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VOLUME IV.NO. 433._ CHARLESTON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1867. PRICE FIVE CENTS TELEGRAPHIC. VETO MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO THE. . SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SUFFRAGE BILE, FOR TUE DIS? TRICT OF COLUMBIA. To ttie Senate of Oie United States: I have received and considered a Bul entitled "An Act to regulate tho elective franchise in the District of Columbia," passed by the Senate on the 13th of December, and by the House of Repre? sentativos on tho succeeding day. It was pro rented for my approval on the 26th ult., six days after thc adjournment of Congross, and is now re? turned, with my objections, to the Senate, in which house it originated. Measures having been intro? duced at the commencement of tho first Fenelon of the present Congress for the extension ot trie elec? tive franchise to persons of color in the District of Columbia, stops wore takon hy tho corporate au? thorities of Washington and Georgetown to ascer? tain and make known thc opinions of the people of the two cities upon a subject so immediately affect? ing their wolfaro as a community. The question was submitted to tho people at special elections, held in thc month of December, 1865, when the qualified votera of Washington and Georgetown, with groat unanimity of sentunont, expressed them? selves opposed to tho cont .mplr*?? legislation. In Washington, in a vote of 6000. thc ;Tgest, with but two exceptions, ever polled in thai, cita.onlv 35 ballots were cast for negro suffrage, while iii Georgetown an aggregate of SIS votos, a number ncnsidorably in excess of the average vote at tho four preceding annual elections-but one was given in favor of the proposed extension of tho elective franchise.. As these elections seem to have boen conducted with entire fairness, thc result must bo accepted as a truthful expression of thc opinion of the people of the District upon the qnostion which cvokedit. Pos? sessing, as an organized community, tho same pop? ular right aa the inhabitants of a State or Territory to make known their will upon mattara which af? fect their social and political condition, they could have selected no more appropriate mode of memorializing Congress upon the subject of this Bill than through the suffrages of their qualified voters. Entirely disregarding the wishes of tho people of the District of Colombia, Congress has deemed it right and expedient to pass the - mea? sure now submitted for my signature. It, there? fore, becomes the duty of the Executive, standing between tho legislation of tho one and the will ot the other fairly expressed, to determine whether ho should approve the Bill and thus aid in placing upon tho'Staiuto Books of the notion a law, against which the people to whom it is to apply have solemnly, and with such unanimity, protested, or whether he-should return it, with nts objections, in the hope that, upon reconsideration, Congress, acting as the representatives of tho inhabitants of the seat of government, will permit them toxogu late - a'' purely local ? question as tb them " may seem best suited to their interests and condition. The District of Columbia was ceded to the Unit? ed States hy Maryland and Virginia, in order that it might become tho permanent seat of govern? ment of the United States. Accepted by Con? gress, it at once became subject to the "exclu? sive legislation" for which provision is made in the Federal Constitution. It should be borne in mind, however, that, in exercising its functions as the law-making power of the District of Columbia, the authority of the National Legislature is not without limit, but that Congress is bound to ob? serve the letter and spirit of the Constitution, as well in the enactment of local laws for the seat of government as in legislation common to the entire Union. TVere it to be admitted that the "right to exercise exclusivo legislation in all cases whatso? ever" conferred upon Congress unlimited power within the District of Columbia, titles of nobility might be granted within its boundaries; laws might he made "respecting an establishment of re? ligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging tho freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to asem ble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Despotism would thus reign at the seat of government of a free republic, and, as a place of permanent rcsidenoe, it would be avoided by all who prefer tho blessings of liberty to the mere emoluments of official position. It should also be remembered that, in iog?oU*?.;U6 for ?he District of Columbia under thc Federal Constitution, the relation of Congress to its in? habitants is analogous to that of a legislature to the people of a State under their own local consti? tution. It does not, therefore, seem to be asking too much that in mattera pertaining to the Dis? trict, Congress should have a like respect for the will and interests of its inhabitants os is entertain? ed by a State Legislature for tho wishes and pros? perity of those for whom they legislate. The spirit of our Constitution and the "genius' of oar Government require that, in .regard to any law which is to affect and have a perm anent bearing up? on a people, their will should exert at loase a reason? able influence upon thoso who are acting in the capacity of their legislators. Would, for instance, the Lozislaturo of the State of Now York, or of Pennsylvania, or of Indiana, or of any State in tho Union, in opposition to the expressed "w?l of a-large majority of the people whom they were chosen 10 represent, arbitrarily force upon them, as voters, all persons of the African or negro race, and make them eligible for office, without any other qualifi? cation than a certain term of residence within the State ? In neither of the States namod would the colored population, when acting together, be dble to produce any great social or political result. Vet in New York, before he can vote, the man of color must fulfill conditions that aro not required of the white citizen. InPennsylvania tho elective franchise is restricted towhee freemon; while in Indiana negroes and mulattoes are expressly excluded from the right of suffrage. It hardly seems con? sistent with the principios of right and justice that representatives of States where suf? frage is either denied the colored manor grant? ed to him on qualifications requiring intelligence or property, should compel the people of tho Dis? trict of Columbia to try an experiment which their own constituents have thus far shown an unwil? lingness to test for themselves; nor does it accord with our republican ideas that the principles of self-government should lose its force when applied to the residents of the District, morely -because their legislators are not Uko those of the States re? sponsible through tho ballot to the poople, for whom they aro the law-making power. The great object of placing the seat of government under the exclusive legislation of Congress was to secure the entire independence of the -"General Government from undue State influence., and to enable it to dis? charge, without danger of interruption, or infringe? ment of its authority, the high functions for which it was created by the people. For this important purpose it was ceded to the United States by Maryland and Virginia; and it certainly never could have been contemplated, os one of the ob? jects to b? attained, by placing it under the exclu? sive jurisdiction of 'Congress, that.it would afford to propagandists or political parties a place for an experimental test of theil- principles and theories. While indeed the residents of the seat of govern? ment are not citizens of any States, and are not, therefore, allowed a voice in the electoral college or representation in the councils of the nation, they are, nevertheless, American citizens, entitled ss such to every guarantee of tho