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Speeoh from General Boaurogard. Oin I he arrival of the Congressional exour sion party at New Orluns, on tie 28th ult., tile tollowinig dispatola was ent L- the New Y ork Herald : 'ithe Congressional oxci8rsionists, escorted by several of t1e citizens of Moemphis, do parited du tho reg-.'-tr train of thso Missis. hippi and Teannsaoo Iailroai, and on ar rivin1g at Canton were iet by Gon G. T. 11cauregarl, President of tle New Orl'ean and Jackson Railroad. I'lo Gonoral dticiarr. ed that le was in favor of a cons'olidatted Gover4nent, ias the w-ar had etlfed Ithe question of S Itt rights, lald thlit it' it Wits in hit power he woult not restore slavery in saying this he betoi,- von lie expressed the se intents of the Hghting men of the South. We have not recei ved ourt N w Orleaus ex ehianges of Ia stnficiently ]lte date to aseer tain whtetler the above sttete:it id correct, IItu we doubt it The following cominent of the lferld, al lhouglh there i oae truth in them, most certninly inisrotirveentj [lie Gen Cral: Tiniy rNmd heen met previo:Ay fat. Canton on fihe lisiissitip and Tenese tilrvoa, by (eneral G. T. Ikai a igard4I, Pre.i-lent of tIe Now Oriena and Jackion Itilroal, where they listened to a speech from tiat gentleman wtich imust have catuaod them as Iataich sulrprisO ab lie courtcay which thle Sonth .,elk peiople evorywhol oxtentd'ed 14) Iieie, lin sranner eilt % licet lly Crank and cordiail. It i.4 foriitt t for tho interest, of lie country, Norta h Iad Sot I, on t he eve of flao a'simbling of Congress I haitI t Ito i igors 01t Ishe i inic'eIteCIt Ne:toii hnve not deterrl these ('ona gi'essieiol excursin.ii:st fromt muai k. Ing this tea ar. They set ont mujifer a stronlg conaviction tha it tlerce dai to r I the Fito terrible conflict bord ! in Sma hern bosoms ; tat theru aro .u few 'lnion meon" scattered thinly throughiout that en tire soelion, apilit whom every systeA oh persceul ian was duviseAt and dirlcated by the Majority ol the p'olelc, lierifi' tI he gnihialee of those chiefs whoso recently bld the arta ed hosts of the extinct tint'ederaoy to bat. ie, and 1h:t1 thoso cieces nr-e prOparced to so lend e'tII once more. To cher3'ih411 .t iV iel:ed nid imahlicislits de Ilusion, millionsa of Copies of' iewsp alrsl 'Ire daily distribitel ani1d reiad by f tie 14pu11la tion of the Northern anil t.n S''ii .tte1t, engenderaig a hltred am' i.'i of yen geac whichi stri, i with, riuliv jpily, too Imiuch rneve's, to finid a vol t. in ta her J aid anieus perseittlions of' : a rine.l. leliless and m i 'oenlt ee fipIio. At teich n jun. (11re, 0011 wl alieu'gn'as s t an,411n1 ik mosat IIIotuine 11ta4t i:at ait. Stan-'1 ing upon grotil till VI 'moit with frah tail blood he tells the ahtiial legishitr ai l I the Routh has ltrown beical forever i e doctra'.eis 1and11 principlos for which she fought so lontg inl sa obtstinately lie telk th oiLimt he xpresses 1h le sentiment iS of' the tighting mei fte o t h when he pay h favors a counolid Iated t Goyernimn't ; that the doct'ine of Oacito rigls is urAie oult. ot' nighl, and that slavery ean never lie re es. tablishled, even If tlie powe' to do so exi' . od. Genoral leanuregnrl i.s ineapinible of praotiing ct pe0ty deceit, and wivt hie says may be relie oin. 11 is, inor'oiver, im) luaensely popalluar atl tle Sotlb, :aiadt as good at ionitihi.pieco for thosei who,) recqgni/.o is is lendCIeihip as an Iy1 man fromta tle hPolnilao to the lIle (lirando. Wit kiuw thi his spoech made moast fa vorable impresaian upona t hose tea w hom lie tadlroseed it, ail that with the eho of his last., words, there arose in their inindi feel ings of confidenco fand re-nssatrnceo. To his henator Wado bene's testinony. Tak. Ing, thn, the character of tle speaker into eonsideration, we must. believo that lie Pouthorn people, t he sense and inow of tha oootion, are dosirotus of pieco and conord, and eonouag no wikd drein of isuirrec tion. If there ho any who thin': othrwise lho speech of (literal ileanregartl is caleu ited to bud thMum to better thoihts. lint all tle ain ies of peace tnd good tellowship d1o not devolve 1pon1 lihe Sotti alone. Tho peoplo or he North hnvo thir siiure to pororm. Th oth has mutietfe i tiitely more, and yet, withi a cournage nn miial tili ness worthy the de'cenetents 4 herOiesires, they atru'iggle to forget. fiat.er rocolleetnaiols Air the common weal. According to their mnnuer of thinking they have tich to for. gi'n and forg~t, tair I iey havea' been sorelyr punia shedtl-ba t fhey prioi r thlnt cottauplot'e obaliVin sahatll shronad th lao 0st. 