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Wednesdlay Morrivp;. Tevb. 26, 1.873. T1. ROSS UET N,'Aor wetoxo it r:ie ono. (Ir C41111111n att'n ul.en III aall F-w Ir d Ia'ien ll ' fitly principle. thieo.-, r' , lii e "' ' ill l at.y J r'i$ Olpnll ... :f i Vicvvy i 01 1- l oiN.s of 10tico lpon lent - .X'lmetto Orpan Uomliiii. At th3 last, i tIng oIf th 10 ::I board of tho Palmetto Orpiian Homw, C0o11111hia,1 a ITsoluti l l was rh .si r liest ilg thle 1iuu g L il each CounImty, V.o I atc e e t 1 he n n h Buai d Vis re ceie I H . plctosfor hedm inofchi! recn froti their r pe t e Coutic-, - d t, In. t. i as t, thiik 1pit - 1:e T . . 1 b , i 11 1 : 1 -1 m'' itv. 4 r !)f Thek;se genlenwnwill al-o telse plea inon y, p ovie s, i h i., etc., thal lily be0 seint to i e. 'I Lis 11(J,10 t1 f111,161 iui 11 Ths obe h Ni . !11- b l d its w::y to (he he1 I ; (1' :11 ki dly di, posed peotiple il th1e State. GJovernment~fI .Iranhd. N C.Iuly evrcly mall f rom I the 'o% th bringlp initelligence of the di (!(Vry oY f Ponte e(w i fra ~iupon ilt poveran nt by itk llea'; Th ii h ,th wyhole) admini'trationm, (,m rauit down to 0ih3 nios1 im i:nitici'lt 1i.v I nin 11liCer; is n..; of t e 0it tn. anf1,] inost, eenrupt unch ines that evoer rilhe11cted any13 counitry .iincc the ee in11 f tihli wtorld. W 4 iead if' 1e:: 1d in theu \ W ar )'.1partn i ., tate Do hi-hin tbore n 1.1 n i Ila't il evl.-V branh o th govrn~eid Pics ti Ci isi State of1 tl.i.g tl~ t o tn : i'.es, wh' i-4 to t fi r all tI i \'e y car ly te.o ill sv i r. The! I ren d~aea i. , isr Ion, atal it I entirly re(sponsible i'o v') fira:- I earl ltied, by k i ng iin t111ile ,Iin armyil of 1.nli11! t hi v. s al suiitollirs, whbo depr-flato ut mn the puble reeur 1hI'' ickalsi (if a di a l C 3. 1*11 doe Caw i h a1 bill in the t ienera : emb.y, fin ing drnn k(:iL a 1f I et, l e lele'e. lJoe 1-roloses thereby to , hek if' not b1,u( ti, (1ne of' 111om 1olde1 C iA o f1 tIlt' 11,F1. W htihe r ,1uch legi.-lationl "s hei e nie .i. tes w~t~ ill 1.:a thO de.'irt-I I ltit ISIi a qu .'( 1 dit licult to aiiswe' ~d (.:e 'i u ui ich' w0 have glreaC t Iiou lilt T:.e gi'taVf li) o fim o iit'e inal tiih:.t i11mt ingO peit.iv andll . i:.h2, .d :3.on' ii-! [dlnfi o check av 1 I r d y fl nd wh~i:.ii' bh.red o. th lea'th depf~ths'of ii r andi 21. uf-1 i ill 1n 0 e 3le, lii i1 0 i' II') ri lost h e0 ' fdinenti t' sit It) tho taw. If 0,\lr. P e ., i: j. aly ibeti'met a b w ft to plit wil1i1il nd n te 1 pry1 .t lin g II l ,W or thei fla t - of iserice iji ed y t31ajlg I iM i. i ri ll,~ o)ft f. . Li .i :it ' e int' I li i'es r upp ie.e ofi the~ 'p-car lb l Kn i bi x Klant t has1111 clit iedg ltr co i0.ile x-om' i.f a m11 lhi for wh:Aver, ty h it: j osti3' ( , W il it at' h e .s Ii t t: '3 e m.'nt til sit.! 1 thoee l'. fO Of'\l.; hiv, a:o toi b theilr l~kr. leud n tdyuup at leas1?t we10 h.av dudge11 So-kty' wor fr iti ind tea of' .tbit fre twfrded, deto".r erv e t ft nrt ovarling f~itnt'us propoiti on th otk 1,0i'00i to chantage llis mind, and defer his t o;oted Southern tour, on the plea )f "a due considerativn of the re juirements of the public busines." Wo deeply regret that out PresidIent as beci fo-eed to ehange his mind We wantcl him t see tle practical 6vorkiaag fI tie reconstructod govern menuts .in our sunny lar..d. We want. ed him o to .oo the eifeet of the p'un dea'r ). soveieign States by an unscru pIlIus party. We wanted him to r eoive the igratd- ovation contempla te.I by the 'iiield 1Ad uff o.f Na Lioai G uati of Suthia Cirolitna. Th-, C.rolinian puts .it tereely and pmointedly inl tile following lines : "Aud so, we are not, to