Constitution, to every benefit of the laws, and to every right which pertains to citizens of our common country. In all matters, then, affecting their domestic af? fairs, the spirit of our. democratic form of govern? ment demands that their wishes should bo con? sulted and respected,, and they taught to feel that, although not permitted practically to partici? pate in national concerns, they are, nevertheless, under a paternal Government, regardful of then rights, mindful of their wanta, and solicitous for their prosperity. It was evidently contempla? ted that all local questions would be left to their decision, at least to on extent that would not be incompatible with the object which Congress contemplated when" it assumed exclu pive legislation over the seat of government. When the Constitution was yet under considera? tion, it was assumed by Mr. Madison that its in? habitants would be allowed "a municipal legislat? ure" for local purposes, derived" from their own suf? frages. Whon for the first time -Congress in the year 1800 assembled at Washington, President Adams in his spedch at its opening- reminded the two Houses that-it was"for thom to -consider whether the local powers over the District of Co? lumbia, vested by the Constitution in the "Congress ot the United States, should be immediately exor? cised; and ho asked them to consider it as the Capital of this great nation, advanead with unex? ampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth and population, and possessing within itself those resources which, if . not thrown away or lament? ably misdirected, would seon??/ to lt ? long course of prosperity and self-government, Three years bad not elapsed, when Congress was called upon to determine the- propriety of retro ceding to Maryland and Virginia the. jurisdiction of the territory v1teb>ihBf*M-toBpe&n\y rekn ?uished to the Government ot tho United States, t waa urged, on' the one hand, that exclusive ju? risdiction was not necessary or useful to.the Gov? ernment; that it deprived the inhabitants of the District of their political rights; that mach of tho time of Congress was consumed in legislation per? taining to it; that its. government twas oxponsw?; that congress was not ixinfpet?nt'to legislate foj the District, because the members were strangers ' to ita Ioctl concerns: and that lt was as example Ot a government without representation-an ' ??* pertnttSt dangeroas to the liberties of tha Stittec On the other hand, it was held, among other rea? sons, and BncceeaAuy, that the Constitution..the Acts of cession of Virginia. amLilarjland, ami the Act of Congress acceptmp th# grant, alf contem? plated the exorcise of exclusive ttgislaUpn by Con? gress; and that ita nsef ulneas, if not ito neciis^ity, WAS inferred .from the inconvemenoe which wt* felt tor want of it by the Congress of the Confed orattao; that tbs people themselves, who it was said hid boan deprived of their political rights, iiad not complained ami ^did not desire a retro? cession; that tho evil might be remedied by giving" Clem a representation in Congross when tho Dis? trict should become sufficiently populous, and, in tho T*)"^"**""?, a local legislature; that if tho inhab? itants tod not political rights, they had great political influence; that the trouble and oxporae ol legislating for the District would not bo great, but would diminish and might, in a great measure, be avoided by a local logislaturo, aud that Congress could not retrocede the inhabitants without their consent. Continuing to live substantially undor tho laws that existed at the time of the coB3ion, and such changes only having boen made as were suggested by thomselves, the people of tho District havo not sought a local logislaturo-that wKicli has gen? erally been willingly concedod by tho Coneross of tho nation. As a general rulo," sound policy re? quires that the logislaturo should yield to tho wishes of a people when not inconsistent with the Constitution and tho laws. The measures suited to one community might not ba well adapted to tho condition of another, and tho persons host qualified to determine such questions aro those whoso interests aro to bo directly affected by any proposed law. In Massachusetts, for instance, male persons are allowed to vote without regard to color, provided they possess a certain degree of intelligence In a population in that State of 1,231,066, there were, by the census of 1860, only 9602 persons of color, and of the males over twenty years of ago the.ro were 339,036 white to 2602 col? ored. By tho same official enumeration there wero in tho District of Columbia 60,761 whites to 14,316 persons of the colored raoe. Since thon, however, the population of tho District has largely increased, and it is estimated that, at the present time, there are nearly a hundred thousand whites to thirty thousand negroes. The cause of the augmented numbers of tho latter c'ass needs no explanation. Contiguous to Maryland and Virginia, the District, during tho war, became a place of refuge for those who es? caped from servitude, and it is yet tho abiding place 3? a considerable portion of those who' sought nrithin its limits shelter from bondage. Until thon iield in slavery, and denied all opportunities for mental culture, their first knowledge of tho Gov? ernment was acquired whon, by conferring upon hem freedom, it became the benefactor of their race. The test of their capability for improvement rjegan when, for the first time, tho career of freo ndustry and tho avenues to intelligence wore ?pened to thom. Possessing these advantages but i limited time-tho greater number, poihaps, laving entered the District of Columbia during tho arter year of the war, or since its termination-wo nay woll pause to inquire whether, after BO brief a irobation, they are, as a, class, capable of an intel igent exercise of the right of suffrage, and quali led to discharge the duties of official position. Che people who ore daily witnesses of their mode if living, and who have become familiar -with their ?abits of thought, have expressed the conviction hat they are not yet competent to serve as olec ors, and thus become eligible for offico in tho ?cal governments under which they live. Clothed with the elective franchise, tnoir num lers, already largely in excess of tho demand for ibor, would be soo i increased by an influx from be adjoining States. Drawn from fields where mployment is abundant, they would in vain seek t herc, and so add to the embarrassments already ixperiencedfrom the large class of idle persons con? gregated in tho District. Hardly yet capable of orming correct judgment upon ?he important mestions that often make the issues of a political contest, they could readily be made subservient to he purposes of designing persons. While in Maa lachuaottfl, under the census of I860, tho propor? tion of white to colored males, over twenty years if ago, was one hundred and thirty to one, here ho black race constitutes nearly one-third of the ntire population, whilst tho same class surrounds he District on .all sides, ready to chango their esidence at a moment's notice, and with all the ttcility of a nomadic people, in order to enjoy hero, ifter a short residence, a privilego they find no rhere else. It is within their power, intone year, 0 come into the District in such numbers as to ta ve tho supremo control of the white race, and to ;overn them by their own officers; and by the ox rcise of all the municipal authority, among tho est, of the power of taxation over property in rhich they have no interest. In Massachusetts, rhere they have enjoyed the benefits of a thorough ducational system, a qualification of intelligence ? required; while here, suffrage is extended to all rithont discrimination-aa well to tho most inca? pable who can prove a. residence in the District of ne year, as to those persons of color who, com? paratively few in number, are permanent inhabi ints, and having given evidence of merit and ualincation, are recognized as useful and respon ible members of the community. Imposed on an unwilling people, placed by the 'onstitution under the exclusive legislation of 'oDgress, this measure would be received as au rbitrary exercise of power, and as an indication y the country of the purpose of Congress to corn? el the acceptance of Negro Suflxage by the States: 1 would engender a feeling of opposition and atred between the two races, which, becoming eep-rooted and ineradicable, would prevent them rom living together in a state of mutual friendli css. Carefully avoiding every measure that might ind to produce such a result, and following the lear and well-ascertained popular will, we should asiduously endeavor to promote kindly relations etweeu them; and thus, when that popular will lads the way, prepare for the gradual and armonicms introduction of this new clement into ie ponucaipoweror tnecunuu..