'lThe'y nroe willinag thfat tho sev'er'ed counlatry' sahiotah ib roniteil, nnd art anix ioaus to luind their aid to the great andi gioaad worik of recoiasta'ue (ioll. Why were thlay thlwar'itedl, and whao, anao theoy t hatIi thwart aIhom ' 1hin whao. woubal makle history wrait e foir ihe inf'ormaa-, lion .of all comning thfat the North I wais lessa mauagnanim ~outs and latrioti th an' theta*weaker mnin wh lo stick to thei ieccchief, chaili.ilh ideat thfat theure in nao fatithI, traith or hioior ini lien wh lo t'auat ga it'l s hIle tarmaies o tathcle U'n'tet N'tte.: amea v-Iho wo'uld sinak lhe grnd oh1tili Amicana idea: ott' ina lependenlice., andat ltipii' t-o till inthe li ananihibition of thos.e iniilie nale rihIs amonag taillions of' our fellow-t'ounitrymcaen. lII storuy teaches auts that th laosenCtclt is thie parent of thae fn.. tur o. Theseit meain sean thIe pr'esenit hour withI fovoish gltancte and t lie ijuerualousness ot' a dotari' ; bunt th13'ey annot comp~lrohondi the gr'eat morr'aow wichel isa surely comning. Th')ey hoop lice coauntr'y back antd inajure its dloarcet. itto I. TIhey wvouild proalonig--tIhey do pro'tong-th lancrotie nigh t. of which we are ito wear'y. We oannot prosper withct~at thla stiialight of restored Cotati'v- The' fatities. who woultd fain r'ule thle destinies of thle na tion ini t his haoura of expecotanicy matk e oura hearts sick with defierrod hiopo. tiion - mansi peace, hapilpintessi ~ia~ p roply an -l berothlerhood. Those whoiu hiiinder the re aiafs anro enonmies otf uion, Let tem stand asidfo. Oongressional, WVAstIclNaroN, Jantniar'y 3.--The Senate met at 12 o'clook. The ttar la id baeforj that. body a comunt icattion froma the $euro tory of thae reaQuiry. Ma'. Chiantdler presented ci protest againist the cur'taitment of thle nat ion-d curreney; also a pietitioni for the iicreaso of (the nit. taonaf currieiaoy. Mi'. Sitnert introiducodl a resolhtion, tdi r'ectinug thle Judticiii'y Coimmit tee to inquairo If le'gislationt on th econastitutional anmend-~l met is, hnecessairy to pr'evenit the snho of persons ito sltaveryj for a ferma of yonr's, as a puniishiment for critmo. 'te liouso met tut n)oon. The Speaker presenteda a commuantcicat ion f'roin thao Secre inty of the Trenisuriy, I ianismii n g a i'ipot.' from Danvid A. Wells, Spoeiil tmmisior of theoliventue, with the taiif bill pr'epar. edl by Imt as a substituite for thte Outomi lawsv niow in force, stating that theo opiion~s tad concluisions oftWells miot his appriovalI, aind Comniuding the report aind bifi to the conshaferation of' Contgress; referred to theo CommIt tee of Ways atta Means. Mr. Went.A'ortht asked leave to oil'or the following i R~eotred, Trhat the Commtuittoo on theo Jit diilr' be idstrutcted to Inquire what mn-. uires, if any, Cain be takoen to prevent the Suipremte Court fr'om relenaling and dischar -g lng the asssassins of Mtr. Lincoln and tho conispirator's to releaso thie rebel prisoners ae Camp Douiglas, Itn Chicago, under covor tand sentence of the law of 183; anad also to inqirei Into the expedIency of recpoafiin suoh laws. WVasuxcaarox, Jlanulary 4.-Li the Senaate, Messrs. Eduinds and Morgan prosenat et potIt Ions for incoreased taiif on imnparted wool; whicha were roferred t> the Fitanco CommIttee. Mar. Truimbull callol tip the bill to repeal th Proeldent's alunvsfy hiL9r, Tho peud. in question was on Mr. Saulist~iry's ancnd itent, to reoea1 tii entire cortisontion bill,. instead of tio tLiiircenth section of It.. In tho lIlouse,Mr. libibbarti, of Connecti cti, iriroducotd a preatublo ani resltition cllaring that lihe peopie ouglt. n1ot, for tio present, to be Iiriher, or any longer, taxed to raise wminoy for the rodittiou otih lub. lie 4iett ; which was reforred to lith uoi'niiit Lee of Ways ill Means, On AIotioni of' Mr. .inlin, lihe Committee of Ways land Alcans was instructed to in qunire illo the expedieniuy of. o IIIrangi ig the lawil on sugar, miiolaissel, cuilce rto. other aritic)(t, is it) disarimin:te in iv-r of' fr-ne grown as agnit st. tlavc grown pro- J dtsi . I Mr. Sievenis, of l'enn.ylviaia, called1 u1p h1i.A mubstille o I"i te bill heoref~jos.