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f traps and |arts. The largest county in Texas?Presidio?is equal in area to four such States as Massachusetts. A game of chess for $1000 is to be played over the Atlantic cable by English and American players. A dinner rras given near Paris the other day, of whioh the principal dishes were shark, horse, dog, and rat In Holland no creditor or tax-gatherer calls at a house where there has been a birth until six weeks alter the event ?? Gen. Grant has issued a circular saying that hereafter boys under the age of twenty-one will not be enlisted in the regular army. A Lexington (Kentucky) paper says that town has a population of "9,000 persons with 1,100 souls." It is asserted that a crinoline manufacturer in Saxony, during the last ten years, has made oeo TO 4 1W\ onnnBC onmiffh to ffO a OUOj 4 Otjl/W liuvyoiLu v o|/tiugu vmvoq? 0 - ? round the world 13 J times. A little girl in one of the Gloucester public schools, being asked in the course of her geography lesson, what a waterfall was, replied that it was "hairwrapped around her dad's old stocking." The dials of the English Parliament clocks are twenty-two feet in diameter, the largest in the world. Every half minute the point of the minute hand moves nearly seven inches. A younglady in a Boston school, on being asked why} in Latin, winds o&me to be c&UooL masculine, quickly replied, "I do not know, unless it is because they are so fickle 1" An exchange says: Never let people work for you gratis. Two vears ago a man carried a bundle for us, and we have been lending him twenty-five cents a week ever since. ?-The Lancaster Ledger reports that small pox is prevailing to a limited extent in the lower portion of that District, and that one case originating there had developed itself in the village. -? In Maine the Senate has passed a bill authorizing marriage between whites and blacks, but the lower House refuses concurrence?to the great scandal of universal equality. The Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad pays an annual premium of $100 to that engineer who runs a locomotive the greatest number of miles with the least expense. A meeting was held at Orangeburg C. H., on the 9th inst, for the purpose of considering the practicability of establishing a cotton factor in Oranaebure District A committee was appointed to report to an adjourned meeting. It is said that a new method of punishment has been introduced into one of the public schools ofHolyoke, Mass. A disobedient scholar is ordered up, its mouth forced open, and a dose of cayenne pepper administered. The New Orleans Times says as regards the measures for raising sugar and cotton the coming year, the prospects are far from encouraging.? Money and meansj otherwise called capital and advances, are wanting. In New Albany, IncL, a woman recently sued a man for entering her house against her wishes. He proved that he was pursued by two women, three boys and four dogs when he rushed into the house, and the jury acquitted him. A Kentucky Judge has decided that all persons who have invested money in gift enterprises can sue and recover it in those States where laws exists against gaming, and all games of chance come within the statute. A distinguished writer says of the Yankee, that as soon as he enters the world, the idea of necessity assails him on every side and soon teaches him the natural limits of his power. Hence he beoomes slow to act, but persevering, and attains proficiency in making cunning do the work of force. A letter in the Baltimore Gazette says that the President is yet cheerful and hopeful of ultimate triumph, and so far from evincing a disposition of acquiescing in the insane legislation of Congress, is more determined than ever, since their atrocious designs have become developed, of firmly adhering to his constitutional position. ?-? When the Hindoo priest is about to baptize an infant, he utters the following beautiful sentiment : "Little baby, thou entered the world weeping while all around thee smile; contrive so to live that you may depart in smiles while all around you weep." Wiggins was one day with a friend, when he observed a poor dog that had been killed lying in the gutter. Wiggins paused, gazed at the dead animal, and at last said, "Here is anomer smpwreck. ' "Shipreck! Where?" "Why, there s a bark that's lost forever.'' His companion growled and passed. A man has been arrested in Hungary, for killing four children, and eating their hearts raw. He acted on the belief that he would have the power to become invisible when he had eaten seven, but was not permitted to cany his experiment to a conclusion. He ought to have been made invisible on eating the first one. The Alabama House of Representatives have passed a bill to establish a system of public schools for whites and blacks alike, except that schools for each shall be seperate in each school district It is understood tnat the Legislature will not reconsider the action on the Constitutional Amendment. The followingis the conclusion of an epitaph on a tombstone in East Tennessee: "She lived a life of virtue, and died of the cholera morbus, caused by eating green fruit, in the full hope of a blessed immortality, at the early age of twenty-four years, seven months and sixteen days. Reader, go thou and do likewise." Gov. Brownlow's organ, at Nashville, gives the recently enfranchised freedmen notice, that in the event they should vote for conservatives?which means vote for anybody but pure unadulterated radicals?said organ will at once proceed to advocate their disfranchisement. A very large congregation attended the high mass reouiem given in the Church of St Joseph, in New York, on Saturday, for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Sickles. The body was in a handsome rosewood casket, the plate of which bore the inscription Theresa B. Sickles, aged 31 years, died Feb. 5th, 1867. Gen. Sickles and the parents of the deceased were present. The pall bearers were ten in number. The Journal of Commerce says the risk and expense of storing cotton in New York is diverting the trade from that city. The rate of insurance at New York is three per cent; at Boston it is less than one per cent Fraud is suspected in many instances of the destruction of cotton by fire in New York. That large amounts of cotton are stolen fVio Kulou io o fnn txhxII L-nnwn In Vua 11 ViU Utv UOtVJ U1V1 Vj 10 Mr 1MVV kVV U VI* nuvnu kV wv contradicted. The New York TYmes states that a single firm in New York has produced, for this year's trade in valentines, an aggregate of over two and a half million valentines, ranging in price from three cents to one hundred dollars, and tne total vaiue of which, as sold at retail, is more than three hundred thousand dollars. This is the production of a single firm. Not many moons since, some Indians who saw several women baptised by immersion, in the river at St Joseph, Missouri, a hole being cut in the ice for that purpose, imagined that the ceremony, which they could not understand, was to make them good, afterwards brought