-? It cannot be urged that the proposed extension f suffrage in the District of Columbia is neoes iry to enable persons of color to protect either len- interests or their rights. They stand here reciselv as they stand in Pennsylvania, Ohio and ?diana. Here, as elsewhere, in all that pertains } civil rights, there is nothing to distinguish this lass of persons from other citizens of the United [tates-for they possess the full and equal benefit f all laws and proceedings for the security of per? on and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, nd are made subject to like punishment, pains nd penalties, and nono other-any law, statute, rdinanco, regulations or customs to the contrary otwithstandmg. Nor, as has been assumed, are heir suffrages necessary to aid a loyal sentiment ere, for local government already exists of un oubted fealty to the Government, and is sustain d by .communities, which were among the first ) testifv their devotion to the Union, and which, nxing the struggle, furnished their full quota of ten to the military service of the country. The exercise of the elective franchise is tho ighest attribute or an American citizen, and hen guided b? virtue, intelligence, patriotism, nd a proper appreciation of our institutions, con titutes the true basis of a democratic.form of orernment,' in" which " the sovereign power is ridged in' the body of the people. Its monetice for :ood necessarily depends upon the elevated haracter and patriotism of the elector, for if exer ised by.persons who do not justly . estimate its ?ame, and who aro indifferent as to its results, it rill only prove a means of placing power in the' ianda or the unprincipled ana ambitious, and must ventilate in the complete destruction of that ?berty of which it should be the most powerful onsei vator. Great danger is, therefore, io be ap? rehended from an untimely extension of the fran? oise to any new class in our country, especially ? hon a large majority of that class, in wielding the ower thus placed in their hands, cannot he ex? acted correctly to comprehend the dntioB and esponsibilities which pertain to suffrage. . Yesterday, aa it were, four millions of persons rere held ia a condition of slavery that had existed ar generations; to-day they are freemen, and are saunaed by law to be citizens. It cannot he pre-, urned, from their previous condition of servitude, bat, as a class,"they are as well informed as to the tatura of our Government as the intelligent for igner who makes our land the home of his hoioo. In the ease of the latter, neither a resi? dence of five years and the knowledge of our insti utions which it gives, nor the attachment to the irinciples of the Constitution, are the ody con (li? ions upon which he can be admitted to citizen hip. He must prove, in addition, a good moral haracter, and thus give reasonable grounds for he belief that he will ba faithful to the obligations rhicb he assumes as a citizen of ho Republic. Where a people, the source of all political powe-, ipoak by their suffrages through theinstrumontal ty of the ballot-box, it must be carefully guarded Lgainst the control of these who are corrupt in irinciple and enemies of free institutions; for t can only become to our political and scoiai sys? tem a safe conductor of healthy; popular senti nent when kept free from demoralizing influences. Controlled through {rand and usurpation by the lesigning, anarchy and despotism must inevitably allow. In the hands of the patriotic and worthy, mr Government will be preserved upon the princi? pes of the Constitution inherited from oar fathers, [t follows, therefore, that in admitting to the bal ot-box a new class af voters, not qualified for thc ixercise ' of the elective franchise, we weaken om lystem of government, instead of adding to itt itrength or. i irrability. In ra turning this Bill to the Senate. I deeply" re rret that there should be any conflict of opinioi between 'he Legislative and Executive Depart non ts of tho Government in regard to measures tba' ??itally affect the prosperity and peace of the conn' ar. sincerely desiring to reconcile the States wit! me another, and the whole people to the Govern nent of the United States, it has been my eames irish to co-operate with Congress in all measurei saving for their object a proper and complete ad rustment of the questions resulting from our lab riv? war. Harmony between the co-ordinat* [Tranches of the Government, always necessary fa tho public welfare, was never more demanded thai it the present time; and it will, therefore, he nr constant aim to promote, as far as possible, con sert ot action between them. The differences o ?pinion that have already occurred have render? me only the more cautious lest the Executiv. should encroach upon any of the prerogatives o Congress, or by exceeding, in any manner, th constitutional Omit of his duties, destroy th equilibrium which should exist between the seve rai co-ordinate departments, and which is BO essen tial to the harmonious working of the Government I know it has been urged that the Executivi Department is-moro likely to enlarge-tba sphere c its action than'eithar of the other two brvufihese the Government," and especially in the exercise c the veto power conferred upon it by the Conatitr. ti on. It should be remembered, however, thu this power is wholly negative end conservative i its character, and was intended to operate as oheck upon unconstitutional, hasty and impf ? 7 dent legislation, ?nd ag a moans ot protcctio against invasions of the jost powere of the Exect Uve and Judicial Department?, . It ia remarked by Chancellor Kent that to ena? laws is & txancendantpower, and if the body tin possesses it be ? full and equal roproBontatioui the people; there ls danger of ita -prensing -wit destructive weight upon all the other paita af il machinery of government. . It has, therefore, be,: thought necessary by tho most skillful and mo* expeneaoed artists in the science of civil polit that strong hairier? should be erected for the pr tection and security o| tba otherjtecessaiy powe of the government. Soita?g hes been doom; more fit and expedient for the purpose than tl provision that tho head of the Executive Depot ment should be so constituted as to secure a roar site share of independence, and that he ehon have a negative upon Ute passing co* laws, and th tho Judiciary power, resting; on a still moro per? manent basis, should have the right of determin? ing upon tho validity of lav, s by tho standard of tho Constitution. T io necessity of some such chock in tho hands of thc Executive is shown by reference to the most eminont writers upon our system of government, who seem to concur in the opinion that encroachments are most to bo appre? hended from tho department in which all the legis? lative powers aro vested hy tho Constitution. Mr. Madison, in referring to the difficulty of pro? viding some practical security for each against tho invasion of the others, remarked that tho legisla? tive . dcpartinont is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. Tho