- repoen. ell i-j f'rile 10:conmtructionl Conlinlittee, pr~o. vbuliig royil (loveputniients for ti Soul ithern Staies. Stieli explatinill fle hill, sayving (he receiti ile.eision of, file Snpi'eitio I'iit <tinamleil in:iedicinto inelion oni Ih0 i.art ot' Onimgresli. 'Thai. decoision Wook awaty fall prot ect lon froi loy al cilizenis in (hu late rteiblltis althes, ai td the iopl-le I here were sublject to (itilless irectiontt. It' Col guo'a tid ntol, Iake onutne action. if.- woultl be I liable to Ihe jilst conIisure of' 11he civiliz Al world. The inii!itly at horit ics are now powerile s to oiler Italy ptwocltiol, anl can not on force Ithe laws of, file countiry. Al. the coiiulikdon ot' Mr. tevinri' ro Itarks, ir. Ashley, of ()lio, int rodtucel a ubstitu te 'or ihe whlco IiU providinig,. in elicoti, f'or conivenitions inl f(i.0 Mouthern Stiates, Io t'rauit Goveriunil'its, on certa II I Ir. liibird, of yisc-minii, introsiceluol a resioliitiri, wiielt wa. referreil, decolaring Iat iiot'-i sin gle dollar tshni'l he appropria.- I ed lilir pl'triy Clesftroyty l by 0he U nitcil sialts itrmy iIn thtir cleorts fe put downi 1 lie rebellion M r. Ihnly, of Ohio, initroduiced a bill to livitle Texas into four Terriiiorial Govern meniI, to be c:lil I lirn.tii, Irav., Sabtine anti liincolii. it lie alnitI'Id as Stiate'i when licy liave silloiietli repriiotititive i pib. tio, iil Iatilleul 11hie Conitiutililo ril unetid tillel. The proaille to ilie bill recites Il1t 1 ile so-cilleil state f Textas, navintg wIgerd war 11gnins. 1 lielii ifOil 81tes. (overtinetit , i. for'eitetd all ifs l tiivilege t fil: i rliglits, aali f'ort'ile3b I letil by riii soii of' ovett. acHi. Thel very iine, i unys, by whiel i hat c.>i-iy is klnowii, t lroiiug html till hu4ls, is stuge.s. live of' the lcial co!oty of' lth wv'rht. The nontie Itil history, fhirefor, iilicatie ]itIle elsa tit-u 1 bl ier, ingratiuienle, vitielnc anil wrong. The Wi>t was ref,:ted to ile Cuoniitoc onil trlris Mfr. Ilainle, of 'WVXiiotisinl, intfrod ance a hill lrovillingi for orgkIniz:ing file iilitin. .\ll 18.11r10n1 htwteen righteen ain't forty fivo :ri it lie tentrol!ttl. It also prolpost a Na. I iotiiml (;i.il, I o conbitt of I wi rtgiin ilts otf ili':*uitry in every liiirict uit'l'I T itory repI4esen1li l inl ('toingr'ss, onie of' lict shill bia coolm.1 -l* fColoredt linen, it' Inor; than11 onte thir.- (of'the entilmi in ilitiat thereinl slhall Ito colorell metl. None who pat iiipa lel iill e late wt o e I' Ioe olioet.i or pri yates iii tho Nalitn-il -titl, wIo inaty be cnliml ut to I slippres.i in si11 uvolioll or. en lu'eo laws. Tho hill was rel'orreil to ile 1.. ' iil nco oi Military. 7. 1'. N.--Tle tlouse went into Conmitl lee of tihe Wthol, anl several nieibis nade speeoces oil fh state of' the Unioii. LV IVr;M. ::. - ::r. , e rr11,x:Tr.,: U WINNSBORO, S. C. JANUARY 9,1867. 1). 11. McCCR UG 11T,)nrn TERMS---roR ECRALD. T HRDB DOLLARS fer yeair : TWO DOL-AInS for tih iitiinit; ON D 1O)..A t tir throt tritii - payablet in "greenh-M .cket.i Slingi C1i1a1 Tn11 C t'tii. Ir jr The pItI-cr will ho.-mirtell fet th..% 1. rAtion tit' tti 1mn Itr which p-ry'inet hu tttben itn dew Siimucribercu who lin a n cro -is it:irk m thi wie wr; pir .-r usir:'n orftier it er, v.| n1 rinlti thi.t ithe to0 ihi foir hnt- (:ifp rt . A ! vCRTISM t tATiA.--One Da.t'atmr gaer 'pive rt lt. l itt M4rve-ty th'e conts I' r viwh a;b-n titetisetin J'tt.or coaht otm'i the~~i, p ihet. ph'd-4 byv twvelve tie, nm alh .4xizo type. C01Ut aATI.N -1ocoplisnnyam Tet t .Drots. Ani to:rat enpy lto the~q Mi l er in:tkl cal up the c~nh. nler the st Jnitiri, Iii tt 'i ,' W t h li ' s i i t in r t' ' . t h C a lir 41 1u i itt In c th t rau0" Wtal I the IIInn ey b 6p-4h.11epro ta igth it I W e i t o vv i t - tit y tuI itiutter tnd i th t i tn .crii t'or ittu'tr'til tdvi mn;;it1 tutd jiob I. ik ice e' ish. Sonte-paper asks stignilicatly Ii, "tIf "the~1 i4er'al ( Governmient Is sutpremen 'Contituttttina1111 it amendmens to the ('ipl1e i nvolvie'd i a rep' ly to thle rijery''~, is the very thing that.,h diie time StIati' ito the Nor'th andh thte South. and I-v(en demuagogue't, hiave aill t rit'd to detinoe thtt "~Why."i Jht I ty fa ied. King Might then . stepped in to decide it--and