his eneunies. -1 is safe to conclude, at the very least. that there is an earnest desire on both sides to. settle upoff htne feasible plan )f secaring harmnu oious ation between Congress atqd the Executive in the future." 5" The New York Times, of the satno date, ias the following special despatel: "Mr. Johnson has not indicntedl his pnr. pose relative to the amnesty-snflrnge plan mneutioned in those despatches on Friday last, though the gentlemen who advocate ei.e proposition represent that the President has givenr them encouragement to expect that lie will adopt their suggestions sub. sta,tially, if not exactly in the form they advise. Several uewspaper corresponde2nts have endeavored to create doubts of the ex. istence pf*such a combination of leading mnen, for the purpose of inhthcing tIre Presi. dent toaccept the proposition and advise the Southern people. asset forth in my des patch. In order to put at rest such1 doubts, I am enabled to say. from personal know ledge, thnt such a combination does exist. A ntnber of the gentlemen co-operating in it have had interviews with Mr. Johnson, and they have been laboring in tie.maatter for about. a wont It. visiting qnd correspond with Influential aen of tho North and South." FUsDAM B NTAI. tE0AL Pt NctLEr. IN MF.R cANTIL LAw--The followit.g general rules are worthy of presentation: 1. That whic}l is originally void, does not by lapse of time become valid. 2 A personal right of action dies with the person. 3. The law compels no one to do impos. sibilities. 4. No one shall be twice vexed for one and the same eanse. 5. The greater contains tho less. 6. The law favors things which are in the custody of the law. 7. The husband and wife are one per son. 8. l:very act shlrtl tie taken nost strongly against the maker. 9. When two titles occur the elder should be preferred. 1t. Agreements overru)e the law. 11. lie who derives the advantage ought to sustain the burden. 12. No man should take advantage of his o wn wrong. 1S. When the .ight is equal, the claim of the party In actual possession shall prevail. 1,4. lie has the better title wi o was first 15. *A right of action cannot arise out of fraud. 16. It. is fraud to conceal fraud. 17, The law assists those who are vigi lant, and not those who sleep over their rights 18. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. 19. Who doe- not oppose what le might oppose, seets to consent. 2U. When contrary laws come in question the inferior law inust yield to the superior, the law general, to the law special. an old law to a new law; man's laws to God's laws. Tnx Dt9ADvaTaoas oP GREAT1tss.-The Great Eastern. after her cable pulling, is sadly In need sf a thorough overhatalin, but owing to her enormous size, it is yet a question where she can be .it ap. On the 3d Oat , the directors applied to the Mer. sey Dock Board for permission to have hr docked atd placed on a grid-iron in the Alfred'Dock, at Birkenhead. The applica tion was declined, because even if the pad. dIe-boxes wetrc taken down, it. would be very difficult to get theo big ship throuagha tae eantrances, the widest beinmg bntt 100 feat cleat-, whtile as she stood, the Grheat Eatst terat was 119 feet wide. Thena, thte leugalk of the glttnys was bait 00 feet, whtite Itat of' the vessel was (692 feet from sloem to tatffrail. 'The board would also htave to pumOp 5) tanil. lions of gallona of wyater ouat of thae deck, rand they had ano appliances at prtesenlt for doing so. In '.hree mntths sIte .might be got athr-outgh thec Noat hcrnt ent ranuces, btt even thtat, owinag to the .strong eatrrents, woutal be a very danagerous operation. So tth Otorat Eastern was at last aiccounts still ath at. '"Tns Cnt' as S rtr, Tu'a ic Cosy.