founders of our Repub? lic seem never to have recollected the danger from legislative usurpation, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tvranny as is threatened by Executive usurpations. In a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited, both in tho extent ano thc duration of its power, and where tho legis-" lative power is exercised by an assembly, which is inspired by a supposed influence over the people, wit H an intrepid confidence in its own strength, whi h is sufficiently numerous to feel all the pas? sions which actuate a multitude, yet not so nume? rous as lo be incapable of pursuing tho objects of its passions, by means which reason prescribes it is against tho enterprising ambition of this de? partment that tho people ought to indulgo their jealousy and exhaust all their precautions. Tho legislative department derives a supremacy in our Government from other circumstances. Its constitutional powers being at once more extensive and less susceptible of precise limits, it can, with the greater facility, mask under complicated and i-direct measures the encroa limen ts which it makes on the co-ordinate departments. On the other sido, the exclusive power being restrained within a narrower compass, and being more simple in its nature, and the Judiciary being prescribed by land? marks still less uncertain, projects of usurpation by either of theso departments would immediately betray and defeat themselves. Ker is this alL As tho legislativo department alone has access to the pockots of the people, and has, in some constitu? tions, full discretion, and in all a prevailing influ? ence over the pecuniary awards of those connected with the other departments, a dependence is thus created in the latter which gives still greater facility to tho encroachments of the former. Wo have seen that the tendency of republican governments is to an aggrandisement of the legis? lative at the expense of tho other departments. Mt. Jefferson, in referring to the early constitution of Virginia, objected that hy its provisions all the powers of government-legislative, executive and judicial-resulted to tho legislative body holding, that thc concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that there is a plurality of hands and not a single one-one hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppres? sive as one. As little will it avail us that they aro chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but ono which should not only be founded on freo principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legalities without being effectually checked and re? strained by tho others. Por this reason the con? vention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this basis, that the legisla? tive, executive and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct, so that no person should exorcise the powers of moro than ono of them at tho samo time. But no barrier was provided between theso seve? ral powers. The Judiciary and Executive mem? bers were loft dependent on the legislative for their subsistence m office, and some of them for their continuance in it. If, therefore, the legisla? ture assumes executive and judiciary powers, no opposition, is likely to he made, nor," ii made, can bo effectual, because, in that case, they may put their proceedings into the form of an Act of As? sembly, which will render them obligatory on the other branches. They have accordingly, in many instances, decided rights which should have been left to Judiciary controversy, and the directiou of tho Executive, during tho whole time of their ses? sion, is becoming habitual and fanuhar. Mr. Justice Story, in his Commentaries on the Constitution, reviews tho same subject and says : Xhe truth is, that the legislative power is the great and overruling power in every free 'government. Ihe representatives of the people will watch with jealousy every encroachment of the Executive Magistrate, for it trenches upon their own authori? ty; but who shall watch the encroachments of these representatives themselves? Will they be is jealous of the exercise of power, by themselves is by others ? There are many reasons which may be assigned for the engrossing influence of the legislative department. In the first place, its constitutional powers are more extensive and less capable of being brought within precise bounds man those of either of the other departments. The mounds of the Executive authority are easily narked out and denned. It reaches few objects, md these aro known. It cannot transcend them, vi thou t being brough, in contact with the other legartments. Laws jnay chock and restrain and still greater force to the Judiciary. The "furisaic ion is or may be bounded to a few objects or per? sons ; or, however general and unlimited, its op? erations are necessarily confined to the mere ad? ministration of public and private justice. It can? not punish without law, it cannot create contro? versies to act upon. It can decido only upon rights ind cases, as they are brought by Others before it. [t can do nothing for itself, lt must do everything 'or others. It must obey the laws, and it it cor? ruptly administers them it is subject to the power jf impeachment. On the otaer hand, tho legislative power, ex? cept in the few cases of constitutional prohibition, s unlimited ; it is forever varying its means and ta ends ; it governs the institutions and laws and public policy of the country ; it regulates all its rast interests ; it disposes* of all its property. Look but at the exercise of two or three branches it its ordinary powers. It levies all taxes and it lirects and appropriates all supplies ; it gives the rules for the descent, distribution and devises of all property held by individu?is ; it changes at its will the whole fabric of the laws ; it moulds at ?te pleasure almost all the institutions which give strength, and comfort, and dignity to society. In the next place, it is the direct, visible representa? tive of the w.ll of the people in all the changes of times and circumstances. It has the pride as well as the power of numbers ; it is easily moved and steadily moved, by the strong impulses of popular feeling" and popular odium ; it obeys without re? ine tance-the wishes and the will of the majority for the time being. The path to public favor hes open by such obedience, and .it finds not only support, bnt impunity in whatever measures the majority advises, even though they transcend the constitu? tional limits. It has: no motive, therefore; tobe jealous or scrupulous in its own use of power,' and it finds-its ambition stimulated an d its arms strengthened by the countenance and the courage of numbers. These views are not alone those of men who look with apprehension upon the fate of Republics, but they are also freely admitted by some of the strongest advocates for popular rights and the permanency of republican institutions. Each de? partment should have a win, of its own. Each should have its own independence secured beyond thc power of being taken away-by either or both of tho others, but at the same tune the relationf of each to the other should be so strong that there should be a mutual interest to sustain and protect each other. There should not only be constitutiona means but personal motives also, te resist the en? croachments of one or either of the others. Am? bition would thus be made to counteract ambi? tion,-the desire of power to check power, one the pressure of interest to balance an opposing in The Judiciary is naturally, and almost noces sarily, as has been already said, the weakest de? partment. It can have no means of influence b patronage. Its powers can never bs wielded fo: itself. It has nb command over .the purse JOT. Hu sword of the nation. It can' neither lay taxes, no: appropriate money, nor ?jnmand armies,-or ap point to office, it is nev? brought into contai with the people by constant appeals and solicitation and private intercourse, which belong to all th other departments of government. It is seen onl; in controversies, or in trials and punishments. It rigid justice and impartiality- give it no claims fe favor, however they may to respect. It stand solitary and unsupported, except by that portie: of publie opinion which is interested only tn th Strict administration of justice. It can rare! secure the sympathy or zealous support either c the Executive or of the Legislature. If they ar not, as is not Tmfrequently the cass, jealous of it prerogatives, the constant necessity of scrutiny mg the acts of each, upon the arpUcstirnv of an private person, and tho painful duty of pronounc ing judgment, that these acta are a departur f r om the law or Constitution, can have no tendonc to concili?t o kindness or nourish influence. - It must seem, therefore',- that some additions guards would.