yet hie ha~s not done it. No. Therie is at granduer101 in the ver'y concept ion, not to say t he fram inig, oif our1 old Consti l ution, wicth the pr'esent cor'rupt servtitor's of' the Un iont fail to appreciate. To) stubmit any act of' (Congress to a Stato f'or ratihtitin shows there ox ists somo distinction hetwoon Fedoral anid State jur'isdiction. But it implies imore. Tt mneans that upon the matter for r'atitioation the powor of the Stato is co-equal 1 with the power of Congross. Wo granlt the suipremnacy of the United States CJonstijtutionm. But it is suplromo only ini its sphor'o, and that sphiere is plainily eniought cir'cumiscibeld to guidle i~se staltesmanshiip ithtout ever binging it into conflict with that other organic supremuacy-the State Constitution. TIhe veriest novice inl polities ought to know why the Constitution of' tile whole U~nion should be the supreme law of theo land ; but, when, it. should so bel-our wtiisost, and best, and purest statesmnen have never yet agreed. Whenl theuy hiav', then~t can beo anl sworod the question, "why submnit any "net of CIongress for the ratilication of a State ?" A Oruahing Debt' An oxchango in giving a synopsis of theo public debt., makes the item alone, of debt bearing .coin interest, amount to $140,049,074,180. That is, over fourteen hundred thou.' and millions of dollars; or over one a ri Lro uihina f det -le . Note3 on 1io:man's Maroli, M:>re than tix months ago, wo np. p ilealed to our readers in Vairtield Dis. v riet to sNd u3 in writing ill the fact0, s neilenits, &c., they could gather and A nehober, connected with the march t< f Sherirnum t-'ii army through our iliimits. r ;ot one1 responded. Absolutely, tl 10 1e. 0 1 3iit we are not dono with the sub- ti I.)t ltl:ey man, woman aml , hT n interested in keeping some-o u o i o t th terri lio anid iipressive veel of thit period. Our childront's n hilhlrea will ask for tile record. I We repeat, we aro iot done with p he ma11 U0'. We naike another propo- t1 ition. Who will respond I u Thu winter evenin tgs are long. By C he mide of a (osy fire in inl-y house iln e nn- Distriet, we cn talk over the ex- o serienCe o thmt awfmul (inm'e, and notes t atn he ta: ken\. W ith this inl view, the p ,I i tor of the II II n an.) ptroposes to visit ny failniy that will signify its Vish I ir hint Sv too do, eithncr vcrbally or by et ter. ll , il gladly respond to the iiti nt ion that. anty tlh ing h ea ri ng uponi the udjet can bo hnadti ill a il kit i iy,j nd will be glal to iear fromn eith r gentlencl or ladies uponl)0 the sub me.; will not he given, if in any atter colinected with Sherman' s nrch, it, is desired that it be witi neld. But facts ought To be given. We give in our conner of selected uoctry to-day, that portion of Evo'si peechi to \d.am1 (from Paradisc Lost) which de-eribes the events and scenes f f Eve's short existence before she C mnet Adam inl tho (1ardenl of Paradiso. t hie whole sene is moAt exquisitely rc.er( d. 'The two prominent features of this t wiordl-picture, Lire, firit, Eve's delicato t aillusi ont to won mIly beauty and love, Rnd, set ond, her most graceftul hurren dler of theso virtIes to tihat grace and wisdomui whili claracterise the true in rn. it is to be regretted that the wis iom of iimdern eit ics ias, in its eoffrt tol make the ido'ts of Milton comport with it a own, weakenl the forec of soie of the imiost, betaitful pajmsages of Paradise Lo.st. In the very passage we give to-day, miark this chnanugo I te cold editiou, the line, "Umikr a ubio on flo wers, much wonder ing where,." is, inl modern e(d itions, rendered, "l lao of hw,'rsi, &c." Now the old elitions, wihih certain ly represent the ideas of the anthor, give uinque.tionably a ;ceno more in tiCOridanetot with the perfect beauty aid joy which cnvi roineild tine mother of" lie hunnn race, whlhe ini a -tate of' in nloeeTnce, viein not on ly a grnatefl shade f'rom thno magnificent foliage shlnielded lier, but v~ hea shoe awoke f'romu her sleep of' creation, and found herself supported by a bed of fragnrant (lowivers.e Who does not realize at onice thie . rtreater viv idniess whtichn characterise lie seeni o reened in the Ii nes belowa isaimund in the oldi etditlins, as coim ia',d withi (t the ame in the new 1 t [n (lie formner wai hav e thte follow ing:v N lt istnt rar fm