their souaws, cut a hole in the ice near by, and gave them a ducking in spite of their remonstrances. It is stated that the well-known house of H. B. Clafflin & Co., New York, is in a financial difficulty. Last year this firm returned to the Assessor of Internal Revenue an income of $2,000,000, but is now brought to a stand with liabilities of $20,000,000. The difficulty is to be attributed to the fact that the market is overstocked, while the demand for goods is very light, and to sales last fall on credit The Columbia Phoenix says: An intelligent freedman who went to Florida several months ago, to settle, has returned to Columbia, perfectly satisfied with his experience, and determined to stick to South Carolina to the last He states that great inducements are. held out, but the expectations of very few of the immigrants are realized. Numbers of others, he says, who went out, are desirous of returning, but have not the means of doing so. Gen. John A. Wagoner, of Charleston, has been appointed Commissioner of Emigration, pursuant to the act of the last Legislature, and will enter upon the duties of his Bureau at once. Two foreign agents will also be selected to take charge of the interests of the State which concern Emigration from Ireland and Germany. Gen. agener is peculiarly qualified for the office, a gentleman of fine abilities, conversant with all wants, and in all respects promises to prove an admirable selection.?South Carolinian. The five gentlemen from Rome, says the Atlanta Intelligencer, who for three weeks past have ooenpied quarters in the Fedeal barracks, near this city, were released on Wednesday last. The order setting them at liberty emanated from the headquarters of General Thomas, at Louisville, and was unconditional. No bond or parole was required and no investigation had as to the merits or demerits of the case. They were simply set at liberty, and there the matter will end. The gentlemen were on the streets yesterday, and will at once return to their homes in Rome. A minister of the Kirk of Scotland, once discovered his wife asleep in the midst of his family on the Sabbath. So, pausing in the steady and Dossibly monotonous now of his oratory, he broke forth with this personal address, sharp and clear, but very deliberate: ' 'Susan!'' Susan opened her eyes and ears in a twinkling, as did all other dreamers in the house, whether asleep or awake. "SuJ san ! I didna marry ye for your wealth, since ye had nane; and I didna marry ye for your beauty ?that the hail congregation can see; and if ye have no faith, I have made but a sair bargain. fotkvilfr #upim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB'Y 21,1867. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. M1 1? An nvni. A.?TD0 paper Will u? Umvuuuuucu <->? >uv v?r. ration of tne time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. STATES' RIGHTS REVIVED. The doctrine of States' Rights, which has of late been generally considered as dead, has recently been re-affirmed by the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision. The question before the court was the right of the Federal government to license lotr teries to exist in a State, whose laws prohibit them. The case in point was from New York, the managers of the lottery claiming a right to carry on their business, despite the local law of New York, on the ground that they paid taxes to the Federal government under the Internal Revenue Act The Court decided that the requirement of taxes for any business licensed by a State, is a right belonging to Congress; but that the exercise of this right is lawful only in those States whose laws authorize such a business, and does not confer upon the Revenue tax-payer the right to carry on the business in violation of the law., of a State. This decision clearly recognizes the right of a State to make laws for its own internal regulation, and denies the power of Congress to set aside these local laws by means of acts that are intended to be of universal application. If this decision is strictly carried out in all its legitimate consequences, the greater part of the Acts passed by the present Congress will become waste paper. Congress must either squelch the Supreme Court or annul the constitution, or the Court will very soon make "pi" of Congressional enactments. Both can not exist together, in the present crisis of affairs; for Congress recognizes no constitution, while the Court's sole duty is to maintain the constitution as paramount to all law. One remarkable feature in this decision is the agreement of Chief Justice Chase with his associates on the bench. Heretofore he has always felt it his duty to dissent from the decisions of the Court, thus presenting the singular spectacle of a chief-justice who is always in the minority. This is the first occasion, on which he has enjoyed the pleasure of delivering the opinion of the Court, but, hereafter, inasmuch as the radical scales appear to be dropping from his eyes, there is reason to hope the learned Chief Justice will be able to eo? llie constitution in tlie same light as his assoei ates see it. LIFE OF HON. A. H. STEPHENS. This volume, published by the National Publishing Company, has been for sometime on our table. Though professedly a biography, the bulk of the book is taken up by the letters and speeches of Mr. Stephens, the narrative of his life being merely a sketch from the pen of Henry Cleveland, Esq., formerly editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist. The subject of this sketch must be pronounced, by eveiy one at all familiar with his history, a remarkable man. Gifted, beyond most of his fellow mortals, with the power of reading the future by the light of the past, his speeches previous to Secession read almost like the prophecies of inspira-; tion. It is doubtful, whether any of the then prominent statesmen, either North or South, comprehended the momentous consequences of that movement, in a degree at all equal to Mr. Stephens. His mind alone, of all the leading minds of the republic, saw the dangers to be avoided, the obstacles to be overcome, and the mournful result in case of failure, which were to. be met by the infant Confederacy. Joining his fortunes to those of his native South, only when he saw that tin; contest could not be averted, he at once favored a system of policy, bold, vigorous and decided. No halfway measures met his views; but he was for raising at once a mighty army and powerful fleet. To accomplish these all-important objects, his plan was to use cotton, our only great source to obtain money and credit. But, uufortunately for the cause, the riding spirits could not see the emergency of the crisis and the imperative necessity for spending our substance freely, in exchange for the munitions and implements of war. A niggardly hoarding, at the beginning of the struggle, compelled useless extravagance in the end. Mr. Stephens is in no wise responsible for the failure of the Confederacy. It was his fate to be opposed to the leading measures of the government throughout ; but as the second officer