-under euch circamst&noes, be nt cessary to protect this department from the abac lute domination of tho others. Yet rarely hal any such guards been applied, .and every attaint to introduce them hos Leon resisted with a port nacity which demonstrates how slow popular loa? era are to introduce checks upon their own po we and how slow the people are to believe that the Ji diciary ia the real bulwark of their liberties, any department of the Government has undue.ii fluenceor absorbing power, it certainly-has m been either the Executive or the Judiciary. In addition to what has boen said by those di tinguisbed writers, it may also bo urged that tl dominant power in each House may, by the expn sion of a sufficient number of members, or by ? exclusion from representation of a requisite nut ber of States, reduce the minority to less than on third. Cong ess, by this-means, might be enahli to pass a law, the objections of the President tho contrary notwithstanding; which would rend impotent the other two departments of the Go eminent, and make inoperative the wholesome ai restraining power which it was" intended by t! framers of the Constitution should be exerted 1 them. This would be a practical concentration all power in tho Congress of. the United Stat? This, in the language ot the author of the D?chu tion of Independence, would bo precisely the a? nitionof a despotic government. V'L!-' I have preforred to reproduce these teachings the great statesmen ano. constitutional lawyers the early and later days of the Republic, ratt .than to rely simply upon an expression of my tr opinions, -We cannot too- o+tanratimsto them, i poe ?ally at a conjuncture like the present. Th application to our actnei condition is so appa* that they now come to un as a living voice, to listened to with more attention than at any pre ous period of oar history. ' . . , yt? have boen, and are yet, in the midst of poi lar commotion, The passions aroused by a gr civil war are still dominant. It is -not a time vorable to that calm and deliberate judmont wh is the only safeguard when radical changes in < institutions are to be made. "Che measure n before me is ono of thoso changes. It initiates an untried experiment for a people who have said with one voice that it is not for their good. This alone should raako us pause; hut it is not all. Thc experiment has not boen tried, or so much as de? manded by the people of the several States for themselves. In but few of tho States has such an innovation boen allowed as giving the ballot to the colored population, without any other qualifications than a residence of one year. Ana in most of them the denial of the ballot to this raco is abso? lute and, by fundamental law, placed beyond the dominion of ordinary legislation. In most of thoso States the evil of such sum-ago would bo partial; but, small as it would bc, it is guarded by constitutional barriers. Hero tho innovation as? sumes formidable proportions, which may grow to such on extent as to make tho white population a subordinate element in the body politic. After full deliberation upon this measure I cannot bring myself to approve it oven upon local consid? erations, nor yet, as tho beginning of an experi? ment on a largor scale. I yield to no one in attach? ment to that rule of general suffrage which dis? tinguishes our policy as a nation: but there ia a limit, wisely obsorved hitherto, which makes the ?allot a privilege and a trust, and which requires of some classes a time suitable for probation and preparation. To give it indiscriminately to a new class, wholly unprepared by provious habits and opportunities to perform tho trust which it de? mands, is to degrade and finally to destroy its power, for. it may be safely assumed that no ooh tr? eal truth is better established than that. such in? discriminate and all-embracing extension of popu? lar suffrage must end at last in its destruction. ANDREW JOHNSON. "WASHINGTON, January 5,1867. Our Cabl* Ulupa.t?tie?. ATHENS, January 7-Noon.-The United States Consulate at Candia has pronounced tho Turkish blockade to bo ineffective. .' LONDON, January 7-Noon!-England and Prance will not interfere in the Turco-Greek question if Russia does not. BEMJN, January 7.-By the incorporation of a portion of Poland with Prussia, the Polish nation? ality is finally obliterated. UVKBPOOIi mSBXT. LrvEBPooL, January 7-Noon.-Cotton quiet to? day, and sales estimated at 10,500 hales; Middling Uplands 15d. ConS?Kf?r?ioney 90g. Five-twen? ties 73. Erie Railroad Shaves 46; Illinois Central Shares 82. LONDON, 7 P. M.-Consols, 90$; Fives, 73; Illi? nois, 82; Eries, 46. ICoxcign Sewi. NEW YOBK, January 7.^-A San Francisco dis? patch says that Shanghai advices of November the 3d report tho victory of Hanking, who took the field in person to crush out the Shawtung. Three separate bodies of European troops were march? ing against tho rebels, but foreigners did not en? tertain any hopes of great success. Details of the great lire at Yokohama, Japan, state that thirty-five bodies were recovered, and tho number was hourly increasing. Many persons were crushed to death"by the crowd. Detachments of British sailors, who were landed to save proper? ty, became intoxicated, and engaged in indiscrimi? nate robbery and pillage The archives of the United States Consolata wore destroyed by fire. Tho people are suffering for food, there being a great scarcity of rice. Tho Government had, however, removed the monopoly on its Balo, and allowed foreign merchants to sell direct to con? sumers. The wax in Southern Japai was stopped by the Mikado. The new Tycoon favors carrying out faithfully the treaties with foreigners. Mining news from British Columbia is encour? aging. Congressional. IMPEACHMENT OF .TBS PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, January 7.-A message has been received from the President, in answer to a call [rom the House for the correspondence relative to the joint occupant of tho Island of San Juan and VVashington Territory. He says it is not deemed advisable at the present juncture to communicate the correspondence. This correspondence covers the fifty-four forty or fight epoch. Easson's joint resolution that whereas, notwith? standing the Thirteenth Amendment, it is lawful in some sections to sell persons declared free into slavery for life or for years, against the principles ii religion, civilization and the Constitution, it is esolved that the true intent of said 'amendment prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude, except n direct execution of a sentence imposing a den lite penalty, which penalty cannot, according to ;he Constitution, impose any other servitude than ;hat of imprisonment, under tho immediate con xol of the officers of the law, according to the ?sual course, to the exclusion of all unconstitu ional control of persons so held. All other orders, iecrees and judgments ore declared null, as vio ating the Thirteenth amendment This passed he House to-dav. The House Bin lo retrocede Alexandria to thc District of Columbia has been referred to the District Committee. The