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."WINNSBORO. Tlhurstay lorning, December 11, 1866 The Sit-tation, ''en States are u yrepresented in ('nogress. The President claims their right to be represeuted. Congress (laims the right to decide that point. The President nor Congress contends for a% unqualified , representation. The former wants representation for those ttm States in proportion to their ability to.show loyalty. The test of their loyalty is the oath prescribed by. Congress in an Act passed in July 1862. .If'the representatives of thete Stases can take that oath, the Presi dent is willing to .admit thon. And this is the real issue between that functionary and Congress. B th the E&eutive and the, Con gresshaving left the landmarks of the Constitution on this subject, -both are necessarily wrong.. But if the Presi dent grants the right of Congress to prescribe tho condition of representa tiott in 1862, he must grant the same right in "1866. But he stickles for -loyal" representation; meaning by such represontation,,not a compliance on the part .of those ten States with the piovisions of the Constitution, but with the law of Congress of 1862.' As far then as the South is con cerned, the ten unrepresented States are under no very great obligations to either the President or to Congress in respeet of their representation. Both want loyal representation ; one under the TEST OATH regime, and the other under that of the Constitutional Amendinont. The result will be that what is so blatantly denominated reconstruction, will be all arranged by Congress, and its scheme extended over the entire South*. ,, , The Supply Of Labor, There sems to be tn indication that from the aggrtgate of labor in Fair field, there will be a considerable de (Iuctiun ma:de during the present win te . For Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi, there is no doubt a great demand, and it is not surprising that s >mic t,vo hundred passed throu:h this place but a few days ago for Missis sippi. We have heard of nuibers in Florida ivho expect to seourd labor for the cultivation of their crop from South Carolina, As- Florida' has inany emigrants from this State, it is not at all surprising that those emi grants should look to her as the son e of the supply oftheir demand for la bor* I1. would be well however for the citizens of the District to look well to their ability to spare labor from their limits. The cultivation of cotton will 1* 1)e the chief industrial pursuit for s-me years, and labor must not be high to make it profitable. But if eur' District is to supply large cotton plantations iu other States with labor, it is hir that proportion deleterious to her own industrial interests. The American Farmer : -A Molnithly Mayazine of Agriculture a nd i1;rticuture. This periodical for December i illed with valuable mat ter, and is worthy of the patronige of all the sons of the.soit. Published by Worthington & Lewis, 52 Sotth Gay Street, Blaltimnoro, Md. . Swvrrr.-Voltaire related to Mr. Sherlock an anecdote of Swift. Lady SCarte'tet, wIfe of the Lord-Lieutenant, sJ aid to Swift, '-The air of Ireland is very excellent and healthy." "For ~,goodiness sake, madam," said Swift, "don't say so in England .i for .if you do, they will certainly tax it." A diniral Sommues is writing a me ir of his.services in the Confederate \vy. 'ThewrtyAmrldsno mto muind abuse. Smice des Kear eaffair he has grown~ accustomed to wlbwing up." ' lTh' p)rivate library of .\lr. Peter Foree, of b oe~igron, is thbe mos'. extensIve private uItou uf boQbk.i in A mzorica. Legislature of South Carolln . ATURDAY DKCRMBER 8, 1806. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 m. Mr. Buist presented the memorial of sundry agents of insurance cdipa. nies resident in the city of Charleston, praying the modification of the laws as to licensing insurance agencies i this State. Also, the petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of, the city of Charleston, and of sundry wharf own ers, for the establishment of a river police. Mr. Thompson introduced a-bill to enlarge and amend the insolvent debt ors -Act. Mr. J. H. Williams Introduced a bill to incorporate the town of New. berry. . A bill to make certified copies evi. ilence, received the third reading, and its title was changed to an Act. A bill to protect the ,property of married women from the debts, con trats and liabilities of the husband, an X secure thbir separate estates in'the same, was indefinitely postpon ed. A bill to provide for.dooketing con stitutional cases in the Court of Er. rors, was discussed until 3.30 p: m. when the Senate adjourned. . HOUSE OF REPRI;SENTATIVES. The house thaet at l 11 q. m-. and the proceeding wei'e opened with prayer by RQv. Dr. Reynolds. Mr. Duryea submitted. the 'inemo rial of certain citizens of Charles ton, praying alteration in the- laws of the Statetiregulating.insurance agen. iees. Mr. Walker submittqd the memo rial of the Commissioners of the Poot for Chester District, praying for an appropriation. - - A bill to alter the sittings of the Courts-of Law within the Eastern Cir. ouit, was read the third time, and it. title changed to an Act. Mr. Benbow introduced a bill to in corporate the ManningCemetary Coin pany. Mr. Elliott introduced a bill to re new.and amend the charter of the town of Beaqfort. Mr. Campbell introduced a bill to inebrporate the Savannah and Charles toi Railroad Company. Adjowned. NARROW EsoAPR OF THI STuANE CarnA.