have the 'resid-lenit with u1s, after all. Not withd-tinling the %vdll authenticated rnmor thatl he would com ; notwith stanldinag the oft told tale thA..t Le w'aiac:I to come ; notwithtanding the aamottzt of good that might have re-ulted to (lie Soatl, if ho had come -'we now told by tho telegraph that he wolat' come. And the re quiltiacnlta of the publie busilonS in hi, excuse !In ! all tihat we cnn con. CCi v (! tf i l'i tesid et nt's duty, th1ero it nitlith' inl uur view so impoatiltita as to i e tiat th o laws are faithfully ex-. ecuted, ianad that every citiz.n, what evor Iis cIlilition, erjoy all the I igIit, paivileges and imminaunities be fore the law. H ad the Proident e;1i4 South with a sinacero purpose to tudy our con(ition--to beo for him M:If the corruption and rottenness ini ailtrt every t.li..ial poasition in the Sth---to lcarni how neeussary for the building tp of waste placea and the le velopmillent of our resources, is A canatage-tihorotgh and completo-in tle n0iititule of the Feeral Govern ttnt towat1 aour rrection-g-olfe , nay, inul 1ool night It ive resulted. "But those who are oppresiig the Sout h, wlo atr gron ing rich by oficial coerrupt ion, io tot desiro a visit from he l're:-id'nt, for if he is tho h.,n esi antad faithurl voleie r they so loudily an rd to persistemly proelaim him to be, a vi. it of inpeet ion by him woulId i-l.i'! he a death knell to their hopes to, i ber plu ider. We cannot, how ever, t off the thought that this recO.-tlratioln (if li ittention by (the 're.ti tle.l visi th V it e Soiti, han been ini daewed by tlhose who have every'.b!; to ue1i land niotlhilng to gain b : .h 6a s i llOw easy to reach iii ear by the cabinct offtier, or by tle langers-on at tie Wilite tion r, andtai hov. Casy to plead tle re. quiroments of piblie lusiani-ss P'P ilt'lillistellres of P'u1blic 1lri. [ n 1:.*(:ov!-uNOt n. F. ri'EnY ] Mr. /:/ior : The following ktrtt hb of one ilf the nole Sota i Caroliiiians of thle l ast genermationx, by onae of the few nadbie South! Carol inians that are yet left, will doubtleas interest maiany of yotur readers. Ini thlis d ay of cor rn 1it Ju-I~ es atnd L iW wers, it is pht astat a a) p rofIit(able tao polnder the eba aractecr of an hotnest laiv3 er 1like Cheeve8. M. l.ANslrmN clenE~r.v. .A itee (a.Cevs wias, inca ellectually, one oif thie gre iast ment Amotr rt htias ever liilteed, and at purer strteasmnt li~nva Iim. ile was the cal league ofi 31r. (' alhaun it Congarees dlurmg thre war with Gremat Britain iln 181), 11e wasn at erie tin11e Speraker of lhe lII nsae of' Repriesentat ives of' the.. I ' ad S(:taes, andt afterwards Pre'si 'ieat of the Unliit ed States Bran k. 'IThe i dnn asa oo tokig, ttoutt ald get~'emn whn Ihad he learsuare af' tir'a seing,. him, after his return fratm l'hnihna alphiaa to South (Caroliaa ini lx'9.. Ele had a very fine, large hiead, notl to. havo the large., theadl of any pubbile lnta ini Amterica. Ili-, foeh:a'! hisroadl anad his face fuill, indihi.tiv' if aone whoi wais a gcood IIi-var. Thea'' ~re wa Il nake conal a st ltI awen hi it app~aancitte nand thla oif ae. t a boannl. Thre litter was trall n:dmenderah-, K.:a a high a lia-row fire. hre."I,.tnh noa riueaai:ioily~ bang he.'ad. Ilii.e i'was pdel ad thnir., show ing! ii anrah~te:nji't ian whilst J t-'he 'ti a've.