Judiciary Committee, on McClurgh's mo jointing commissioners to award commutation to oyal owners of colored volunteer soldiers. Air. Lowe, of Mo., introduced a resolution- Bet? ing forth that, for the purpose of securing the ruits of the victory over the rebellious States in sarrving ont the will of tt-.a people as expressed at he ballot box, it was the duty of the Thirty-ninth 3ongre:s, without delay, to take action upon the bllowing subjects, viz.: First, The impeachment of he officer now exercising the functions of Presc? ient of the United States for high crimes and misde neanors, of which he is so notoriously guilty as o render it unsafe to longer allow him to exercise ho executive function. Second-To abridge the powers of tho Executive to as to bring- them within lawful limits. Third-To effect a pei feet reorganization of the States lately in rebellion, and to restore them to .heir rights in the Union; and Fourth-To secure, by direct Federal interven? ?an, the right of elective franchise, without dis inction of race or color, for persons residing in the late rebel States. The point of order was ma's that tho resolution mould go to the Committee on Reconstruction, ind the point was sustained, and the resolution referred. Mr. Kelso, of Missouri, subsequently introduced the same- resolution, modified by 'striking oat the third and fourth clauses. - - - - Mr. Davis, .ogNew York, moved to?lay it on the ?bis, which was not agreed to-yeas 40, nays 103. Pending farther consideration, the morning hour expired, and the resolution went over. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, introduced a paper and re? solutions impeaching Andrew Johnson, Vice-Presi lant and acting President of the United States, of oigh crimes and misdemeanors, in that he usurped power and violated laws; that he had made cor mpt ase of the appointing power, tho pardoning power, and the veto power; that he had corruptly disposed of the public property bf the United 3tates; that hs had corruptly interfered in elec? tions, and was guilty of otber high crimes and mis lemeanors. The resolution instructs the Commit? tee on Judiciary to inquire whether, in the dis? charge of his power and duties, Andrew Johnson, vice-President and acting President of the United States, was guilty of acts designed to subvert the Government of the United States, or any depart? ment thereof ; and whether he has been guilty of anch acts as in law would be denominated high crimes and misdemeanors, which required the in? terposition of the House, and the Committee have power to send for persons and papers. Mr. Spalding moved to lay the resolution on the table. Not agreed to-yeas 39, nays 105. ' Mr. Ashley demanded the previous question on the passage of the resolution, and it was ordered. The resolution waa, then agreed to by a vote of 106 yeas to 36 nays. . ... . - -A Bill dividing tho Western District of Arkansas into two judicial districts was referred to tho Ju? diciary Committee. ' A bin for the'relief of the widows and heirs of those massacred or captured at Fort Pillow. was referred to the Military Com? mittee. A bill to provide true national currency, and to provide for the collection of revenue for the liquidation of toe . national debt, and other , pur? poses, was referred to the Committee on Banks and Currency. A bill to repeal the Act of March Sd, 1863, relating to tho suspension af the habeas corpus Act, ana - for regulating judicial proceed? ings, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A Resolution TwaWrig it the duty of the Postmas? ter General to allow Senators and Representatives to examine papers affecting the postal matters of their districts, passed.. A Bill to regulato tho. sala of gold- and bullion was referred to the Finance Committee. ' ' ? ? In the Senate - numerous petitions were pre? sented. 7 . - The BDI suspending the payment of stoney to persons claiming services as drafted or enlisted mon, waa passed. A Bill providing a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho,- was referred to the Committee on Territories. The President's Veto Message was received and read, and the bill was passed notwithstanding by a vote of 29 to 10. , The Nebraska B?l was taken up and debated, and the Senate adjourned without a quorum. The vote oh toe veto was as follows : Nays Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fester, Hendricks, John? son. Neamith, Norton; Patterson, and Vanwinkle. , Absent-Brown, Buckalloo, Davis, Guthrio, Har? ris, McDougal, Nye, Pomeroy, Biddle, Saulsbury. Sprague, Wilson, and Yates.. Wsthington Sew?. WASHINGTON , January 7.-Judge Orth has i'd turned from Indiana. Be reports the election o Governor Morton to thoUnited States Sei atorshi? certain. - V.i. Advices from Springfield, UL, indicate that Pal mer will be elected Senator as & reward for his emf -sering at the hands of the Kentucky judiciary. Thad, Stevens went to Harrisburg this, o vening confidant that Pennsylvania win endorse his ad van ?od position on reconstruction by cleating bia Senator. The Texas delegation have received from Gov Throckmorton a report of the special committee appointed by the Tjegislaturo, to- investigate state meats of Gen. Kiddoo. The re poi t in the mali represente Texas as tranquil. '<??':. ."The Second Auditor has found it necessary t< adopt measures which will. result in the punish ment of b?g\is claimants. ?Ti s -.?i -.? . The following Supreme 'Court decisions" hav been published: Y.'itharspoon TS. Duncan, fror the Supremo Court cf Alabama: decree .interned Euthorrord cs.-?eddis, Eastern District o? Louis: ana; affirmed. Dyer es. Danbar, Eastern Distrk of Texas; affirmed. Host of tho decisions involve Southern cases, which, during the war, had bee placed on what ia called the "do*d docket." Cale Cashing made an elaborate speech on the Grs Jacket case. Ben. Boiler is the leading lawyer i favor of the Gray Jackeys condemnation aa a lav fol prise. Should Cashing gain tho case, which i a teat case, mach money, already distributed as prize monoy, ?ill have to bc refunded. A delegation from North Carolina, appointed by tho Governor in obedionco to a joint resolution of the General Assembly, consisting of Hon. Bedford Brown (formerly United States Senator), Genoral Loach and John A. Gilmcr (formerly members of Congress), Judgo Merriam and P. "H. Winslow, have taken rooms at Willard's Hotel. Judge Brown and General Leach ore already hero, and tho re? mainder of tho delegation will arrive to-morrow. The primary object of the mission ia to investigate the irregular and oppressive collection of United States taxes for 1861. They havj, howovor, con? fided to their caro tho general interest of the State. Liberal provision has be?n m ado for the support of its irregular representatives by North Carolina, and the delegation will remain cs long as tho in? terest of tho State demands. Tlie Governor has been judicious in his appoint? ments. Col. Brown, who is the leader of the del? egation, was United States Senator from 1829 to 1860. Of his fellow Senators of 1829, only himself and Judge Sprague, now of Massachusetts, but then Senator from Maino. are alive. Tho delegation from Arkansas, appointed by the Fort Smith loyal mans mooting, and composed of Valentine, Dill, M. L. Stevenson and James M. Johnson, hare arrived. They boar a memorial to Congress, asking their authority in behalf of tho loyal pecclo of Arkansas to form the State Govern? ment. Tho memorial recognises the right of twonty-six States to legislate for tho whole coun? try, and adopt tho Constitutional Amendment by a vote of three-fourths of tho twenty-three. They ask an extension of suffrage to loyalists, regardless of color. The memorial has fifteen hundred sig? natures. Address ot the Texas Congrciilonal Delega? tion to tbe People. WASHINGTON, January 7.