-The Plymouth (Eng.) We.ter. Morning News gives the following account o1 the naryow escape of the steamer China on a recent trip from Boston to Liverpool: . Dr. Alurander Lane, IL. N., reports the narrow escape, of the royal mail steam ii China on her last trip from Boston to Eng, land. The dash light was made correctly. but the fog was dense and the night dark About 11 o'clock one of the passengers, a Captain Davis, of Penzance,sang out "Lan< on the lee bow." The officer of the watel being taken by surprise seemed undeoide< how to.act, but Qrdered "port helm," an< ran forward to look for the land. Captair Davis called out ' "hard-a-pert," and thi ship answering to her helm admirably thi terrible danger was avoided. It was founc the ship, at the time the rocks were* discov ered. was ot more than her length, threi hundred Ad seventy-five' feet. from thi rocks, and she was then going fourteer knots per hour under steam and sail. Cap tain Davi%refused to receive from the pas sengers any testimonial or acknowledge ment, adding, "I am thankful that our lives are saved, and with that I rest satisfied an< thankfil." The rock on which the Chini was driven is called the "Mlissen Head." CoAa..-The coal deposite of Great Brit ain have been surveyed by the most' learnet scientific .men of that nation, and their ea tent, depth, availiabilty, and j probabl< yield, as nearly -as possible, ascertained According to the closest calculations, they contain in rond nuabers about 8,000.000, 000 tons, after which the depth becoesoa's great that m,ining will no longer pay. A the presents eonstantly-increasing rate o consumption, this amount can only last nine ty yearq, and then England's ladustry commierce, and propriety, must receive most serious and disastrous check. On the contrary, the United States alone possesses reduced to solid measure, abaut 1,060 cubi< mailes of the article-which is quite enougi to do the people of this continent for severs millions of .years to come, and at the sam< time affords hheral supply to the balance o the world. This fact opens a wide and frutfulfield for contemplatica with refereno< to the futuirg importance and greatness o thais country. Release the nation ar.d peo ple from the matkination. of the lladioaii and fancy cannot, portray the wealth anc dignity of the United States at the sad o the present century.-Piti. Ag. A bill authorizing the "Governor' to call out five regiments of "loyal' mnilitia, to put down insurreot,lon'an< protect the batllot boxes, passed it first reading in the Tennessee Legis lature the other day. The United States is owner of I, da65LR,80 aces,n .ews Items. WASHINGTON, December 9.-ATho friends of Colorado and Nebraska are making zealous efforts for , tho admis sion of these two new States into the Union. Sumner and several other Senators continue to oppose the meas ure, for the reason that their rcnpoe tive constitutions exclude black men, though few in number, in the elective franchise. Leading Republicans openly avow that sol:e of the pending measures of legislation are designed to enable Congress to regulate appointments and other public matters, irrespective of- the President-depending upon their two-thirds majority to defeat all his votoes. Several of the Congressmen elect from the South talk about immediate ly returning hone, there being no prospect of their admission. The joint Committee on Reconstrue tion.having been revived, -they will commence work this week. One of the first things to be considered by them will be with reference to the po litical .condition of the Sgpthbrn States and the propriety of recon structing them. Lorenzo Sherwood, late of Texas, appeared in the opening of the United Sthtes Supreme Court, this mornifig, and requested permission from Gov ernor Hamilton and himself to re-ar gue the constitutiopality of the law preseribiug the test oath. Permis sion was given to file a motion, in pur suance of his request, with the Clerk. The "coal'fields of America cover twp hundred and twenty-five thousand square miles, an area equal to twenty eight such Stateu as Massachusetts. One cubic mile will furnish seven mil lions of tons annually for a thousand years. The new iron bridge. over Bear Creek, near Tuse,umbia, snapped asunder on Tuesday, and dropped the engine and two cars into the