the~nleo a nuu-urntiig o ~or wi;?rts i.9nedi frioim a cave., antd sprieadl minto a liqid pla~iin, f/in st-i untnmiovid Pnire as thne ex pnus, of Iicun. In thiet now edit i ons we hav ie subisti- ni uited for the word ('n, thet word id,/i bio chanige wea keins thle passa~go, aind e ~ives it tine fore of a seihooi-boy's t otmpoisit ion in whtichn all thIn sentences\ rC connellcte bUiy th at muchl-abuse~jd Onjuntctilon. Ridgeway andi Doko, A visit in tonsilit to thiese plae. b ately,gave us ground for believing d hat there is prmospority ini reservo for t hem. At Riidgewvay we not onily c ountd our ol friend Doesportes in full a >laist, buit Messrs Runi' & Lauhtorn vere just receivinig a supply of goods, vhiile (!ol. Islack had in the course oft onstruiction andit nearly fmnished a now a tore---ali of winichi augur's weoll for ~ho growitng village of Ridgeway.- r P'hero is lso) a shloo-shop in'opratior,, I >wned by Mr'. Read, and a smith's tshop, the proprietor we doe not kniow, I md the Ridgeway ]Hotel ownied and r tuntnged by Mr. Jas. Colemian. At Doko there are two stores, ono V Mri. Alleni's, tho other ni r. Starnoe's. A~bout a iio fromt thait point is the Remialo e ombiar'y so long and so ac-IE eptabily cointrolied by Dr. ]Bookhart ~ogothier with ai corps) of abble asis.. :ants. For healhth and thait ret iremeint C tvhichi should be one chief foeture in i ho solection of a site for a seminairy r >f this kinid, D)oko stands second to ione. We hope thnoSominary thore siil become a great attraction as a muraory for cducatitg the women of a ur~tate. .1 The Mails,,f Forboarannn Wi h ii- c ntnn t iitod Statos mails between thi oint and Columbia, has ceasod to be a irtuO. 1e havo the most positivo as tranoe that tho Columbia papers are )rwarded from thoir respoetivo offices Sthimail agents in ample tLimo to aach us in. the mnorning. We know 1oso papers do not reach us. We noV thoy are not putoff as they ought > be at this post oflico. If the Government entrusts moen 'ith, a duty so important as the regu ir delivory of the mails, and they (10 ut discharge their duty, there is at :ast 0110 roiaudy to whiiu those ii OSed upon can resort to, and that is to right of petition. And to this we rgo this.comlullnity at once to resort. omplaint to the Government will ither bring the incumbonts to a soeSO r their duty, and a discharge of it )O, or it will bring us a now not of 1lic-ials. This community must act.. elf-defence demands it, and prompt t at that. The Limits of Winmboro, An Act passed by the last Legisla ure, extends the limits of Winnsboro onsiderably towards all the fear car al poi~tts. We have lot, seci th. atct tsolf, but have been itiformed that tile xtension is three-quarters of a mile oth North and South, and lalf a imile oth East and West. For many years the contest has 0011 going on between the it.-r *aros lahabitants of the town an11d the xtra muros Citizens of its smburb., us o the very subject embraced in the bave act. Tiho argument of tihe ormer was that tlose just over the orporation line, ought to pay taxes Ill ho town, the privileges and1(1 im11muni ics of which thoy fully enjo)yed. rMat of thle latter was, ill substanlce, hat tbey (lid not want to pay tlose axes. Wo can say to our friends iver the line that we nre glad to re Cive thill inside the bounlds of 01 :orporation. The ililber's fiouso, 101 h non, e . It willgratify the nmorous frins if this popular ostablishmnmt to learn hat the proprietress is on the evo of n oaking new and omlairgol arrang-o 11011ts for tile convelniene oif it- gtts. 'o H ilbei's [otus hia de::ervedly .il oyed a high reputation as a firist class )oarding-iousce, whore vrsom lmlay mavo all the Convenlil!ncos or a hotel, :omltbinlod witA the luxumrie.i of a (itiet mid comfortable lioie. It is cotral ly located, and is ill the innuediate 'icillity of tie prillciplal places of the vholesale an i retail bn.;uss of the :ity, an(d as its tables aro bounlirtilly pread, its .,ervant, ; itIentive and cotur ,oolls iand its charges exenedingly noderate, it has hitherto had an(l LwaLyS should have a liberal patron go. The Phrenological Journal For January, 1867, begins a ne0w 'olumie, andi contains graphlic sketcht s and excellent port raits of Ristori, ho TCragediennio ; 'iTomn" 1Inghes, he great .English reformer amtd nthlor ; "Fathior Prout,"' th~e great ournaliast,. and otherls. A bio, e d uaz ion, by .Johni Neal ; Two Careers of romanllhood, iillustrated with port ra its C the good and th1e had ; our ne igh. >r, by Mrs. Wyllis ; EFthnoelogy, or 10 Aboriginal 0 raphlie Systemsl5 by 1. 