-Tho Address of the Toxan Congressional Delegation to the American people sketches the formation of the Republic of Texas from its incorporation into the onion and its subsequent secession, due to conflicting inter? pretations of the Constitution-one class affirming a General Government created of States which conld withdraw from a government no longer ac? ceptable; the other declaring it an act framed hy the people of tho States from which no soction could withdraw. It was claimed that the weaker party wished to withdraw from the Union, not to prevent the Northern States from retaining their government over themselves with their own construction; but to ensure its preservation to tho Southern StateB as they understood it, and in the warlike straggle which ensued the South was overcome. The address giveB tho history of the President's efforts at reconstruction, and savs thc laws of the United States aro being executed within its limits without hindrance or resistance from the people or the State authorities. The Federal anny is on our frontier for protection, and the Federal judi? ciary are performing their functions. Tho United States moils aro being carried all over the State, and the navy is protecting our commerce. The officers of customs and internal -evonue are doing their duty, and the people are paying duties and taxes an in other States. What more could be said of the people of New Ye rk and Ohio, except that they have their Senators and Representatives in Congress to speak for and represent tho rights, interests and necessities of their States, ic. Tho reasons for exclusion ore to be gathered from debates and measures proposed in Congress, and the public discussions elsowhoro. rather than specific legislative actiou. Tho injustice of this is apparent, as it leaves the people of Texas in the lark as to what was really asked of them. The adoption of tho proposed Constitutional Amend? ment has been pronounced by some sufficient to insure readmission, though this is controverted by many in leading positions. We are told that though Texas may submit to the Constitutional Amend? ment, she will never become a party to her own inradiation. If this excuse be justified on the ground that it is authorized by a clause allowing each House io judge of the qualifications cf its members, a Congressional majority might override at will the people of a State. To the insinuation that Texas s disloyal, they would reply that that assumption ?stablishes a precedent that a Congressional ma? ori ty might charge a rebellious temper cn the peo? ria of any State, as a reason for perpetuating an injustice. As it is. tho voice of Texas is not heard n her own defence, and no greater wrong can be lone a community than to judge its character by solatcd expressions or acts. Such statements ?orne not from the President, tho-General-in-Chief, >r authorized agents of the Government, hut from imall discontented factions, and a searching inquiry is to the true state of affairs is solicitod. The poo no are claimed to be loyal to the Government, and ire intensely anxious that all sectional strife should ?ase. General News. WASHINGTON, January 7.-The Department of State has received official information of a relief rom quarantine of ve ^ els coming from Philadol ihia to Cuban ports, the Spanish Consul at Phila lelphia having reported the total disappearance of bolera from this section since the 21st of Novem inlv when the vessel bringa- a-creicr Dui- or~neui?n ind has had no cholera deaths during her passage Western News. FORT. LABAMTE, NEBRASKA, January 7.-On the norning of the 1st a party of one hundred and If ty Cheyenne Indians surrounded the telegraph iffice at Sweetwater Bridge, and killed and scalped 3allicotte, the operator, and burned the station. Chere were three soldiers with him; one was found lead, the others have not boen heard from. The doyennes heretofore have been peaceful. Their .oking the war path with tho Sioux will moko it nuch worse for the small number of troops in this orri tory. An expedition had started from Lara? ine a few days ago to punish the Indians who committed the massacre at Fort Phil Kearney. California I terna. SAH FBANCTSOO, January 5.-Samples of Califor ?a and Arizona salt are to be sent to the Paris Exposition. Gen. Charles Wilson, a prominent lawyer, has ihot himself in the head, but maintained, with his ast breath, that the shot was accidental. Six thousand pounds of Soo Island Cotton for ?onolnlu arrived, en route for LiverpooL The imports of California for the year are four con millions; exports seventeen and one-quarter millions, exclusive of forty-four millions treasure ind nine and a half millions shipping on Govexn nent account. From Richmond. RICHMOND, January 7.-A resolution, offered in he House of Delegates, that the Constitutional Amendment be not ratified, waa referred to the Committee on Besoin tiona, after the rejection of i motion to suspend the rules for its immediate ionf?deration. The River is still closed with ice. Sew York M's wa. . Nsw To BK, January 7.-Charles Sumner, for nerly an ordarl . sergeant in DeKalb's regiment, committed suicide on ' account of the want of em? ployment. He leaves a wife and four children des? ?tate. At a Convention of the Manhattan Circles, James Stephens was denounced as an exploded humbug. nae Recaption of the Teto Message In ?he Cabinet. WASHINGTON, January 7.-The Veto Message meets with the hearty approval of the whole Cabi? net, excepting Stanton, who believes in its consti? tutionality. Fhe Cons tltntlonail Amendment In Missouri. ST. Lours, Ho.,' January 6.-The Amendment passed the Senate to-day by a vote of 26 to 6. ? Loni ?-rill? Sews. LOUISVILLE, January 6.-Judge Ballard decides that a pardon for a violation of the Revenue Laws loes not remit the informer's interest in the fine. New Toxic CUy Finances. Nsw YORK, January 7.-Mayor Hoffman's mes? sage, delivered to-day to Common Council, states that the funded debt of city and county is nearly 531,000,000-a decrease of $855,000 from previous year. It is well eec ursa. There is besides a tem? porary city and county debt of about $3,000,000-? decrease of $1,160,000 from previous year. The tax levy amounts to nearly $17,000,000, and is on a ba? sis of 2 3-10 per cent, while in 1865 it was 2 99-100 percent. The balance of the message ia only of local interest. ' Financial Statement, Nsw YOBS, January 7.-The Bank Statement shows loans bave decreased $1,500,300. In specie the decrease is $390,880. The circular increase is $98,253. Deposits increase, $1,702,274. Legal tender increase, $2,025,434. The import of specie for the week is $12,238. Domestic Markets. KOON DISPATCH. NEW YOBS, January 7.-New York Stocks an strong. - -Honey scarce on call. Sterling 9}. Cou pons of eighty-one; lG8ial08 J ; Coupons of sixty-two 108*1064; Coupons of sixty-four, ?061; Coupons o: sixty five, 1054al05J; Ten-forties, 99|al00; TreasQ rios, 104Jal05j. Cotton quiet and unchanged Flour Salo better. Sales 9000 bbte.-. State ??65? 12 80; Western $9 65a!4 85; Ohio ?12al4 60 Gold 133f. Wheat quint and firm. Com la2c higher. Sales 22,000 bushels; Mixed $121. Oat steady. Sales 2000 bushels; Western 66*117 cents State 70a71 cefits. Polk steady. New Mess- $21 Lard quiet and steady. - Dressed Hogs firmer Whiskey quiet. - ' EVEN Ilia DISPATCH. ' Cotton drooping: sales 2000 bales; Uplands 34J<? 35: Orleans 354@36. Flour 15?25' cents higher sales 16,000 bbb.; State and Western $9 65? f 4 8ft Ohio *12@14 50; Southern higher: sales SOO bbb at$1190?17. Wheat l@2c. higher; demand Emited salea 9000 bushels No. 1 Chicago $258. Corn 2c higher; sales 100,000 bushels Mixed $1 21@1 22 closing firm. Stock 1,731,600 bushels of Wheat 2,882,000 bushels of Corn; 8,451,000bushels of Oats ard ?650,000bushels cf Barley. Oats!