water below. No damage but to the bridge, the locomotive and the cars. The Iudians have broken out again. One hundred and fifty men have be.sn killed in Montana, and 1500 "braves" are moving towards Fort Kearney for the purpose of capturing it. Gen. N. B. Forrest, who killed .a negro some months ago,.while the lat ter was in the act of killing his wife, has been tried and gcquitted. A Marble quarry at Shemeld, Mas., with two hundred acres of land rrceutly sold for eight hundred thousand dollars. The deed for the property required three hundred dollars' woith of stamps. Why is it that since the .election the Now York Tribune and other Radical newspapers i"ivo no further accounts of "Southern out rages" upon freedmen ? Has the result of Ithe election rendered any more falsebood In this direction unnecessary*t-Ezekange. A Connecticut Yankee has clearedl his, house of rats by catohiing one and dipping him in red paint, iIe then-let him loose. and other rats not, liking his dJooks, left im mediately. WVhat is the difference betiween a tunnel and a speaking trumpet ? One Is hollowed out and the other hollowed in. A cotton factory In Augusta, (1a.,* has turned out during the past year 6010,000 yards of cloth. Good, let..politics alone.and build more such establishments. An English clergyman recently preached a sermon In which he said that the news. Ipaper was a part of life's earniest self-oul ture. iA OOD LEssoN.-"My gbn," raid B en engineer, come here, I want to f show you something." "WVell, father, what is It ?" "Do you see thIs' kettle bail ?" "Yes.", "Ter, standing it up perpen dicular on the table-"do you see that ?" "Yes sir." C"Well, there,:" laying It down upon the table -"do you see that IiVWell, It is no farther round that bail as it lies fiat than it is over it whren It stands up. So, when you come up to a hW,4'emenfber, it may be no farther - around the base than over the Numnit, while it in a great deal ensier." T legra 3C- I C Cable Dispatol:s. ROME, December' 9.-Another one of the French regiments left this city yesterday, on its return to France. PAnls, Decembor 9.-The Patrie, of this morning, announces that the con vention on the subject of the Papal debt, the provisions of which have been for a long time under discussion, has been formally signed. ST. PETERsBURG, December 9.-An imperial ukase has been issued, de claring all relations of Russia with. the Pope of Rome abrogated, and an nulling all special laws of the Empire which have heretofore been made in accordance with such relations. LONDON, December 9.-The Egypt ian Council has passed an address, eulogizing the officials of the Viceroy in Egypt tor their zeal and courage and ability in subduing the Iaidia re volt. Despatches from Candia state that the Crotans are submitting to the pow or of the Turks, all means of further resistanI having been exhausted. The report, that the Cretans had blown up a convent garrisoned .>y Turkish troops, is confirmed, but the loss of life among the Turks was small. LONDON, December 8.-The J?eniau troubles in Irelaind are evidently as suming still more alarming propor tions, as it is reported here to-day that.in addition to the troops already despatched- to that island, two cavalry regiments have been ordered tb leave immediately for the scene of disturb ance. PAnis, December 8.-La France newspaper, of this morning, asserts that Maximilian has telegraphed to some of the physicians attending to the Empress Carlotta to meet him at Gibraltar by the middle of Decem ber. EDIMBURO, December 8.-In spite. of repeated denials which have been mnade on both sides, the Scotsman to day reiterates the statement that there has been some trouble in the British Cabinet, and insits thait D'Isracli, the Chancellor o f the Exchequer, threat ened to resign his post unless the Government a "pted the Reform Bill, which is liberal in its provisions, The Scotsman, however, adds that Lord Derby yielded to the cogent de mands thus made for a liberal policy on the part of his administration, and by this action a ministerial crisis was avoided. LONDoN, December 10.-Noon. The Times, in an editorial thi: lmorn ing, says the Fenians have been fairly cheek-mated, and 'that it would be Inadness on their part to attempt a re bellion. Cardinal Cullen urges the Irish people to obedience to law and the the avoidance of all secret societies. Arrests still continue to be made, svnd more artillery will leave for Ire h.nd soon. PARs, December 10.-The new Minister to the United States, M. Bertheny, saile'd for New York on Sat urday. RoME, December 10.-Some of the French troops are still- here, and will remain until the end of Docember. MANCHESTER, Deee)nber 10.-The Examiner follows the Times, and calhs for an early' and satisfactory settle. mnent of the Alabama claims. It be. lieve the popular voice is strongly in favor of an amicable adjustmntt. LIVERP'OO!,,, December l0.