-'' tae wa s ias read as the aet ting :Nan. Mir. (Cailhoata's eyes were brailflnata an d~ziijug, stanareeda witha genaius w hailst these' of J1 ugo C'heeve~s w~ ee itdate anad thoughtful. I was~ S t iing !y ilalenpeale with is grerat t:ale'itsr, ablity, f'ranakneass anrd ira aut. I Ialit y whena I amet him illn 13 . Sritting ::t ~tsu par table one eveni ing, aaeratl Thomrps. nu, whoi ~u as theta hhtter'V ly appsedt to Ileniry (Clay, r. maaarked'i that tlay was aL vinda iitive manl, ad ratel spijoka well of his op. liaoteat, dna)tdge Clheev es, rep hl i d t hat hie hrael with (Clay aevralmi mthiaie!., atad tnever heard him say a han nfuli word of iay one(, andi Ithat he thougtthrt him remnarkati~ly eiretnm. specait anad genecraius in t hat resprect. Gena. ItaTmpson reatarked Ithat Claty hiad nio adoaut chiged a goodl denal itn lisa f'eelinag aind ebiaraeter since0 the J ug.' knew haima ; thaat lie was cowedl anad emtxateread nagainust the world in conlsequenc o~'a~(f thei itause which hadI beeni destervedlly hecaperd uipolanhi. "'No sir."' sa id Jutdge Chaeoves, with sat lei feelini g, I t hought.; "'give Lthe dear il I- ir due. Clay dese3trves n k intlnl( s fro'arn Souithlernt taman ; but lie is anot a d -ected man, nor does he feel hiiaf .:isgrtaced by anything' that has happened"a Thi Wa in al-. fusion to the coalition between clay and Adams. Judge Cheeves mentioned his first ,interview with eneral Jackson, which was in Philadelphia. Jackson was seated ntthe dinner table to tiuo right of the Judge. They in couver' r-ation, and his counAteoanoe Was re rnarkably mild and pleabant. The name s f iome one was mentioned with whom Jackson had reeemly had an alteretion. He turn-d his read from the Judge to see who had mno. tioned the hateful name. "When he leooked again at me," said the Judge, "his whole coutilenniee-i had suddenly changed, and his face look ed like it thunter cloud. Never be fore had I witriw.'ed Po wonderftil a change in the human countenance.'' Judge Cheeves wafs a great etudent and most labormnos man whitt at -t-e bar. No lawyer at -the 8.,ith C-troli na liar ever had such a prautoe be fore or since. I heard him once say thr.t it yielded him t-rcn'y thou.and dollars per antm:n. 11; stid ho oe gan to throw oil' his basiness long be loro he was evuted to Coigress. Then he transferred the whole of i: to General Robert Y. laynle, - who had read law with himt, and hasd just been admitted to the bar, Judge liuger, who was a gr, at a,! mirer of Judge Chteeves and st ongl, attached to him as a frier.d, told me in 1828 that his (Cheeve..) father was a not'ted Seitch Tory and Itidian tradcr -in Abbevillo Distriet, S. C., during the Revoltiionary war. lie moved front A bLeville, where Judge Cheeves wias born, to Charle.,ton, after the cptnite (f that ei'y by the Brit ish. Ile kept a little sbop on Sullivan's I'laned at'l afterwattds in Eliott street. ''he atdge was a la in his father's store, with very little educa-io, at-nd passinig the Court Ildase one day lie was attraeted by the clear, stentor:an voice of Chancel lor MarIial, wi was arguing a case in coirt. 14e sitopped and li.stened to the speech, and determinaed to be cotne a lawyer hiiself. The next d ay he went to M ar'Aina " oftice, told ihun11 who he wa-, aned asked perria sion to read law with hiin. I. jr many years alter lism admiis-sio- to the bar his practice was very limited, Ile had too nuch honesty, said Judge li tger to manage a bad cuse -i and the expression was a coimton one it, Chat leston, "if 3 ou have n good ecse, employ Cheeves, but if you h:tve u bad one go to Drayton. ' No one Imkust infer from thi,, however, that Colonel Drayton was not a gentle mtn of the highest honor and p arobt lnteg rity. In this te ieCt he hal no bupe rior anywhete. At the time I hatd tiis conversatiit with Judge Hluger, Judge (.'ce'oe, was residing in Peinsyh ania., where he had inoved alter his 0 eution t the l'residenc. (ftle old United Sta a. it nk. J ailge II ig.