of the Confederacy, his mouth was sealed. In the true spirit of patriotism, he gave a hearty support to the government, though he felt that it was doomed to devtmftinn \Tr> instance is nn record, where he of fered the slightest hindrance, by word or act, to any measure after it had received the sanction of the government. The history of such a man Is full of interest, and those who wish to learn the causes of our defeat, J should read this book. The letters and speeches it contains, more than the sketch of Mr. Stephens' life, will shed a clear light upon it. GENUINE PHILANTHROPY. Our people have so often been disgusted by selfpraising and hypocritical charities from Northern men, that they have learned to look with suspicion upon every scheme emanating from that quarter, for the benefit of this section. Their gifts have too often proved to be deceitful snares, intended to enrich the donors, or sugar-coated poisons to injure, by stealth, those they profess to help. It is, therefore, a pleasant duty to chronicle an instance of Northern philanthropy which bears the stauip of the true metal. Mr. George Peabody, world-renowned for his 1 many good deeds and munificent donations to the poor of England, has lately given to a board of trustees of his own selection, one million dollars for the use of the more destitute portions of the South and Southwest. He desires this fund to be employed for the ' promotion and encouragement of intellectual, industrial or moral education of the young," in the designated localities. In addition to this, he gives the trustees eleven hundred thousand dollars worth of Mississippi State bonds, to be similarly used. This is a liberal gift, and does honor to the heart of the donor, who is evidently sincere in trying to rebuild the prosperity of a war-broken people.? But, though Mr. PKABODY is entitled to the highest praise for his kind intentions, it is to be feared that he made a mistake in the means adopted to secure his end. As the donation is designed lor the South, it would naturally seem proper that the trustees chosen should be men who are familiar with her wants, and therefore better fitted to discriminate between the claims of the various sections. But, of the fifteen, only three trustees are Southern men, while the others are men who have spent their whole lives in the North, some of them in all likelihood, having never even visited South of the Potomac. It is no very high compliment to the integrity or capacity of our people, to intimate in this way, that fifteen men could not be found in as many States worthy to be trusted in the management of this' fund. Mr. Peabody has too high a reputation for good sense, as well as good feeling towards his kind, for it to be supposed that such is his opinion,.though his selection of trustees has unfortunately made him liable to the suspicion that he thinks so. It is not to our taste to pick flaws in noble deeds, but there is another objection to the agents appointed to cany out the end aimed at by Mr. Peabody, which should also be stated. If they are to promote "the intellectual, industrial and moral education" of our youth, according to the Southern idea of what that education ought to be, they are Dot familiar enough with the subject to perform their task. If, on the other hand, they aim to establish the Massachusetts doctrines on education, we would prefer that the donation be handed over to the king of the cannibal isles, for the use of his subjects. We have no great admiration for the system of intellectual education, which insists upon teaching everybody to read, write and cypher, and then turns them loose upon the world to combat and upset everything that they cannot understand. Still less is our faith in the industrial edu cation, whose sole result is skilfulness in cheating enough to live without work. And as for Yankee moral education, as illustrated by their police reports and the narratives of outrageous violations of honor, faith and decency which fill their newspapers, we trust the day is far distant when it will become the standard in our sober and still partially respectable land. FREEDMEN RETURNING. Our exchanges make frequent mention of the return of freedmen who had emigrated to the West. Those of them who have come back to their old homes, speak in rather disparaging terms, of the facilities for making a living in the West? They give but a poor picture of the fancied paradise they hoped to find there, and say that in dustrious freedmen can make more in South Carolina than in Mississippi. The wages are better there than here, but prices are so high that it takes all they can make to buy the necessaries of life. This maybe true, but the real disappointment to most of the returning freedmen consists in the necessity of working at all. They had the idea, that by going out there they could live by very little ex-, ertion, and could eujoy the dignity of being free, with nothing to do. But the sad lesson has to be learned that "the head must bow and the back will have to bend, wherever the darkey may go.'' Freedmen who cannot make a living in Mississippi, are not likely to be very useful members of society here, and their room is decidedly preferable to their company. Our opinion is that an industrious man, whatever the hue of his hide, can support himself anywhere in the South, ana tiyit tnere is no necessity for freedmen running back and forth between the Atlantic oceanand the Mississippi river in search of employment We have regretted the departure of many valuable hands from our midst, as it threatens our State with a scarcity of labor. And we would like to see every fanner try to prevent this drain by using his best efforts to make his laborers contented with their present homes, believing as we do, that the freedmen who remain with their old masters fare the best, both in contracts and privileges. This is an age when everybody must work, who wishes to lead a life of independence and respectability. Dodging off to new and strange localities will not relieve any one from this disagreeable necessity ; and the sooner the freedman finds this out and sets to work in the country where he was born and is known, tbe sooner will he find himself in prosperous circumstances. But if he will go West, he ought to stay there; his return Ls a bad voucher for his fitness to be employed here. > MASONIC COURTESIES. The Masonic fraternity of Columbia have lately received, as tokens of good will from brethren of the craft in Washington City and Baltimore, a handsome set of jewels an<h regalia. Three brothers of the Order in Philadelphia have, in the same friendly spirit, presented a costly Bible to them, accompained by a letter which expresses the hope that brotherly love may continue. The delegates from Washington and Baltimore in charge of these gifts, after delivering them to the Lodges in Columbia, made a brief visit to Charleston. There they were met at the cars by a committee of brethren from the Charleston Lodges, who escorted them to the Mills House, where preparations had been made to give them a hearty