-"--The tide of emoigrti on still flowa Westwtatrd Every (lay parties from seven to tweanty, in wagonis and on haorse-haek, carrying their all, are seent wending their way slewly to thec West, in seatrch of' htotme where life tmay lie enjoryed an peace and. qitiea where jus. tiee Is regarded atnd laws respected ,where radicals (to not, rui. Thoe refuagees from partiz-an and political proscription excit.e thte sympathy of.all good eitizents, nnd offer a sad comnruontary~ on the condition of our tunfortutnate Mtate. WVith thoese facts, and hnntumeratble othter-s, alike thae nattural frutits of the outrages dfthte radicals, they hnvto the,hardihtood to appear before the plio;c asking a contianuanee of power in their haneds. --Columabia {(Tie.) Gaezege. CiuiiouisPxprasss Faxranr.--A lady en route from Galveston to New York, passed through t his city yesterday morning In thae aere of Adams' ExpressCompanay. Site was -transfered from one umeasenghr to another like so muoh other 'frelght. One of the agents ef the Company accomipanhed how to breakfast at the Orange 'Holse, and was assiduons In llg attinsn to haer, This Is a new way of traveling.--4nc/hburg Paper. Five white menOf wor'e flogged in Richmnond,'on the 15th, on oonyiotion of petty larceny--tho first instanice In many ,years, of t4e inflietion of stripes on white men by juinmal. .-ao. Tkq Reform Movement. The New York llcralW, of the 17th says: A despatch by the cable, yesterday, informt usthat the Tory Government of England is preparing . a plan to filanIk J ohn Bright's reform mlovement. It is annouticed as a brilliant scheme for bafiling the reformers, in the com ing session of Pa rliament., by introtiii eing a Govertunent reforii melisure, which is to be laid on the tabld' unt il the succeeding sessiop, the Ministry generously offering t1 IIouse of Con n'oua an opportunit.' fcontsidering it in the meant ime. Whenever the To ries obtained power, they were always accurfomed to mal- a higher bid for popular favor than their' predecessors in office ; but their attempts in this di re^t ion were usually confined to prom ise:, which were rarely, if ever fulfill ed. In the present advanced condi-' tion of public intelligence, quickene(d,. as it is, by the agitation of Bright and his colleagues, the Tory Government dare not go as far as the people are prepatrcd to demaid iii the matter of Parliamentary reformn. It is one of those momentary crisis in whji an aristocratic and land-owning Gi'overn meat is placed in a ust emnbarr'assing position, between the popular clamor for the right of suffrage, which they cannot stecede to without signing tbe death warr;uit of their own ordlor, and the desire to retain a tenure of oflice which, without sone cunenssion, umst, in the existing state of affairs, he very brief. The object of this new Govermnent is doubtless to gain t im.oand to weak en the effects of-Bright's agitation by some assurance of a compromise. We hardly thirl;, however, that, the Gov ernment will succeed in flanking Jehin Bright, and we are morally certaini that no reform measure which the To ries dare introduce will satisfy the de mands of the Brit ish people, wtlh the present high-,strung sentimenit that prevails in tho three kingdoms. T,ia 11oc Cnoi.