-r then expre-set the wi-h that Cheeve-s might 'vet 1i elected Pteside it of the l i.ite States. "What. a b-untifil illu-tra Lion it would be" iei Ju ige IIaer "(of thle theory Of Outr gee verm,:1, (. gee auch a Inun, risivg fron in ')vc a I anld ob-senrity, Wi~hout. evinlat 11 -..1 the patrunage and ii. 1eneo of a fai, ly or friends, to the hig esv.r. ofii, withint the gift of the pcsp:e by hI gre-it tah ntts., iighI and itoble qutali im and perA'vering inidnit try tend eneergy. Juehdge liuger spoke of Cheeves an the most self-willed notin lie evet kniew. lie relied ren lie jlidgmenit of tno one, and was. inefle'oned hby no one' opmnions wheire thie~y were contr try :o his own. Butt not withs anfi bg thlei: lie was as sensit ive ats n Kon~ian to the crit icisnms of the werhad. ie was~ tet ribly annoyed wi t P tlresiriett fI :!e batik by the comiaiini. -i choyt. made aigainst hem. [10 tele-rmei:ted to p:iy no dividen'u.i- to th.- -,to i.hteld ers till the fi.a'..e, of' the. bank were ini better teimtion~tt. Teie were hundreltes depenCtdeit Otn their divi. d ends for thei(r suipport. Thle claiinor atgaintst himt becamte furiouA, but he3 knew the saivatlitn <f tho batik de. penid on the eaurso hC was pa.su ing ; antd w hi lt hto felt dee ply the ensure of the p ople aon-l the preset he could nott be diriven from hi: peur Whiltit Judge Cheeves had all 01 this sentsitiv'enes' to abuse antd de, straction. lhe hlied none otf that false shamite wich we teoo oftent mieet w'ithI ittn lio. As evidence of this, Judge holler tol.l mt he tee hieard eJudige Cheteves~ spe*~k, w ith chii-l.ike .aimiptie'ity of his beinig a htitred day3 labo;t'er to plIow whti lst a boy. F'or mnany years aifter his admiissiotn to the batr, lie was very duflident about writ intg any't h ig for pitbliicat ie ei in cneuenc(e of his d eti ive edutca. tin. T.ie first article ever writtetn b'y him foI' r thle press wtas an ohiltuasry notice of' the lieve'rened Mr. luist, of Chairlestont, whleich ha~s beetn r ecentlIy re p ublished Ott cnn'tert of lhe suct and1( the writer. tJudlge Chet'v.es wrote remnark ably well. lit the l.tter peant of Ihis s lihi1 style was glowing anid rhaopsodical. Jis speeoch at the Natshvi lie cnvent iont, ons the Amteri cert Union, Wa like a tranisla ted poem. It was wrnitten out andi~ reatd to ite eenventiion. Judge Cheeves wats a very decided disuntionisat, but utterly opposed to null ilieation and se'cession~ by onie State. li10 had too mu tcht wisdomt, gonod senise anmd pract i tical knotwledge of thte world to adopt any such folly as thtat, In the days of nullification, disunionist as lie was, he act .d with the Union party in opposinig nullification. In the days of secession he acted with the oo.op oration party in South Carolitna, and spoke most wisely and feelingly of the hopeless folly of separate State actioni. lie wats in favor of a South, ernt convention to detertmino as to the mtode and tmeasutre of redrness on the part of the Southern States. I met Jndlno Chiaovos at Ste......'