fraternal welcome. They were officially introduced to the Grand Secretary by M. W. Grand Master Orr, and, in the evening were invited to a Masonic banqtiet, at which P. G. M. Henry Buist, presided in the East. After the luxuries of the table had been discussed, the evening was dedicated to intellectual pleasures, of which speeches and toasts formed the chief attraction of the hour, interspersed with song and jest, a concise account of which is given in the Charleston papers.? Doubtless the occasion was one of great interest to the participators therein; and it will gratify members of the order throughout the land, to learn that the bonds of a common brotherhood are still held sacred between the sections, whose other uniting ties have been loosened or broken by the passions of civil war. WASHINGTON NEWS. The subiect of imneachment has not occupied public attention so much as usual, during the last week, for the reason that new schemes have been originated by the Radical leaders for the oppression and plundering of the South. The House has, however, proceeded so far in advance of the Committee in charge of impeachment, as to provide for a President in case of a vacancy. The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are the persons succeeding in turn to the White House. The Reconstruction Committee's bill, or, as it is more generally called, the Stevens' bill for providing military Governors for the excluded States, has not been acted on by the House. But it is virtually dead, as another bill worse, if possible, than Steven's bill has passed the House by a vote of 113 to 43, thus making the former bill unnecessary. This is known as the New Orleans Riot Committee Bill; it provides a new government for Louisiana, and does not affect the other States.? But as it is intended as an entering wedge for the subjection of the Southern white race to the blacks, in all the excluded States, we publish a synopsis of it in another column. It has not yet been acted upon in the Senate, and its fate there is still doubtful. The Bankrupt Bill was passed by the Senate, and seut back to the House for concurrence in a monuments. The House has passed a bill to pay bounties to the soldiers of the Federal ariny, excluding rebels who joined that army to escape from prison. The amount required by the provisions of this bill is variously estimated, from $250,000,000 to $600,000,000. It has the ordeal of the Senate and the President's veto to run before it can be a law. The House also passed a bill to build light-houses at several points on the coast of Georgia, and on Morris' Island, S. C. Congress has now but two weeks left, in which to "save the country," and they seem very anxious to do it effectually. The new Congress meets on the 4th of March; but as it will contain most of the present members, the work of patriotism will doubtless go on with undiminished vigor. The proceedings hitherto have borne a lamentable similarity to those of the circumlocution office, as described by Dickens in one of his novels, in which the great problem to be solved was "How?o? to do it." Were it not that a great country, bleeding and torn, is awaiting in anxious hope, for Congress I to bind up its gaping wounds, the antics and ra vings of its 'imbecile members would provoke a smil# not unlike that which expands the countenance of the spectator, who gazes at the solemnly ludicrous ceremonies performed in the monkey-cage of a menagerie. But the spectacle of idiots sport' ing upon the crater of a volcano, whose smoillderI ing flames may, at any moment, hurl them to destruction, is not one to excite laughter. No circumstance is so portentous of evil to the whole country, as the utter absence of statesmanship and the total lack of brains and character, in the legislative branch of our Government Solomon says, "Woe to thee, Oh I land, when thy king is a child.'' What would he say of a land whose rulers are fools, without wisdom to understand the teachings of the past, and without sense to see or shun the dangers of the future? . . . THE BANKRUPT LAW. This important measure has at last passed the Senate, having barely escaped its death, by the skin of its teeth. When it was brought up for reconsideration, Mr. Sumner opposed its adoption on the benevolent ground that it allows rebels the privilege of becoming bankrupts. As the Senator koo ononf lifia.fimo In twine to reduce the South to bankruptcy, this is rather inconsistent; but while he thinks there is any more meat to be picked from the carcase, nothing is more natural than that the buzzard should wish to hover near its bones. Sumner's opposition, however, was of no avail, its only effect being to enrage one of his hitherto obedient followers, Mr. Connjss, who said that "the Senate was sick of such stuff and would not submit longer to be bullied by the Senator from Massachusetts into the support of his foolish notions." After some disousoion and amendment, the bill was passed by a vote of 22 to 20. It will now go back to the House for concurrence in the amendments of the Senate. There is no reason to apprehend its defeat in the House or its veto from the President; so that it may be considered virtually a law. As a matter of interest, we take from the Baltimore Sun a sketch of the closing scene in the discussion of this bill by the Senate: "The vote was at last reached. It was known that it would be verv close, and as no little feeling has been engendered during the debates on the bilH and there being bitter opposition on the part of Western members to this species of legislation, the progress of the call was watched with much interest When all the Senators present had been called, it was found that the tote stood twenty for, to nineteen against The Chair (Mr. Harris) then proceeded to announce the paasage of the bill, wnen at this juncture, Mr. Patterson entered the chamber and addressed the chair, wishing to record his vote. The chair either did not, or would not hear, and the bill was declared passed. This did not satisfy the opponents of the measure, and the point was successfully made that Mr. Patterson's vote must be received. Mr. Patterson voted no. which made a tie. "Itjs killed," was now heard from several, with a chuckle, but as the vote was being a second time announced, the two New Jersey Senators, who had been sent for post haste, came in, and demanded the calling of their names. They both voted aye, and it now stood 22 to 20; so the bill was passed beyond peradventure. It has now to go to the House for concurrence in the amendments." THE LOUISIANA BILL. . As an off-set to Gov. Ore's plan of reconciliation, we publish the peace-offering which comes back, in response, from the party to whom the Governor held out the olive branch. This is the bill for the reconstruction of Lousiana, reported by Mr. Elliot, from the New Orleans Riot Committee. It has passed the House by a vote of more than two-thirds, and is now before the Senate. Section 1, provides for the appointment by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, of .a Governor for the State of