-i)ur rpauiers will very nat nrally desire to know' " hat is the prospect f-r ( clhap bacon diniig th.Le coining sea.on, and wo presw-lt. rhe n wit l. it view of the I.r)1pect<c of ihe Coining hUng-Flauffblef-ilm .so ln art-'ttul Ilkt fa|ll|4i h:t" 11e. (l itt-te, ee tiire of r! b. ters journal stays.: i'her+ vil be a laru hog croll the present season lmer: is an abundance of tie best corn to feel then on, and for this reason feeders are not likely t ennyd tht miaket until. .teir snpptly of con is pr,tyv wei ' hatr..ted. It is believed lint nearly f .tr hundred tho-twand ;o> wl I .i nlt:.:. ed in the citie: ar(uiul thre f -l durra he pickiny- eeason of 16-'; . Th.. are 1" prc.,s estnabhi. med, I hp views (l the packers bcring widely dle:rnt ats to what, slrould or will be. I he opening rat The price it ti Iolieved, lIot-ver, wifl be ietween t - a rnd 7 - c,ents. Thes figures are, iowever, tl mere git.ss of packers. 'The probabilities are that the opening p will h e samr' as it . CiniaR i Aideyson. t/i N MASTERLY INAcTrviTY.--Tlre Now Orleans Bee, elosirng aL review of' thre contrtituitionalI amernd ment arnd the de miands of the Northt, says : " We see nio other pioliey opien to tire Southtern people withi respiect to nat iorial p~olit ies, but a rta~sterily inrne tivity ; patrsuned to thre hit ter ced with a resolutte patience beltind e wich, as bhindri~i an imipregniale waill' they rmay aiddren thei1m(elVe uiii-renrtI y -t) all nr th~ ::!. conern tli .. * W ''e ma;r:y :ilenre thit Gi will lbe the prpose of the Sout. he people there will, for the timre, tilan don politics, anid leave tihe conri.. qutenices t.o thesuselves anrd thre conm.. try, with their radical perseen ttors. Tire whole counrtry, and as a matter of' co-turse, the sotuth with it, will suffVer from this cioercioni, for thero will be no stability in trade, no substantial order in government, until thre Union is re Btord.--New York Express. TiRYING TO DEetDE.--A travel|er stopped atra pul,lie.hotise itt {airne for dhe ptrpose of getting hris dinner, knock ed, lbnt received no .anrswer. Going int hre fottnd aL liitte .white.keni'ided mnirr in thre emtbrauce of his. wife, who .had hris head unde(ir her arm, whire-'with thre otherr sIhe wasM giving heifr little l>rd a pon. ing. WVishring to ptut an er:..d to te tight. our tramveler.lknocked on lIre table, arid cried ot in. a loud voicte, "[Harllont, here' I who keeps this hrone. ?'' Thre htmsbarnd, lh.ough ninch ont c4 br-eath. answeredi, - Strange:'us that what we are trying to dveide.'. Nattaro is inore poliIe than thre gemn. e'ralty of mratnkmnda If you walk into tho woods, the very,~ 'tfees will greet you with a profuireon of boughs. News- Items, 11os-rox, November 22.-A ligo meeting for raising funds to educate freeduten, was hel at Titmont Temple list evening. Ad klesses were delivereil by ex Gov. Andrew, Rev. lTenry War4t Beecher, Geo. Thomnpson, of Englanil. and Othets. W.asitrOToS. November 22.-It appears, from official compilations just maulo, that nc:.rly,W156.0n0.000 were nppropiaited for the public -erviceo for the year endting in .tine, 1867. inchlincr A-10,000.000 for the navy aml -38.000.000 for the armny. During the list three or four davs. about. 180 changes of postmasters havu been ninde -nne liing of the larger clins. Ainirnl l)alhlgrecn is about leavin Washington, o nassume command of the Sonit Paciie Sluaridrou. ToRoNrO. November 2.- -The Govern. ment is directing its ittention to re arming and eqiripping the volunteer batteries of the provinces. Market Reports. Nw Yoic. November 'L2.-Cotton un. settled, with sal-s of 1,000 hales, at. 33(a) ;l5. Flour diill--oitliern $11.75@16.56. Wheat very dull nl feclinel 3(no5o.