0. Squier ; the Hleavenlly C7hro omlotersi, an~d mIuchI other cutertaint tg anid instructive reading. Onlly 20 cnts, or 2a year. Now is theC 1timo > subscribe. Add rea i'owlcr & Veils, 889 Uroadway, Newv York. The Logislature and Taxation. By theo Tax Act passed by thoe last .cgislature, the income of lawyers is ixed two per cnt., whilo thlat of rokors is taxed fivo per cont. T1lhis istinction has broughlt ont at writer ill 110 Charleston News, signing hlimlif Broker," who brings serious chargOS guIinst the lawyo-rs iln tile Legislature. It would be well for some ono (01no f the legal profession ill that body) give to the p)ublic a statistical Latemient of the relat ivo strength (If 1e difi'eronlt professions and vocattionls opresenlted inl the General Assemubly. ( is true we do not wanlt.a'll our rep esentativos lawyers, but it wvouhl be opiorable for us if we hlad no fair opresenltationt from thaft profession. [ood Xowa to Onr Frienda who wish to Subscribo. We find in the CIolumb~ia Phon;fl.t a Ling advertisomnt fromt tihe Post Of ce Decpartmoent at Washingon, inivit Ilg pro8~sosal for carrying tile mails vor various routes iln tile State. ~~tmong these wYo observo011 onmll outo, number 5649, which begins at Vinnsboro, and going by Jackson's Ireok, Jioll's Store, Buckhlead, Feas orville, and H~alsollvillo, terminatos t Crosbyvidle; and another, beogin Ing at Monticello, goes by Long .Itan o AistoQ. -On this route proposals or twico-a-wcolk sotvice, as well as ne-a-weekywill be received. - rononis will hbe m . ..aeve uiti 3 p. I. of February 28th, 1867, for con veying the mai.ls from July 1, 1867 to J unte 30, 1871 t decision announed by March 28th, 1867. "Nary" Exohango. We arc now'absolately without a.sin glo exchango from anywhere from which to gather news. If it is any satisfaction to, the read er to know tiht, in Savannah fresh shad ha-kve a ppon re.1, he imay rumn ii ato over that iitil a znother exchatige two or t.ree daky.i old lie.-u onl our table with an itemt equally gratifying. Our Stato Currency. Our St ato currency is still deprecia ted, although the legislatutre attempt ed by an nct in Septemtiber last, to pitt it on a par with "grizenbacks.'' There atre iow three curreciiis inl the 'State, gold, 'greenbacks," and ktate bills, no two laiving an equal value. It. is to be hoped tere will be an early retirenchoent in this policy of lsinlg promises to pay from so man y rourcesk; and, as in all retrenchments the least valu abl.d e apirtenance is the first to ie discarded, it would be well for the State to begin with retreichi iag hr own isSue, and get her people back to a "greebhack" currency. A Calm in Politica, Ther i nio1w a remirka:ble calm in our polit ical sky. AN that bllckness of' dar:ntess whiohieb soeenmed to be gatlh ering2 a few weeks ao.1 to bu st as was then hm..;ht it wNotid upon our heads, inis dissipated. The Radi cal lions appear to have become Ilotro like I milbz. Who knows but that, instead of 52eking to devuur u.s, t ley may eveti yet. seek after us to get us to lie down in the s Vme Union with them, und propolse tat wo e:t (I(' ver niment.) straw togetl-r, awl at oat each uth or 1 Gen. (rait. Sone Western e politi are det er minted to nominte Ge. Ill y.sses t. G rant Ir the Oet r'm'esident. It ii to be Ih'ped the General's good sense will dieitt the propriety of de declining the nmimnation. Ci:swvrios or -rira W..it.y RE . r-gret that wvithl the clos-. mig year we ist li I farewell to the I t' -// m. ! !OI,/ I has, d IritIg the Inst twelve mo!tls, beeo a regula and eil oe visitor ill nrn ii 1a rliet flati l.y., and the annnnemnt of its esa tion ilil be a sonree of painful sur prishA to the religious conunnu11-ity t hrouhout this Sta.e. lev. F. A. Mlool 1 i4i Rev. U. S. Bird, who have displayed s ntich ener-gy in its blusi ness managemt, atnd so mnch skill a tal lt in its rlitor-ial1 delartmieit, dewniv a1 hetter fate thait to be Ie peived o tl o sinewsof war on the'very eve of'slues5tis, anil e le ft nto 0 Iteriai tive iut to cease operat ions. We nozler-stand that the job oflice