Louisiana. Such governor shall be thirty years of age, and a citizen of the United States and of Louisiana. He shall not have held any office whatever under the Confederate government or any State acknowledging its authority. He shall not have signed, voted for, or in any way favored the act of secession. He shall not be a person who ever held any office in the United States army or navy, or a seat in Congress, and afterwards took an oath to support the Confederacy; nor shall he ever have borne arms against the United States. And finally, he shall take the test oath prescribed by act of July 2nd, 1862. Section 2, provides for the appointment of nine similarly qualified persons as counsellors, who shall constitute the State legislature for the present. Section 3, defines the powers of the governor. Section 4, orders an election for governor and legislature in June, 1867. Section 5, prescribes the qualifications of voters. Every male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, without distinction of race or color, having resided one year in Louisiana, and who has never borne arms against the United States since he was a citizen thereof, and can take the oath of July 2d, 1862, is entitled to vote at all elections. Any one who never served in the war of rebellion, in a higher capacity than that of private soldier in open and civilized warfare, may be admitted to the rights of a voter, by an order of any court of record of the United States, upon establishing the above qualifications by the testimony of persons who have at all times borne true allegiance to the United States. He must also prove by the same "loyal" evidence, that he never gave voluntary aid or support to the rebellion, * ' i /? *C L i e\nA TT C. alter tne 4tn 01 i'larcu, 100*. upun lunusuiug such evidence, he shall receive a certificate entitling him to vote. Section 6, provides for a registration of qualified voters. Section 7, provides for the election of members to a convention to be held in October, 1867, for the purpose of forming a constitution for the State. The persons eligible to seats in this convention must be twenty-five years of age, and possess all the other qualifications required of the governor. The new constitution shall permit no distinction between men on account of race or color. It shall repudiate all debts contracted in support of the rebellion, and shall forbid any pension, compensation, gift or gratuity for anything done or suffered by any one in support of rebellion. Seotion 8, provides for the appointment by the President, of a military officer not under the rank of Brigadier-General, with a sufficient military force, whose duty it shall be to enforce the laws and sustain the authority of the State government and the United States. Section 9, requires that all laws passed by the provisional legislature shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the United States Senate, for the approval of Congress. All laws disapproved by Congress shall be null and void, from the date of disapproval. Section 10, enacts that until Louisiana is admitted to representation in Congress as a State, the people thereof shall be entitled to one delegate, possessing the qualifications of the governor, who shall have the same powers and rights had by delegates from the Territories of the United States. Section 11, enacts that all laws now in force in Louisiana, consistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain in force until repealed, except that no person is competent to act as a juror, who is not an elector under this act. Comment is unecessary, as every one can see how carefully rebels of all degrees are shut out from the rights of freemen. Nine-tenths of the voting under this bill must be done by negroes, and the remaining tenth by the pitiful wretches who, with no affection for either the Confederate or United States, vibrated between them while the struggle was doubtful, and. at its close, became the most loyal among the loyal. Decision by the Supreme Court.?By a late decsion of the Supreme Court of this State, in a case that went up from this county, negro women have the right to go into Court and swear as to the paternity of their bastard children, even though it Ijc against a white man. It is the duty of tne Court to try the case, and take the woman's testimony for what it is worth.?Charlotte (North Cardim) Democrat. LOCAL ITEMS. FEW ADVERTISEMENTS, F. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.?Citation?Thomas Whitesldee, Applicant?Thomas L. Whitesidei, D6C6dS6u W. B. Smith & J. J. Hunter?Dissolution of Copartnership. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to Absent Defendants. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of Rev. Archibald Whyte, deceased. Thomas S. Jeffervs, Secretary?Masonic Notice. National Publishing Co.?Agents wanted for the Life of Glen. Robert E. Lee;T. M. Dobson ACo.?Linebarger's Yarn. 44 44 44 ?Mackerel. ? ? ?? ?Table Salt. 44 44 44 ?Crackers. 44 44 44 -Shirting. F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?A. A. Barnett, Applicant?Wm. S. Barnett, deceased. Homesley <fc Asher?Fresh Arrivals, BETHEL PRE8BYTEBY. A pro re nata meeting of Bethel Presbytery wiD be held at Bethel Church, on Thursday, the 21st of February, 1867. ME88B8, H0ME8LY ABD ASHES. Those enterprising merchants have brought before the public an entirely new stock of Groceries, which they offer at reasonable prices. Their stock is large, varied, and selected with a view to the wants of the community, and they claim their ability to sell upon terms satisfactory to the purchaser. This firm has exhibited a gratifying spirit of business enterprise, and are true philosophers in the policy of reconstruction?not on the States' rights principle?but upon principles of economy, industry and the laudable desire of supplying the old things that went up in the wear and tear of the past years. Give them a call I MABBIAGE8 ABD DEATHS. We have recently received several notices of marriages and deaths which we have not published, for the reason that the announcements were not accompanied by the name of a responsible person known to us. We solicit notices of marriages or deaths when they occur, and will publish them gratuitously, but in every case they must be accompanied by the name of some person with whom we are acquainted. The name of the person sending the notice is not desired for publication, but as an evidence of good faith and to shield us from imposition. WEATHEB STATISTICS FOB I860. Major A. A. McKenzie has furnished us with a synopsis of the changes in the wind and weather in this District, during the last year. It was prepared from a daily record kept by himself, and is, therefore, to be relied on as accurate. From it we learn that the coldest day in the year was February 16th, and the hottest, August 9th; the thermometer ranging from 12? to 98? Fahrenheit, extremes, a difference of 86 degrees. During the year there was a fall of rain amounting to 25 3-10 inches, and in the. month of December snow fell to the extent of three inches. The wind was from the. S., 