. ",A&I, in Charlestoun, in 1836, when Is took veoSion to speak of the vas bulage of the South to the North, ard she great prosperity whib *ould How into the Southern seapons if the Fed. eral Union were diesnlved. Atter finishing his lecture lie picked up his ol.'nk aid throwing it aroaud imb, aenid, "it does not become sine, how. ever to express such sentiment, to you," aundl left the room. The Judge was welt acquainted with my ardent love tird devotion to the Union at that time, and felt assured that noth. ing he could imy *uld obange my wull iettled evilOtions on thtt suib ject. The vamne evening ie apoke to me iabout the banges whiub had takevn place inl Charlestnn sinon be iv:04 a ladl I.m his father's -tare in .R li.,tt swrtet. :to s.n addre.,s whch I oum-e delivered before thesErnkiu tellege, I tnmat inn - 'ed the gieIt 'omI givenl tu the counstry by Abbeville D -riet. I niaui.ed ftour -Calbo ino, Cheeves Mel),flio aRod Pdtigrow-any one of whou I satid, would have characterized an era or a nat0ion. In return for a copy of this adire-w, Jutdge Cheeveo wrote se a kind letter and thauked ne for my kitl notie-t of him. Like Ilugh S. Legar, J'ir'lge with 'Cheeve-is si, d tohalvo assoeinted very few persont whikt a sober of the South Ctrolina Legislature. lie geierally walked to thq Sta te Iouse alonle, and returned alone. Whilht in his room lie was too much absor.ed with! business to see uompany. In Congress ho and Clay, Calhoun, L-.uwndes, and Bibb, of Kovntucky, nested toge her. It was called the ewar mess." What a biight constel lation they were of Aurerie -n genius, eloquence and ability I When they heard of.our first hard victory they were so much elated, 8.1d Judge Cheeves, that, like slchool boys they sprang ip, and iu the excess of their j->y danced a four-haided reel I On the bench Jndge Cheeveas wis distin gui'hod for his learinag and ability, and it i.4 to be regretted that he re signed his steat the're for the Presiden cy of the Unilted States Bank. Ili; great intellectual endowments wouldJ have added lustre to the Soeth Caro lina judiciary, and rendered the do cidous of the court of the highebt au thority rill over the Union, In the latter part of his life he be, cane self-indulgent and inert. Il seeined to withdraw fromi ecciety ant the world. His noble intelleet lie came impaired by ago. In co'nclusion I will May that South Curlitina ieve produced an abler, purer, or sor1 urostentitious son. Queer and fast ir ist Iundred Year, About a century ago, says the Lo don Athenairm, itgvas no uin-comno practice on the part of "fa-t n.en" t drink bumpers to tme b(ait.h f I lady out of bee shoe. The E-arl o Cosrk, irn l nt au-ing paper iii the (jonnoi-seur, relat-sa an inc-ident o1 t his hi id 'i te carry iba comnpli. imie4: sill furthe', ho state. that the 1,, wai.s ordered to be dre.-sed anoid t be ved ny for aippter, iT Cs - ri ;sily set hims-elf to woa:l po it -; hIi pllerl tl.e upper pari (whOich was of fiae da.Ri.l . into fill< li ted.. ai-d tossed thien its a raigout mi i.l-i the soles,4 Cut theO woodeni hie il nt lices, fried therm ini butter, ani p ;lsced them. tond the di-h for gas ai-h.'s T ecomipany te'sti fled theil affeec'ion b'r the young lady by eat is.g l-estrily of this exquioite 1w Sothercn Ncws, A tour ist namned iAliller w--.s dro-vn elnear P..latkaF, 2 laist werk ha Th'!ree dtenth, by dIr',nuine t tV..Vi. nlah insi XW<-eks. A e:' .r.i deck h~don tire river stecamehr wa-,th last. A u A' la'ita anr nram ih.n I.me jumi~p ed from a seconid .tou waid.,w o' lsrowvn's I iotel, in Al .eoni, uns Tuse.--a Have all the rrembers of ste For. da lieginlature who hlcd Fenderal offi. cers resigned t if' so. is there still a qunorumt sm that body ? W rilliams (Cllen Btyryat, Eq ,anid famri'y left Slavanriab Wecdneedns silton 5oon on the steanier C'ity Point for Florida, where they wil' C pend several wceeks. Mieninigitis, or spotted fever, pro. vails at a f..arful rate in many places ut the 8Suth. At M'ontg'omeroy, Alahomua, there are fifty deaths a we. k frontit, and sat Little Rock, A r. kasnsaa,it is fr nmore terrible ande fatal thans smiall-pox. P'ersonas die ins t wenty four hours, and few Cures are eported. Proposedi Conrcention of Lnborir~g $1tu. It is stated in a special from Washbington that preparations are in, psrogress to orgaize a mass co' von tiona of the executive commsiittees of the National Labor Congress through out the country, and those mom.