--sales of A.5100 bushels. Corn dull aiii leelined 2(4;,3c. (ll l 3 li.. t''ottt. Novenli er' 22.-- Mirkets gen erally dull nnO drnonirg. Floir very dull: spring whent extra flour $11 75(012. Grain inact ive ; p iine new corn I 1.05. Provis ions lienv fielil grioeries ill. ilo ir.m. Novemher 22 -Cotton sall.a to iay 250 balcs.-middlin gs ?2. Market clos ed dull at notattons. Tenuossce Legislature and Universal Suffera' Nt irrtr.s., November I0 .--.\ bill was introduced into the Ilouse, to-day, to re pneal tie present franelti se inw and give suf. f'rago to the negroes. it l'ntg :i laroposition t'or truriversal slfrage and ninnesty. It was laid on the table, on the first rending. by a vot"r of thirty.nine o t wenty-nine, the l:i t. 'l'enne:see iembers, radicals and o-,i servai{vey, voting soliil to lay On the table. :nel the e-rvatives fron Midlle anl W( ,eit Teneneae amgatinse. it. Another Lili Was introdit'il .,..ming On- the wor.l "white'' inl the present t'raiinclhis law. Release of Fenian Pl'isoners. "noIttNO.- Novemnber 10.-On Satuirdoy night, thirty-nine Flnian prisoners Were released from cistody Their li i,r..o wais condiceil with great secresy. '1'tc prisoners roeiveil it g>od s11'1 l't the railroail -f it ion before st r' in nil ench one was rles'ntel" wit It a ;reenback. lirrAmi, Novemier Il -Many ot the Fenians liberated in Toronto are now in this city. T11.E ION1)oU 'T1i.tths ON 1t 1. NEGno. --T'hti Londi Thii .imes in dilating oni tin' 31ub1,ject, of negro sitffragi" in the United States, siys: -\Vliv 'atnit. i t egro h declatred a iritiz!"n and intvested wit i all the rights ofau mutn ? I he re:il itnstwer i3 that. lie Snt. nit cIt ,an" dni, Mit (;:ii)t ie bo 11ndo n cittze'n by ., ,rclbunriiin. gr n biwIv. W e have nui llandev hton1 a lit.tle et'pueri ence of 1, -ii' t m bis mtter. We gave the m..itnica iie'ro, in ctttmiln with ins white 'niser, civil equality and the right of self goverti nent, and) sea 11n\v it InM onmtid Li tlum negtro's in s'iniets atil hahitt.c g-irm the other diree tion. He is catIle:-,, cred?n;luts aut dot ptIdietii ;ai Iy !xited. easily dlpoid, easily iutll; lways iho ready vi'im of the stronger will. lie is n teriali for thle lii dmi of a nybody, w ho wishes to onikt t-no ofI hu n. it: vested withI fll polilieni right,m the roe mu tst. be ai imi gazin ofiti i mlhie f'. In Jiaaica trnptpfl'ianS that lithingro would imbibe1), Sat d(a v's nice i, itny. absurit ed delbision inI. t t.e' armbirit y :andwihsote liritsh enen, o iithiioniijssione(rs, or anybodly elst; -hut. whait they, wecre al ways hioikinig f> r was somet.hing to be gi ven:, or somiethlinig to bi doneo. for thlem, or seitne lawi to mii ke thm all neh happy .hodui ownersi: amtl. t.ax free haorieveri. Snehi mnic are niot coizens, enll them soi as we wil. A li i 'tr -ro ovi:5 iir li.ow s.;ns - A ltosnt beu it if nd etas 'imily obtained sh;ow ofi eve'rgrieets mny. be laid by n vetry siminplo phInI, whk-h.'l hits beenC found to work remart kaibly well on a smill scale. If getranimt. br:anchtes, tatkern friome hiixttrianlt atnd hieahely trees, just before the wmiter sets~ in,, bie ctut as for slips, aind imtmersed in soap wvater, thev watll, aifter droopmtg a fewi di;tyv, ahied thuh lea ves. put forth fresh OneS, and1 cont intne mi th e filnest vigor aitt I le w Iinteri. Ily lemg a number of but.:.lde ihn flhd im a flower batske&, will most to (conceal the bottles, it show of e'verreen'f is tasily seonrod for lhe witer. All the dlifl't ('nt varieties of' the lat, hemg usned, the varioti.t aliadei auidi color of tim leaves blendw ito av beauitfl'. effe'ct. They