73 days; N., 58 days; E., 20 days; W., 79 days; S. E., 12 days; S. W., 32days; N. E., 15 days; N. W., 76 days ; which shows the prevailing winds to have been from the -Westward.? There were 215 clear and 140 cloudy and rainy days. PUBLIC MEETING. Rocic Hill, S, C., Feb. 9, 1867. Whereas we, a portion of the people of the 46th Regiment of South Carolina, acting in answer to a special call, through the Yorkville Enquirer, have met here to-day for the purpose of making some arrangements whereby we may be able to get corn, wheat and bacon, at cost and carriage, do hereby mutually agree to the following regulations, viz: 1st That we agree, respectively, to raise the sums of money annexed to our names, to be laid out in corn, wheat, or bacon, in such proportions as may be thought judicious, by those who may be appointed to secure said articles, and to be shipped to the care of persons appointed by those interested, for the relief of the people of this regiment, so far as may be practicable after supplying each person subscribing, to their agreement 2d. Is it further agreed, that a committee of twenty-five persons be selected by this meeting, to take subscriptions during the next two weeks, and then to meet on Saturday, the 23d instant, to appoint reliable agents to transact the business. 3d. It is further agreed, that the whole business shall be done for cash and in no other way, except where the parties interested may direct otherwise on their own account; and that the agents must be held responsible for the faithful discharge of their duties, for the time that this society may please to continue the business. 4th. It is further agreed that said articles shall be delivered at cost, and expenses incurred on n/?A?Aminol nrlnnmlnu nf flTIV nrnfif. CWI1UU11UI1 |;ilUVl]yiW) A t VV VA |yi v>.? All of which is hereby agreed, to. JOHN MASSEY, Chairman. S. P. Sctton, Secretary. On motion of J. N. McElwee, Capt. John Massev, Stephen P. Sutton, Col. Win. B. Allison, W. W. McElwee, H. H. Drennan. James M. Hinkle, Dr. Green S. Blake, Capt. Elias Neely, William Daniels, Capt. Sam'l Anderson, John Ratteree, Ferguson Barber, Mm". R. A. Springs, Capt. A. E. Hutchinson, Col. L. P. Sadler, Capt. Robert Fulwood, Milton Wallace. Nasa Riggins, J. H. Faulkner, Green Gordon, Dr. C. P. Sanaifer, John J. Poag, John Bratton, John F. Workman, Wm. Hanna and Hugh Warren: were appointed as a committee to talTo up subscriptions, and report the same on the day aforesaid. Mr. Editor:?The people are respectfully invited to aid in this matter as far as possible, for the relief of themselves, who are able, as well as for those who are dependant, and without means, to the end that none may suffer, if possible. I have no doubt that we may be, by proper exertions, highly favored in getting corn and meat brought from Kentucky and Tennessee, for a great deal less than it is now selling for. My opinion is that it can be laid down at Rock Hill, for 75 to 85 cents per bushel, and as the noble hearted Kentuckian and Tennesseean is now contributing largely for the relief of the poor of other sections, we feel, upon making the necessities of our poor known, that they will be likely to share a portion of their unexampled generosity. Therefore, I, as a citizen of the District, propose to aid as far as I am able, and will render my services free of any charge, if desired. The people will please call on any of those gentlemen, as committee men, and make whatever subscription they may please. They will have it returned in corn, bacon or flour, at cost and incidental expenses and no more. JON A. N. McELWEE, Jr. MERE-MENTION* We have received from Mr.'Samuel E. Jackson, nP tVlia TVefrW, nn nmifilinllv lnrirft tiirnin. Tt weighed 5} pounds and measured 21 inches in circumference. It costs nincteen-twentieths of the laboring men of the country the best part of two weeks wages to buy a barrel of flour. ExGovernor Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, has been admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court. Solomon Johnson, a negro, has been appointed to a firstrclass Clerkship in the Treasury Department. He was formerly President Lincoln's barber. Statistics show that a widower is twice as likely to marry as a widow. Mexico has had thirty-four rulers since 1821. The longest reign was three years. The health of Jefferson Davis is much better than it has been for six months past Why are young ladies kissing each other like an emblem of Christianity? Because they are doing unto each other as they would that men should do unto them! 86,000 persons formerly in the Methodist Episcopal Church, have transferred their membership to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Massachusetts has one convict to every hundred citizens; Alabama has one convict to every five thousand three hundred and ninety citizens. There are nearly twice as many newspapers published in the U. S. as in all the rest of the world together. A son of Gen. John C. Breckinridge Is a clerk in a wholesale dry goods store on Broadway. John C. Breckinridge is the choice of Ballard county, Kentucky, Democrats, for next Governor, they having formally instructed their delegates to vote for his nomination. A. C. Haskell, Esq., has been appointed by his Excellency, Gov. Orr, District Judge for Abbeville, vice Judge Jones, resigned. "One who knows" says that thunder and lightning in Winter is a sign of famine. It is positively announced that all the French soldiers will leave Mexico on the 25th of February. It is stated that Massachusetts has only fourteen hundred colored voters. "There is a man out West whose memory is so very short that it only reaches to his knees, consequently, he never pays for his boots. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Columbia Phoenix, of the 17th instant, comes to us clad in mourning, in memory of Gen. Sherman'8 visit to our once beautiful capital, two years ago. The Carolinian commemorates the sad anniversary in an editorial column, by a tombstone, "sacred to the memory of WilliamTecumsehShertmd," and bearing the name of Columbia, the victim of his fiery zeal for the old flag, with the nev"*** J" /MMtYt A hna Cfttruc iUAgULLCU U&\JC Ui tuc U&IUQ mull uoo uavu an indellible stain upon the name of Sherman. A blank space is left for his epitaph, which could be most appropriately filled with the wail of homeless age, orphaned childhood and outraged innocence. These were his foes, and over these the mighty victor triumphed gloriously. We see it stated that the Governor of Arkansas has vetoed a bill for the relief of wounded and disabled soldiers, and widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the war, and to provide artificial limbs for those who were maimed in the service of the State. Thisis the first instance we have observed, in which a Southern Governor has seen Jit to doubt the propriety of furnishing such relief, and we hope it will be the last No duty is more binding upon our States, and none should be more sacredly performed, than that of providing for the wants of those who lost their