* bers of ongress interested ins thse subject of laboer. The eonvention, it is thought, will gather snome 300 rep. resetntativru of the couneil under this eall, anid itis proposed then to discuss the quesition of labor, and its relation to the National Glovernmnent, and what legislation should be eniaeted to advane thne interests and directly beneofit the entire laboring masses. The fear Shearer boys, rieently pardoned cutof the Albany pe'niten tiary, reaclhed here on Sunsda morn ing last, awl passed on to thei~ homie irn York on Monday afternoon. Their confinemnent has told fearfully on their heaulti. It will be many weeks before they will be sufloiently re. erulted in strength to resumce labor on their farms- Ch ..e Rmomt0 Testimony liefore the Mayors Court. Syte Sitiglotown was arrested for steating u duck frou Mr. Juies. t in bein ordered to make his itteiment in r,:gard to it, replict. "I was w-k. ing cross de old field b Mr. J onet houie, and de duck come at ie and try to bite me, sal. Den I jump back utad say, Ahoo, shoo, to sar dc duck ffe, but be duck come on, -.lid I tought to maeck um levo me i,.e, and I knock do duck on do hod wid my tiak, rasa I Den do duck full downia, but i siawed he wa;u t dead, und lt kept biten at me, so 1 teek my knfv and vut he ta at, oause I tought i.e ho goild to pat, b.sb do bboIl] I nn oat. D.-n I put umn in mly bag, caluse I t Ight . 01o dog eat, iu it i- In.y dar, -80 I iaaR I humte, ul w.a goin' t, k.1 -till till .1 1. if lies nml.C fair 1111. i do poli e :anv-i lit- 'hlul ti .t t il, amif ty, y, you kill ait a - i t. IH i'; dn ducik liJ t i#, ; lit. u ahi it it It lick, to~tmek um toj, and t .xt~cm. ly kill tin, but I wtil pa., for 1n11. Do polioo iny I v' IO, anood Us(et k ll c '.an. to do guard husa ahi. Di ats de trufl blah. I n1o alint he duck, sah. I dou't lke 'uvk ; duck t. o loe fair (ite, oab. Dat tall I k owv 'btnt. it sill." \fter lie alid mtole the iabove s'ate mont, the Ma.yor N ii a~ nice.1 im, tc $10 il.e, ori work tenl days,which 8)(1 thought W1.8 too had, "to nek oniu wuck cau:-o lie 'fend hes..lf."-(ol Union. A Dukghman's Trick. ' hile a Duolhman wam panilf through a city, in Verimont, a yan kee caamle up to him, and said : "Shon, it you treat to cider, I will lenrn yuu a triuk." Shou vigreed. Yan~k then phI'eed bis hania agaiiint a Ncae, and tull hi., to atrike it an hard its lao conit 8bon, uot thinking tally iarm coildt befall him by doing ,o tra'h a blatick smith's blow, but i sa(t'ead .t'..ij.ttita Yank's hand, the 1lIttar j.an&agt il away, poor Shi stiuck the fetno,, board knocking it off. "Mein Gott il limnmel !" Crici Sho. *. 'What you mi 'kes toali,h I kuoek mine hland off c!esin up t the elbow ! Oh, aukcr hItz I na poor frau, what will ;he iay " Po->r Shun was boumind to have ro venge ; so, one day, as la was panin thrmugh a fi, Id le e-pied a mi Guinig up to hianbhe said : "\lyntheer, I sa.aw you one littb' trick fur naediij.k."' A thetri wa.s n. fenco or trie nea.,? Shiou plt hi6 hanhd algAinst 11: - mouti., an1d h'i4 : "b.'t - Ike yatstas har.IQ as 1 ou can." Mytthoer aruc, an Su',osplh away hi - lauid, ati receaivd tb blow on hi., mouth, land was kn'acke I dowil. Siuaa j-ap1ped up, Lis 111a1mi bleeding, aud ommeced dancia l with pain. "Sheruaalim a thoan ..