of the /Acord,lately establ ish ou over the book house ot P rofce~ar [lohies, will be conttinuiedl, a nd wo sinicerely trutst thiat th liibera ip at ron agec oftt 1 th pul -e will (miable Mlessrs. Mood & 111ird to retriieve thte ltosses w-hich t hey havye ini enrre ti einleadOSvorinig toI give Southl Canrotlina a good rel igious weekly-. ('/mrL/ -n Jere ry. IEuay Mons: or- Snf~lt'nrxma Ent:. mgz. a trnzit or t her(' id ze--tootl is to place the hIhde for* abou. half n hour ini water cen t a ..ing one. twvent Ii of its weight ofoul pitr ic or mnar iatic aeid. UJpon tatkingi the trnztr out, wipe i off lightly tgn a1 piece oit ta!, and im a few hoours ail (ieards- ot''it on nl urop. The :-cid supple-s the pla ceol cu avwheist rote, lhv coodt~ling the te-(tlmire- sot face iiformilv, so tat n ouantg.. hiut a good polish 'i a ftraw anra neo-dd. Hi-s itoceossa niever injttres 'm'od ror. whikt po or ne-ts n r' olteni improved by) it. Th'le (Congressional party have i-.. turned to WaItshiington. hey speak in exaltedi t-rins ohf the attent ionis and( hosptitalities everywhere received; and represent a great revolutilon as taking place in t he Sou therctn mi 'd in favor of th Itonoistitut ional amendmntt. S'nii people are v edant enough '.o ask1. Cant Congress (10 so and so? Why, certain - ly they cant. A railroad conduetor once ac. costed Lola Alontez is: 'Madamie you clinnot Stoko in lhe cars" ''t you sne I cani,"' replied L ola, "for Ii nm dInig it" fThis is congressional logic.'-Si. J'aut ('jo neer. The WiVashingt on. correspondtontt of the Cinc-innaiti CIommerchrtl~staites thatt the Committee Ott Watys andl Acans have agreed to Mr. Morril's proposi tion to r-educe intorinal tuaxation rand extend the free list. for-med in hisi, with a entpital of $500, 000, ha:~vie ebat iered the (renat Eastern to pily between lhrrest nnd Newv York during tho Worl's F'air. She is to ho repatired, inchtidin1g new boilers, at a COSt oif 300,000) ini the Molrsey. She haRs aIccIiilomodtions5 for 2300 first class patssengers, and is expected to t2u im New York otn thme 1st of A pril. F A burcau for the Mississippi Valley ti rough wichl all necessary inform a tioni may be acquired in regard to erops, mainufacturing orations, ship.. ments aind stooks, gramns atid Ilouir at different poits andl -lperiods, is to be established rat St. Louis. Fine voinsa of gold have been discoy orod itn IFnaquim- onay t.~l.. rho Weather, Accounts from all dHrceLions indi. onto that the unusually savero siow ing, slooting and freezing weather which has coitiniued with us for a woek past, has lln universal ti.rough. out tho Statcs. Yesterday wiein the sui roso, thoro was eniouigih of icec-lad twigs, and dia iiuond-decced objects to inspire a thouisand and ono poets.. 'Ihedinlications aire that we will now have :a period of good weather. Sale Day. A large crowd assembled yestorday to tt tenid (lie sales herotofore adver tised. Besido the Shoriff's sales, quite a luliler of voluntary sales wore mide at pullic out-ory.. everal tracts of land wero sold uni. dler the Sheriff's llammer, at various. prices. Ono tract of 45 acros brought $563; while another 3050 acros only brought $2G00. A fuller report will a1ppear inl our iext. Rimo in Cotton, Yesterday cotton sold in tis. mar ket at 29 veitts. This is a riso very favorable to our planters and farmers., We believestill, as we htwo always thought, that this is asgood a nur kot for cotton as Columilia. Our Snow-Clad Soil, It was not tintil Tuesday that tlio Snow which wo reported as falling from Saturday to Sunday afternoon, begain to thaw. Wo are now having all the pleasutres of ",loshing" and sliiping, which usually belong to the seieICl of a snow stori. hew Advertisonients. Notice--by - Jas. Andorson, Super Intenident" C. & S. C. R R. Jacob WoNC. Vilb1)100 Prices (grCtirt. <mi, .' T,- U'u.. 's iy Cathcarat & athw W i xs anoi.o, January 8, 1867. A pples, la-isbel, $3 00 oC1ggin1g. Guy, T yard, 37 l1undee tl" 85 Vtale ltope, !Nn11i1111, T Ib, -28 1 New York or Western, 1 Ib, 20(,!25 I ifacon, lamis, . l 11h, 20 S 'S; e. rtb Ib, 17@a18 6 ShZours, i) 1b, 1 .1 ilotti er. Country, T? 1b, 2& e'otion, Yarns T! bunch, $2 7 " Ordinary Ib, 25 44 Middlin 291 t'andles4. Paraline, 1b, 60 " Sperm, lb, 50 61 im ninI, 35 , tfe , 1bt; 80@83a "' Javn, lb. 50 I hecce, ingli)sh Wiry, 1b, 28 C 0. "Goshen, lb, '421 2 5 Iides, Dry, 1b, i f 10 NlohICS, WnreOVnIdO, gallon, ?