natural protectors in defence of our rights, albeit that defence was made in vain. Nor is it just that crippled soldiers should be allowed to travel on crutches, while artificial limbs can be obtained for them. The limbs supplied by art are, at most, but a poor substitute foi those which these unpretending heroes sacrificed so generously for us. But they are the best which it is in our power to give them, and the States ought not to hesitate one moment in supplying every crippled soldier with them. The cost of artificial limbs is too great to be borne by many who need them, but it is not a heavy expense, when sustained by a State. And if it were, it should be borne, though a special tax had to be levied foi the purpose. Our people have plenty of taxes to pay, but this is one they would certainly bear without CTumbline. As the questions of mutilated bank notef seems now in a fair way of being definitely settled, we give place to the following incisive advice of the Bank Note Reporter: ' 'Ask nothing of a bank but what is clearly right, and take nothing less. If your note is not redeemed. protest it, and sue the bank. Any impartial iurj will settle the question on the pubhc's side. You can sue a national bonk in any court and before an; judge or justice of the peace where you can sue foi any other debt or claim. If your mutilated note is sufficiently perfect tc leave no doubt of its having been issued by the bank, and the mutilation be of a character leaving no doubt that the missing part was the result of accident or ordinary wear and tear, then your de mand for payment is good." The New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury gives the following description of twc specimens of mechanical ingenuity now on exhibi tion in New York : ' There are in one of Tiffany's windows, on Broad way, two specimens of the handicraft of a citizei of Delaware, which surpass in beauty and ingenui tv of construction anything I have ever seen fron the hands of New England genius. These ck$ cTouvres of mechanical skill are working models o the steamers Commonwealth and Vanderbilt, madf of pure gold, and faithful to a fault (if there cat be fault in faithfulness) in every particular. Th< machinery is all perfect, and is set in motion by t winding up process, similar to the principle upoi which a clock is set going. A few turns of the kej starts the machinery ana sets the paddles in regu , lar motion, while a music box. which answers as i pedestal for each model, plays delicious airs in clear silvery tones. The model of the Commonwealth ii perhaps twenty-four inches long and cost $7000 It will be sent to the Paris Exposition, after whict it will be presented to Captain Williams, the com mander of the steamer it represents. The model o1 the Vanderbilt is not as large. It cost $4000, anc is also bound for Paris. A group of ladies and gen tlemen may be seen every day admiring these won ders of ingenuity. They may not be the most use ful of America's contributions to the Exposition, but theywill certainly rank among the most beau tiful. Working models of famous steamers, made exclusively of gold and silver, are not ordinary cu riosities. "Brick" Pomeroy is still engaged at the nleasinc task of consicmine to eternal infamv. the name of General Butler, who already stands rathei low on the scale of created intelligences. "Brick's" latest effort is an epitaph, prepared in advance, foi the "Beast," and which, by direction of the author, is to be engraved on a tombstone surmount by two spoons. This we think is a mistaken idea in "Brick," for Butler can never rest in peace, wh'le spoons are within his reach. Here is the epiuph: "Here rots in earth and roasts in hell, the greatest disgrace America was ever cursed with; 'Ben Brute Butler,' the coward, the traitor, thief, robber, the woman in suiter, who by his betrayals, thefts and disregard of honor and manhood, worked on a weak minded man to give him a commission in an army, that he might be protected in his robbeiy. When he spake, honest men doubted ? when he commanded, brave men were murdered ?when he was in power, women wept and virtue , failed to protect?when he ruled, innocence suffered? when he traveled, people buttoned in their watches?when he dined, people eyed their spoons?when he passed churches, the silverware disappeared ?when he died, no one mourned the death of the brute and robber who came from no one knows where, as a rotten carcass is left to putrify beside some clear stream. "Being without honor?General without a victory ? man without a father?corpse without a mourner? memory without an admirer?Spoon Thief Butler." Horace Greeley has justly been considered an enemy to the South, on account of his life-long war upon her institutions. But he can be forgiven 1br his hostility to slavery, which proceeded from conscientious convictions of duty, as is abundantly proved by his conduct towards our people since the war. Now that the institution is dead, he has buried the hatchet, and is using all his energies to restore prosperity and political equality to the excluded States. He is one of our former enemies who is truly reconciled, and is, therefore, entitled to our respect. In a letter written to H. D. Capers, Esq., of Georgia, he has expressed such genuine friendliness towards us, and, at the same time, such sound practical pdvice, that we take from it the following extract: In my judgment your people begin at the wrong end. \ ou borrow needless troubles concerning your relations with the Federal Government Your first aad great concern is peace and good will among your own people. Make the great mass of Georgians, whether loyal or once repel, white or black, contented, harmonious and kindly toward each other, and you need not much care what is done or left undone at Washington. Hence, go to work, ever}' man, woman and child of you, and grow at least twice the cotton, and put up twice the meat that you did last year, and let Congress do its worst acts, wait and take its own time for it I speak from the depth of a hearty good wilL? Pray try to be able to write me soon that almost every one in Georgia is hard at work, determined to live and let live, and conceding to every one else a perfect equality of rights. Gift Enterprise ?A late Confederate officer writes to the Richmond Examiner that a man recently detailed to him a scheme on foot to get up a gift enterprise, ostensibly for the Southern Orphan Association, but in reality to benefit alone speculators. The man came from Baltimore, and letters have been written there exposing the scheme. It is said that "bogus" agents of "memorial associations," and exhibitors of shows for aid for cemetery societies, &c., in the South, are going about the country. The public should be on their guard against impostors. * " CONTBIBUTORIAL." BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. OOLUKBIA, 80UTH OAEOLIHA, 18TH FEBBUAEY^I867. The Weather. Some sweet, soft, balmy days have been vouchsafed us lately?days that are bright by contrast ,las a jewel in an Ethiop's ear." The Lowering Clouds. We hear