-)ml t duke dis g.ouatry 1 1 goes bik t Ifolltand !" The Double Posalge Exatction AbaitiidO The Wtiung!on o ,rre potidet. o the New Yrk Jount-al of ('-cmme Olre, ir.g subI itite'd to tihe A ttora.- G ;eie fully prepaaid 'l. chatrge .1 att th llie i of dutivery with doublehl the ala ti.-e posIti1' age or only v t~*ihe Gu.lanc e n prepid,"' tiho AttaoneyGtineral b after a full cion'iderationa of tt he difie ent sections of the1 "Adt to rei-c conaeolidate and amauend athe ittatuas'a relating to the Pot ti llice De p arit menit givca is opinlion t hat lettes aa- ntiful parepaid at. the ilme of miniling: shonii uot hle charged wthl dIoull a f i*a-a prepaid. Immaedaliately uponi the a' ceipt of lte aipinion, the Po-~ im s-e Geaerait giv'e dhirecttionsat th.oi i abo~t I.part Ii ernlt hoLa'. d r .a fofui theartnwith. liater dIip'la -lhes tamta p . 11:-l. SItai the rev.dutioa of 1'Tu.. ar y thec mout extraordinsi.r) ao Ibe 'anwim iii the iatiali of that r'einarkule counia try anid people. TIiec ajppearar-e o d igtiity, genaera un11anfimhiy, land ab ova all, tof perfect order, withI wi l a the enti re piroceedi-igs attendingtt th<) inauguirat ioan of theo prosi inal He public were conductedi are c.denIta edI i to leave the imnpression that Spai: is muchle betther pa ip-are for self Iov) ernmtent thiian maost1 peOaplei suppjoseud - New Y1ork ime.. A Faithflil Dog. The Nashua (N. II.) T1elegrapha re lates that not long Iiance a New founad 'and dog behatgiaag to) a fttamily wat left for a few tIaautes in a rooma ii ill an oipen gratre, in ioh iwas uai il just old enautihI to creep. 'Thea child crept towardl the fire, anad thle dog wvho nap parenatly3 sawi a ado uderstoo Lith dalger, at onIcea'1idt down he at weer the child and thae fire, aand rejimaie thero uint il the mnother camiae 1o athe roe eue. TUhe hiir was buirnled fromt the dog's side, and his body was blis tered, andt yet, naoble dog that he was heo did not budge. Since the pasage of tho divoretc law in this Stabe,Sumater couiples arc gradually looaeninlg theiir airitatl yoke. IFears ar'e enitertainaed that file stock1 owners of Society liill, on theo Pee Dee, are healvy loosers by the reocent flood. A youth of seiventtnen was, married to a woman of fifty, at 1 gidad, Ken-1 tucky, r ecently, IThe Cincinnatti Ind0u.,trial Cornmis. stoners haav- organized their aconun mait. tees. Thea exhiibitioni opens1 Sept. 4,. When people make an oynter bed do they use a .eawee .matt.- o Foreign Neis Loxnl)x, 1binary 23.-The Timesi hi.s ad vietA of agi'nti oni agaimnt the republic in the Iberian Penir.,nla. Porti gal i, a lting, in a1n1tici pit i.'.n of a1 CiVi! ColillnIIl o llo . The vie-w.4 of the Federalist-s ato everywtheri in tI.e LoNON. Fbruitiy 22 --.\l d-id ild vieo s ejo 1t thit the (arli,is ar vni . ing strength n% ith e liioinsl' a 1 'ite luua ard other cities. Iv s 111,1ms. (..uny. brui y 2(-. -- * re : Dowt.0e 0, Wv\rkm this nu .. 0, tar i t. 1) 9on- the. Iutildin h nhiea it is How MoWi~o.mF.vY -Unary 34 --The ein till ,--oitinutis ; th-e river is im iencely high and thir are fars Of en WV A:-: I 'oNG, b. 20.-heio fo lowing (Geini.1al orders have jn -t be3rn promulgated frn heuCqn'tart.r cf the a rim : The 7th U(ai-ed Statei cnvalry is herebyr transferred frein the I"epart. mnct .f the South to the Department of D..hit. The detachim.ts (iS thle re-gimtents in Kfentuckv. Tennes see, NI issimippi a1iud A 1.a6inm!I, mill mnar'c'h to Louiville, Kentucky, or Me i, Tent.vo'te, to take srnam boats at i pr.