-Th0 cotton market opens stead(y and firm, with a very general inquiry.- The sales will probably* exceed 12,000 bales-midding gulf 1 4ga 141d. IvERPADL, December 10--I. P. M, Cotton brokers report an active mar. ket to-day, at full prices, though not qguotably higher. Sales thius far reacha 15,000 bales. Stock of Americanm cot. ton very light. -Mexican News. MonDI.F., December 10.-Colonel .J J. Fisher, formerly ain oiheer in th< Mexican army, under Generails Coim mnonfort and Juarez, and ~ matly o the Confederate army, arrived in thi city ona the 9tlg iin.st., having b-f Mexico on the4.9th ultinmo and Un Cruz on the 4th inist. l ie .says that deputa >.n, consistinmg of. elrgy,' d ie tiinguished officers,'and citizens, weni from Mexico to Oirizaba to amect thi Emperor. They wermi received b, him, and-thme result -of the initervieu was to induce hiimi'to change his phln and adhere to the coumntry. Th clergy contributed $15,00,000, en citizens and capitalists pledged them selves for a like a mount. Maximilia returned to the ci' rital 'c preuenit in terference with his movements by th~ Fr.tmeh. Memasures were inunuia . teh taken for reor ani:dimg the arm nagan st Jare e.n.... oUer LI. 1 ..: General Mar<itez has been.ordered to the celniuand of the Do)partinent of" Puebla; General Miramloh to that of Juanaxato ; General Mejia to that of San Luis Potosi, embracing the whole section of countr ' now oce pied by %A' the Liberals. Colonel . Fisher also, 1t says that it was believed in ' Mexieor l that the arrangements for the wi'th drawal of the 1 rench troops were en S, tirely rc-oked and abandoned, and that t: Emperor would be susteinod by Frnnce. The. frigate Susquehanna was lying fVer:t Craz on the 4th inst. WASIINoTO, December 10.-The American Consul at Vera' Cruz re ports to the State Department that Maximilian would' leave Oribaza on the-28th November . for the City of Mexico, anid that .the United States mission was likely to be regarded in a' favorable .light by the French of that Republic. A cat died in Greensboro, Miss.,. aged twenty yelirs. lYhether 'it died. of cat-arrh, cat-alepsy, or a con-cat-ona of disease, we have not learned.-Ex change. What a cat-astrophe ! ]~EDJ TIST]Pri. TlIE undersigned. I now prepared to do all work in his line, and may be found at the residence of Mrs. C. Ladd. dee 11-t2 J. D. CURETON. FINAL NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to the estate o Jacob O'Neal. deceased, are hereby notified that I have placed'nll the demands . in favor of said estate In the.hand of offi. cers of the law for collection. Those whose indebtedness exceed a twen. ty dollars*will find the demands against them in the hands of my attorney at law, W. R. Robertson. Esq., 'and tbose w-hose in. debtedness does not exceed that s tm will find the demands against them in tlte landt of Robert lawt horn, Esq., Magistrrtte. SAML. R- MART., Admr. of the estate of Jacob O'Neal,. deed: dec 1- tt6 LUMBEi51! LUMBER 11 AM now prepared to saw LU;"IBER.. ,,,,ov hills serlt to me, shall be pro mptly flle. ht- e I ot"ber shipped immedliately from lu i:,tiay Depot. doe 1-t6 HIENRY C. D.WIS' TO RENT OR LEASE. r WO Hundred Acres of Land lyin(g four 1 miles below Rocky lounnt FetTy on Catawba River. There are thirty adrep of' good Creek bottom' and about the stame of hill land cleared which is No. 1 Cotton, Land. 'ermission will be given to clear me te land if it is desired. For terms .&o., apply to the abscriber at. his residence four miles from Rocky Mount. J. C. CALDWELLI nov 28-xlm ADMINJ TRATOR'S NOTIJ. NOTI'CE is hereby given to the creditors of the Estate of William Richawdson, . deceased, to rendler an account of their do mand to me between this date and tie atsl day of January next, properly. attested. . MILTON 0. 1)UNLOP, nov 21-x4 Administrator.' G'fl UTI30" PERU IkN GUAN,% A IOl' of tlte above for sale in lots to suit . ourohasers. PAINTS, OILS, &c., -Just received from Ph.iladelphian 10 kegs Pu.ro-Wh3ito Lead, different baands, 1 barrel Linseed Oil, (refined,), 15 boxes ia lindow Glass, 8x10, 10z12, 12x 14, 1.00 lbs. Putty, l'aint llrushes, assorted sizes, S2 barrels. Lamp Chimneys-Noa 1, 2, 8, . Cases Concentrated Lye. lbarrels Northern Irish 1fotatoes, Apples. White Onions and New Halled Duckwheaut, For sale low by DA ~COT, R IVERS & CO. r nov 10-tf - o 2; llotel Raiger' tSchedule over ho South CarolInaL.IM . nsafsrx S. C4, Nov. .3.. I'[1N and aft er Wednesday, Novem.ber 7th the U. Passengor Trains o.( this road will rua,. he, frolowing schedule: I.., . ('harleston,- 8.00 a me' VArrive at Uoh,p.bia, 6.20 p ma Lea..ve Columbia, 6.50 a nb SA rrive ati Charlest on, ,4.00 p. na. 'titRaOUtI MAL fTRAtW. L.enve Auasta, ' .CJf Arrive a,t Kind;sville 10 i - - rive at Columnbia 80 e I.eave CoIthila2.0pi Arrive at Klsgsvil ',0p i Arrive at Augusta, ' 1.0ngu I!. T. PElaKE, Onl8~'~ ,. "12.00vnigh. Go' Spt '[ nov8 'f'