that Governor Orr is of opinion that our people?the South?are strangely insensible of the momentous darkness of tho clouds that lower upon our house. He is like Cassandra in his presagings of woe; may he be unlike her in the truth of his warning. State Currency, The best friends of the State and of the currency foisted upon it, have been forced into a recognition of the depreciation of that currency. State money is worth ninety cents to the dollar in Columbia, and goes rather costively at that I City Property. Lota and houses in Columbia are low. The fall in prices for this kind of property is about thirtythree per cent, upon the values seven years ago ? before the yrar, that is to say. Bents are higher, for small houses, about thirty-five per cent, if we reckon green-backs as money; or if we reckon both in gold, the prices are about the same as they were before the war. For large houses, however, there is , far less demand, as men are learning to retrench heavily, and prices, both of rent and purchase, are at least thirty per cent lower, than before the war. 1 That is to say, an improved lot with large house, ' that cost in gold twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars before the r/ar, would sell for about eight or nine thousand dollars. Money is in great demand. 1 English Defiled. Under this head we propose to illustrate with j examples, from time to time, some of the abuses , of language in places?not tap-rooms and negroquarters?'where better English should be known | apd spoken and written. Wells of "English unde, fyled' are largely the exception these days 1 ?In the Galaxy, for 1 January, at page 61, in 1 a poem called Summer Hours, by Charles Dawson ) Shanly, we find the following verse: ? '"Twm her you could win with fairy tale." | Here the poet seems to think that her is the object i of could loin; whereas it is the predicate after icas in apposition with it, and should be she. 2. ? In General Grant's correspondence with } General Lee, upon the Appomattox surrender, (in his communication of April 9th) General Grant writes: "This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturb! ed by the United States authority, so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where ! they may reside." We have italicised the words that are incorrectly used. These words should be, respectively, his home, he, his, he. The*subject of , the sentence?each officer and man ? is singular; i and the individuals are spoken of distributively or 1. : T /I L. a\ uuin uy man ? eacn man \ De ne omcer or pnyaie/. If the subject had been the officers and men, then * the rest of the sentence would have been correct 3. ?Scarcely a day passes in which we do not hear such expressions as, "I like theseldnd of _ books." "We see those sort of men." "He tells me these sort of stories." We often hear this kind of English; and rarely read it, because writing elicits more reflection than speaking. The author of Macoria puts it into her books ; but she stands almost alone in that Dickens is careless enough to do it but we do not remember just now an instance in which he uses it But Boz is full of sins against grammar of almost every kind. The University. f There are ninety-two students present for duty, f Since the organization of the University there have 5 been one hundred and seven matriculates. These , have taken the several departments as follows: [ 1 ? Mathematics, and Civil and Military Engii neering and Construction?Prof. Alexander, 97. 1 2?History, Political Philosophy, and Political Economy ? President Barnwell, 77. 3 ?Ancient Languages and Literature?Prof. 3 Rivers, 74. 4?Rhetoric, Criticism, Elocution, and Engi lish Language and Literature ? Prof. LaBorde 57. - 5 ? Chemistry, Pharmacy, Mineralogy, and GeI ology?Prof. Joseph LeConte, 29. 6?Natural and Mechanical Philosophy, and . Astronomy?Prof. John LeConte, 26. 7 ? Mental and Moral Philosophy, Sacred Litei rature, and Evidences of Christianity?Professor ' Reynolds, 22. i \ Of these hundred and seven students, a hundred and four are of South Carolina and three from , Georgia. xne uatalogue will appear In about two weeks. , The new edition of the By Laws is now ready. Professors Sachtleben (of Modern Languages) . and Darby of (Medicine) are still in Europe. They will be here in time for the new session that opens on the first Monday in next October. It is understood that Dr. Chisolm, elected to one of the chairs of Medicine, will not accept His i preference for the position he now holds in the Medical College in Charleston, is said to be the cause of this course. A professor to fill the chair offered to him will probably be elected by the Board of Trustees at its regular meeting in May. Personals. Miss Mulock, the author of John Halifax, Gentleman, is just forty years old; and rejoices in the name of Dinah Maria. That is the reason why she is always spoken of as Miss Mulock simply. She is said to be very tall and rather gaunt?whatever that is. We speak of her as Miss Mulock, because she is known to fame by that name only, though she has recently married. Her husband is a a Mr. Craik, aged twenty-five. Swinburn, the lastrrisen English poet, the author of Laus Veneris, is described as, "A small, young, even boyish man, with handsome, regular features and smooth skin; with eyes that glitter; with thin, flexible lips whose coldness is in strange contrast to the passionate intensity of his eyes; with a great deal of reddish hair that surrounds his face like a halo." Professor Seeley, Who is now said to be the author of Ecoe Homo, is a son of Mr. Seeley^ the well known Evangelical publisher, and was educated at the City of London School, under Dr. Mortimer. Having proceeded to Cambridge, and entered at Christ's College, he took his degree in 1857, when he was Senior Classic, 30th Senior Optime, and first Chancellor's Medalist He is Professor of Latin in University College, London. Robert Browning, father of the poet, is dead; and Rol>ert Browning, the poet, is writyig a new poem on some mediaeval Roman legend. Bulwer is in Italy. George Pzabody, who is giving away millions every few days, is said to be worth five hundred million ($500,000,000) of dollars. Governor Orr is in Columbia, or Charleston, or Washington, or somewhere else. Gavarni?whom everybody knows as Gavarni, but whose name is Sulpice Paul Chevalier?died recently in Paris. He left behind him s&ty thousand (60,000) designs. Pope Pio Nono is to remain in Rome. Mrs. Burdell Cunningham is said to be residing in San Francisco, the wife of one Hayes. The famous Anna E. Dickinson is twenty-five years old. Brigham Young is said to have forty-five wives ?according to the last census. Mrs. President Lincoln is excursioning in Scotland. A. T. Steioart is worth fifty millions. Albert Pike is one of the editors of the Memphis Appeal. Gen. Price has returned from Mexico. Ladies Walking Dresses. We are pleased to chronicle the fact that there is some hope of the adoption of a decided improvement in ladies' dresses for the street We arc advised that in Charleston ladies wear short dresses