-eted by river trdnwporta t.ioni to Fot t l.!l, D.kota Terri totry a det 1c m o. in iortih C'arolina arF.4 mt Car-dlna will beC. tranip .I'teI by r.il to MermpLim, anid then (embhirik inl like nauiiner for Fort T'.dall. Thd movement will begin by tie first of March. \\ASniNO'rON, Febiu--ry '22-Do. me tie .\Niscu:ny--The mi: I part of I'eterabing, Cla, ion Cou'nty, Pa., is burned. The opera hone, three hotelk, pos, offlc- adti tele'graph offife were buorned. The Indian chief Sit ting Htull was hilled at Fort Peck Monntain, b1y a b-.If brced into-rpre ter. The Presidernt's residecte, six !Tilt's Ironi S!. Im':1 was burneil ; n inisurancee. 'Flie 51,mouri 11mvte hit! paswd ia resolution exoneratinig Bogy frm 1ribery in the sienatorial eluc t i'n e 9Itepi. S F.1 'ign M;sch iy - Poo de Broulie 1-2l22 :1.e r ej i t ,.f the ComIII. itc of Tnirty t the A-'emb. Tilt e) t.s itationl projec. tin tie resps'ibility of' the M niC terJ waS taged Thiers was hirily l..nil. A svco!i ehati.ier wa:, 9 ir: ly lug. ed. Tho chamber con.' iders the re p-ut next Thuriay. It is asser'ed th..t thr-'e U--moera.ts and Two lPepublican's Of the Jud3i. Ciary Coniittee ftvor a repoi t im peuching t'nl..x. Tiom con titute . 1njIrity of fhe (nuni tictee. S In the lu, indry civil a pro priation is: passed The river :u.d - harbor 1 iN ws taken;t up. It r'o: WAOi i, Allkantas a ..d Mis-ho.inI 00; i.si.ippi P- i, b . ween t nunths~i tf 'te N.i--c'ui e 1Oi,$00.000 ; )hi., )L v.:r b('i.i00% ;'iI i be 1:0 Iiivet 2 TbciiL Juiiry Connnitee is i sesi ion, raingteipecmn sha Pack~ d istic ttrnyBuk wihaebfr hocunte o TIhe Senat icaskd Comminittee of i sC~onrgrdne ngos ildsrbtn the (eneva Alabamauz climrs award, Tihe Senate meets at 11, and1 recess from 5 to 7. lThe Senate wdi cont ride:r Louiiisiania mnatter's on TJuiesdlay. .J. B. Stewart, fuormerly of K~eni tcky, hast been 'on fined idi uinwhole somte quar te'ru in the Capitol, for re fusalI to anwer qjucrtions on thle ('red it Mo b ilier' comit itee aff'ectinrg his clients, where he will stick till the 4th of' Mar'ch. Dick Yailes, of Illinois, hias b)00n appiiint ~d ('ve-'ruiinm .Director' of the Uniiion Pacifie lijilrotad. antd clear 0or partly cloudy wea2t her in the South Atlantic and Middleb States. Ntiv Yonxt, Fetornatry 22.-Nearly all b t.inetss plaeos are closed. 'The forts fired sau tes. No market reports from Now York t o-dafy. CNplure- of a Saw Dust, Swind'ler, Wmi. HI. JHirk', alias Gleo. Mooro house, is engaged iln the 'saw dust" Itwindinig bus.iness at No. 34 .\miity stroot , and sent one of i i i citlars birough the niiil, whlich circular camei into posmeion oif Onpta in Loary, of ~ the 'J'wenty-mith Prooinet, who deputed Oflicer Frano.s O'Roeurke to work up the case. "Moorehouse," off'eredh $l,400~t in counterfeit money r for $10Q in good( monelty. Moorehouso is now in Ludlow jail, in default of ~ A5,000 bailf ITI *A Vidli11u, SFpPF edfl 'I 9'i9i~flhiitt9~ 'II it s W91 1 1 i i l (Aill'U.1i ONE DOt I AR BOTTLES. 1. ~ a , $ LOWpe uv l'uwdevs (1.rico n'i befo.rte $ U' ra', r CAtfU'T .'~j 1Bu3 no Powd ~ers. of- I'repaivt Si in oon -' .1vvr Reiguii :11 in'or ii .-s ill our un grnaveI Irai~per. Witlli 'I'la eli ik. ' iip 311141 Sig- __ L1(ilCt l iibrutten. i'oino olb1'r is geni e. f. 1. 1.E1 . . SO 1.) BlY A1.!, DPIU.'6(US1S. DI S ' ISO 1111 P N. Vo!o 10, jIc-73. J. N I cIN 1* ' ItUE. f 1rov is 1n 1 Gril.)' v. k? Ir isi 9 c CAm) 1 ,i'lifigw ill )"I of' j,90 Bualholb wi~~s'hil e 'or'n, 3.10 '' W hic anid I "ick O0t p, 25 B-dem9 Nor-hurn Uavy. 60 1 Nortii (' ',ifr 11 V. 60 Bo-,'"9I l.i's H'9oC, (oiiioh '.,i 111k amd Btik 1111. 1"14(61 S hounlerit, 2 5 Barrel. Weplet ci Flour, I7- S-icki N0ut i Ca:rol ina lonr, 11 ' 1114lA Gvrtil''J 9) IT 10 ., Sric! .~iTno~ u