re quire nto fresh waler. So aniys a lady wvito lhas tried it. A resolution intrcdnles4 jte fIgse -Arkati. HitS lions~o of R'epresenlttivos degliitgig-o actupon theS oclabtti4onal amendent.'qd;. til sneoh time.as Arkansps is* admirne4l ty, htor re@presntation in (ott e'oqs; na re@t. to tho Votyunittee og l,eder, Loco! litt1s. New Adveitisements. J. R. McMaster has purchnsed the sto k of goods, of the late firm of l)uBose Eglson & Co. See hi ndvertisemen, in another coltunr. and- give him a call Petition to Perpetitato Testimony. Administrators Notice. Notice of Lost Certificate. Just Received by Ketcltin, McMaster & Co. \Winnsboru h'tuale Institute. Religious Servioes May bo expected to-morrow as l. lowt "s :. A. I. Churc1, Rev. C. B. Betts, 7 P. M. M. Fl. Chtrrch, Rev. A. G. Stacy, II A M. ntrc P. M. E;piscopatl Church, Rev. W. P. Du. Bose, I A. M. and 5 P. M. ' Presbyterian flinyeh, Rev. G. R. Brackett, IT A. M. and 3." P. M. JUST REORIVED BY Ketchin, McMaster & Co., HOTEL RANGE, ESS NCE GINOEll, Morphine, Quinine. b,mar Caustic. Salt Petre, Cooking Soda, Copperas, Isinglass I'lastecr, Strengthening Plaster, Blister Ointment, Assafoetida. (3um Camphor, Magnesis. Whitl"aMustard Seed, 1t'ttract Logwood, Flax "ued, Blueing, Bell Cologne. nov 21- if JNOTICE. Tf('E undersigned having purchased th entire Stook of Goods, of the late .tirt of DUBOSE EGLESTON & CO., de signs conduotin; a OtNER.tAI MERCIIAN UIZ'E 1U1LSINE.S, and offers, at reducedi pricds, his stwu, consisting in part of x Ooer145. Sugars, Coffee, Tea, Bacon, Flour, Mo' lasses, Spices, Pickles, Liquors, &a. Table anl Pocket Cutlery, Carpenter'* Tools, Fry Pans, Trace Chains, Shot Pouch es, Powder Flasks, &o. 'TQgAther wlth many other articles usually found in simi tar establishmtcnts. Tho undersigned proposes an enlargenteuN Of his stock, by the arrival from time t time of fresh tupplies. nov 24-f it J. K. Mo\IASTER. Winnsboro Female Institute. 48d SESSION. [jAVING purchased the large LI. and connodious building known nas Batik Rlange, I will ro. sunie the duties of this lustitute on Monday, l4th of January, The School will be jointly under the charge of Mrs. C. Lad&, Prinoipat of the Winnsboro- Feinale Inst-itute, and' Rev. J. Obear, former Principal of the WViwnsboro Ladies Academy Tuition will vairy a'cording. to -classes tromt $15 to $18 and $22, per session of T wenty weeks. ~tsc Laingutageb, Ancient or Modern, uic Drawing andI Painting, in 0OR or Water Cot. or's, a a.eparaie-ohargo. The .\useicaul and F?rench Departnent will ho tundier the control of Mrs, tUbear. Boardt may be obtained at, tle institute4 or wvithi Mr. J. 8. Stewart. Mr.rs Rosborough or Mr. J. M. Elliott. nov 21-tyr. FAIRFIELDMSTRI INl EQUITY. Eparte. Win. E'. Ai kgn, and rPet Agstus M. Aikon, I A dmrs E,st. of I P David Aiken, dIeu'd. J rp lIE Petitioner ini the abM Iplication, hsviwg filid- thel perpetuate testimony of a 'sett t on 22d February, 186.1,. between the 1 at law of David Aikein deceawedl, and o division and pa'rtition.cf the reat estate e said decceasedt by the a heirs. fl is ordered, on rno4tion of Mr. Rion, 8Sot liohtor for the Petitioners, that, in puran aince of the Act of thte General) Assembly such ease miade'and provIded all porgn interested ina the above state .mutters 4 appear' at this clMoe three months from'thb dlate hereof, to ezamine the ewfienee that, may be po'eisd; and gpede evidenee l* reply. H. A. g Ep, .1. D. C:ommissionaefe. fioe, :421 Ner,, 1886 ' nov 24--1aw*m. COoffeo, Green a udiRIac 0t01D.c1arted end 3twfa Su * ?s,W RUb aII 00., oy} Reage