& "4 Sorlghum11. "6 00 p '4 N e w Orleans 12 Ya'., lb.8@[ iionsIi, buishelI, $1 50 cil, .erosine, gnion-, 1 20 'lTunnors, " 1 70 I '0orn, Wh ite, bushel, 1 60 " X elonw,. 1 5k .'alt, Liverpool. snok. 3875 'ids, ('ot ( on, dox, 9 00 "' Wool " 8 00 8uignr, Crushewd, lb, 21 "' Powderedl, Ib, 21 @28 "' Brown, lb, - 15(010 " Extra U, l7~48 Tea, Ext'ra Gunipo wder, lb, $2 00 "' 11y0on, lb, 1 50@2 '00 "' Ulack. Ih, 1 25@1 50) l'obacco, Chewing, Ib, 88@1 50 Specie, Goldd, 8 'Iour, (otttry fxtra owt, 0(40 "Ohio, Extra, hid, $1(3 0' A xes. W. J. Te'nek & Co., doe, 21 00~ "Colbus,, Warrant ~ied doz. 21 (X) Id~tRALLY TRUE. Catheirt & Matthiews. 1XT'$i to inform their friende~ to o drstanid most oemphatially hereafter we wiall reqpiro CASh! for all art. cles sold, and no attention will be paid to, anfy order unekss accompanied with thG. CASI[, 800 Iluithele 8Se(d Oils, 100 i&unolhes Yarn, 50 Barrels Ohio Flour, 20 llarrL9s Ex. 6Sgi Also a general assortment of Will bo sold out at prices that defy comn petition. We wish to settle tip our business ontlirol by the 1st Januimary, any personi helving anly p set tlementsn to mon < wilh use will do so by that, time and savo trouble, dee I18~tf SADLES, HIARNES,&c. r~ lilE subsqoribe~r hits~ on hand anmI Sis Ooli)tatntly moanufactuiring SAD)DLES, llAiiNE~SS, argd 1$1UD g, og. a~ll desoriptions, and overy, arti lo in ids. huo1 of the best material. Al GIN I1ANDS3 of~ every elzo. lptirting ohne with dlespa(clh.. Alliwork Warrantod. Call and seo .pre D.ool 28- tf. :O I, ESTrAT1E NOTIOE. 'ITa porsong liathg dcivtands agfn'st the LI'Etate of Wtlliam 1t. IIall, droeased,'ar directed to rendor. ini thie -ameorrpd~ aulthiout icoed to Iho undersigqd atLIs oi in Wlinboro. - o~q R. .' EAIL,T. D Nae 12rin. JACOB WOLPE, IIAS IIlS LltGE AND FASIONA1LE DRY GOODS HJUFE IROM NO. 2. B.\NK RANGE, To No-s.3 and - 4E i(k HIlange, WilERIE WILL BE FOUND deal Skin ('oth, E"squiniiaix RIea, ver, French Merino anl(d Ladies' Cloaks, SANTUCK, ROCK ISLAND JEANS, AND AMII'lH iCAN B1ROAD (LOTUS, BIANIE'S, ENGLISI AND AMEICAN YARN, TABLE CJOTH1S A N 1) EVERY VATE ILTY OF AIMH.YS ON HAN!). AIUlVE EERLY WEEK jim8 NOTICE. G l~x' 1. ,- I s 0T' Or r Ic , C11 morre & 3. C. It. It. Co., Culmbi-1, S. V!., Jant. 3, 1137. P\S~SENV ( nre noltiled ilhnt on ni'l nf er ethe i11h insiumnt, file (omnln(c1ors Are re(quir ei d and istructed to ealleot I wenty. livo (25) cn% s in addiion to the regl ar rare, from' al part ies wrho fail to prueh-we lickets from Stations where uickets are of fered for' salg. JA.\ES A NIEI ON, General Shuperintendent,. T1O OUR F0)1IMERL -7J S T O l~E 3h 8~ S. N[ANY of you are perhapsjfl not atware that L. a nmjmlity of' you have accounits of 1 800 or 1801, yet (pon1 onl Our books We lieeforo beg each onec, who hasu not closed hui acconiut by cash or noute, to do so as sooni a8 possible. Our ini is~ not10 to oppress, bt only ro pult our asets in suchl a 5-halpo as will best enable liu n met onei linhitities. jan :i---1m KE'TCillN & McMASTERt. Atsin Asessor's Uflice, 13rn Duiv., 38> D)rr., WYissanouo, S. C. T AX PAYElRS will take ntice that they .1. must mnake at onco, t heir roturns11 of in. :oimo fo.r 18t1 and 1805. Also register nt lhe vOlice t heir business or profession, that ai li:able to .peial la:<. Thbis diu 5Wion . >races the 25th Rtegiment. .L. WV. DUVALL, Ai'ssistant Assessor. jan 1--m FOll THlE Life, iLetters, Speeches, &c., OF lons Alexander H. Stephens, BY lIEN RY CLEAVELAND1, ESQ., tuo Editor of the A snusta (Gn,) Conot iutiona'Is Senl for Circumlar's nnd 5ee 0our terms, and tfull dlescriptlion of the work. A ddress NA TION A f, P'UEJlJl(1 G CO. .orne'r 7th and( Main s s , Richmnond, Va. 8~EDLI-rsr-c o3w3 AT E81R INGI to closo the bmsinois of 0our cJon~cernh, we will sell 0111 it cost. Unar go.ins8 can1 be made by callbmig mt, No. 2 Hlotel flange. BACOT, ItIVERLS & CO. Those indecbted to our coner~n will pl1ease al l and maieke an) 01 earl setlemeInt. jan 1 BA COT, RIll S & CQ. ..ll0OS! SiOgs U {b'' PA 168 WIhiole Stock llrogans * O / 0 pairs Split U. 11. Drognus, 310 psirs L. & B. JHropias ' 00 naIrs hoys and Misses'Skoos, 2 08as e aovy Doots, 20 ira (ents Calf Shoes, L~a les hf and. Kid .Walking Shoe., Ladies Olove Kihl Shoes Ileedytdby mer L.AD3DIVS & 00.