(22c. highei Western 6G?70. Pork steady; sales 4000 boes. NOT Hess $20 87@21. Beef quiet. ' Bacon dull. LAT steady. Nival Stores quiet. Turpentine 67i?6f Resin $4 25@9. Rice dull. Sugar firmer. Ccfle steady. Molasses dull. Gold 133J. . The Dry Gooda Market ia more cheerful, an though Hmo is doing prices sire firm. Tho Con merool says monoy is leas stringent, but atilt fin at 7 per cent. Government securities were octiv and Brm early in the day. hat became weak on pressure to sell old Five-V .oaties by foreign bani era. Influenced by Ashley's measure. Gola is flrn Stocks quiet but firm; laming Stocks active an improving. .The Money market waa inactive toward? tl close at seven per cent. Gold closed at 33j. Governments heavy and lower. Coupons '61,108} al08j ; Coupons '62, 107?al08?: Coupons 64, 105{a 106; Coupons '65, 106<\al063. Ten-forties, 99$al00. BALTIMORE, January 7.-Flour quiet; Southern brands held firmly. Many mills have closed, owing to the scarcity of wheat. Chicago superfino $10 75; Extra 12al2 50. Wheat firm, Southern rod $8 20 a3 30; whito $3 S0a3 40; Kentucky white $3 20a3 SO. Corn steady, whito $lal 03; yellow 9Sa$l, with a poor supply of Southern, receipts being mostly from Pennsylvania. Oats dull. Seeds inactive. Cotton firm-sales 34ja35 for middling uplands. Ooffco steady, prime Bio 18, for gold. Sugars inac? tivo, but steadier. Provisions very quiet. Lard 12J. Whiskey nominal. ST. LOUIS, January 7.-Flour more active; su ?erfine ranges from $8 25a9 40; single extra $10 50a 1; double extra $11 75al2 60; tripes extra $13 75a 14 50. "Wheat stiff at $2 70a2 SO for prime, and $2 80a2 85 for choice. Corn advanced; sales at 82a87c. Oats higher, 63?a68c. Pork is in more inquiry; sales at $19 50a20 50 for Hess. Bacon clear sides IS?c. Lard Ile. for country tierces. Whiskey easy, at $2 19}a2 20 free, and $2 25 in bond. Hogs, the pens are full, with buyers and sellers apart; $5 50a6 25 offered and $6a6 50 asked. Bran firm at SI 5 per hundred lbs. LOUISVILLE, January 7.-Tobacco quiet. Su? perfine Flour $9 50?$10; Primo Wheat $2 80. Shelled Corn in bulk 68?70; in the car 62@65. Oats 62. Moss Pork $20 50. Lard 12. Hogs$6 50. Receipts 750 head; total receipts 154,000 hoad. Bulk Shoulders 84. Hams 12. Clear Sides ll. Cotton SO. Whiskey nominal. CINCINNATI, January 7.-Flour steady and in moderate demand. Hogs-bardi v anything done; buyers offered $7a7 40, and sellers asked $7 25a ?7 50 ; receipts 20,500 hoad ; tho pens are full and a large number aro on tho hooks. Mess Pork hold it $19 50&20. Lard ll$al2c. Money is scarce and the demand prcooing. Gold IOC. 9UORIEO, At Chester C. H., on Wednesday morning, December 26,1866, by Eev. J. E. WHITE, Mr. WASHINGTON A. CLARK, of James Island, So. Ca., to Miss E. VIRGINIA, only daughter of C. D. MELTON, EBq. ? In Brooklyn, N. T., on Thursday, December 27, by tho Eev. JOHN PADDOCK, WM. H. KIDD, of Charleston. S. 0., to LINA, daughter of W. Iucno, Esq., formerly of Lexington, Ey. On Thursday evening. January 3d, 1807, at Grace 3hurch, by tho Bev. C. C. PINOCHET, ANDREW M. MORELAND to SARAH G., only daughter of BENJAMIN FnLLKB, Esq., all of this city. * OBITUARY. DEPARTED THIS UFE? In Savannah, Ga., on the 8th nstant. Mr. HUGH W. HAR SAL, a native of Savannah, ia., aged 62 years, 2 months and 25 days. ?"The Relativos and Friends of Mr. HUGH W. ? AREAL, and of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM HABBAX. and Cam? ry, are respectfully invited lo attend the Funeral of the briner, at his late residence, No. 6 Glebe street. This Horning, at Eleven o'clock. January 8 ANCIENT FINE ARTS. To ike Editor of the Nev York Herald ; Respecting the relics of porcelain ware found in the tic exhumations at Herculaneum, which have been for Farded to tho Society of Antiquities In London, whereof our correspondent says tho bottle resembling DRAKE'S ?LANTATION BiTrERs was undoubtedly placed among he ruins by the agent of Dr. DBAXE, we desire to state hot he ls Incorrect in every respect. If a bottle was rand there bearing our lettering, the language of tho ncient Homans was dnTerent from the accepted lilera are of that day. Our agent has other bashiest than thia i Europe, and has not been in Italy at all. No donbt merl cans carry Plantation Bitters-to Borne; but tn in g } Impose upon s Society of Antiquarians in this way asms quite useless, and we do not appreciate the joke. I is unnecessary for UB to spend money in Europe while -o are unable to supply the demand for these celebrated litters here. Respectfully. P. H. DBASE & CO. January 8 tuths3 PUBLIC NOTICE. DISTRICT COURT FOB BERKLEY DISTRICT. IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF rooming a place of safe confinement for Prisoners in i ie village of Pinopolis, it is ordered that the first Quar ?riy Session of the District Court for Berkeley be held j t MOUNT PLEASANT (instead of Pinopolis, as heroto ire advertised), on the Fourth Monday in January istant. A Special Court will bo held on Wednesday, 9th Inst., t Mount Pleasant, for the drawing of Juries. By order of Judge F. D. BIOHARDSON. J. W. BROWNFIELD. January S stuthG Clerk Dist. Court, Berkley. S. A. LAMBERT, PRODUCE ;oniiuitjoioiT MHHIOU^XITI. OUTHEHN AND NORTHERN ORDERS FILLED ON COMMISSION. Office of John P. Newkirk, To 127 READE-STREET, CORNER HUDSON, 1ST Jffi-W YORK. 49- Agency mr EXTON'S PREMIUM TRENTON BACKERS. AH orders sent will be promptly attended i. _6mcs_ppcem'N'-r ts HOLIDAY GIFTS, ~ BT THE New York Prize Association, No. 599 SRO AD WA t, N.T. OSEWOOD PIANOS. MELODEONS, SEWING MACHINES, MUSIC BOXES, SILVER? WARE, FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, AND ELEGANT JEWELRY, VALUED AT $500,000. CI7TLL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS : THE I f Y name and value of each article of oar goods are larked on tickets, placed in sealed envelopes, and well On receipt of 25 cents, an envelope containing . ach ticket win be drawn without choice, and delivered t our office, or sent by mall to any address. The pur baser ofter seeing what article lt draws and its value- 1 rhich may be from one to five hundred, dollars-can g ion, on payment of one dollar, receive the article amod, or may exchange it for any other article marked T n our circular at the same value. Every ticket draws an J rticle worth one dollar or mare. No BLAMES. Our patrons can depend an fair, honorable dealing, "he article drawn will be delivered at our office, regsrd sssof its value, or promptly sent aa directed, by return i?n, or express. Letters from many persons acknowledging tho receipt t valuable gifts from us, may be seen on ale st our of- 1 ec. among whom we are permitted to refer to: C John 8. Holcomb, LambertviHe, N. J., gold watch, value j 950; Mrs. B. Bennett. No. 2S2 Cumberland street. Brook, rn, Sewing machine, SOO ; Edwin Hoyt; Stamford, Conn., 1 old lever watch, value $200; Hon. R. H. Briggs, Wash- ? ngton, D. 0., diamond pin, S175; J. C. Sutherland, No. a 00 Lexington avenue, piano, $850 ; Mrs. M. Jackson, No. . 03 Nineteenth street, N. T., sewing machine, iSO; Jos. 1 lamp. Elmira, N. T., melodeon, $150; Miss L. Collina, s Alants, Ga., diamond chuter ring, $235; Dr. Henry ^ tmlih, worcester, Hsss., sewing machine, $85; H. Shaw, Jo. 13316th street, N. T., gold watch, ?150: Ed v.. Boyn- 1 on. Nashville, Tenn., melodeon, $100; James Bussell, t lonteomery. Ala., gold hunting watch, $250; B. T. i Imlth, Providence. R. L, silver lever watch, ?60; Osear >nrdy, Madison. Ht. 3., music box, $45; Hon. R. S. New- 1 ?II, St Paul's, Minn., gold watch, $185; J. B. Sperry, atnhflaM; Conn-, stiver watch, $65; Wm. B. Peck. Har? em, TH? , music box, $75; Wm. Raymond, Dayton, Ohio, liver tas set, $125; Miss E. M. Sehen ck, Detroit, Mich., Hw*m,* esr rings, $225; Pierre Besudln, St Charlee lotel. New Orleans, diamond ring. $170; Mrs. Martha i Sames, St. Louis, Mo., melodeon, value $125. ] LIST OF ARTICLES ] TO SM SOLD FOP ONE DOLiAB BA OH. ind not to ba paid for until you know wast yon lave drawn. ? EACH. . 25 Rosewood Pianos, worth.$200 00 to 500 00 1 30 Melodeons, Bose wood Cass?. 100 00 to 225 00 . 200 Music Boxes, 2 to 32 tones. 15 00 to 150 00 100 Sowing Machines. 50 00 to 105 00 LOOO Silver Tea Sets. 25 O0 to IBO 00 200 Silver Revolving Patent Castors.. 15 09 to 40 00 100 Stiver fruit Care Baskets. 15 00 to 35 00 L00O Sets Silver Tes and Tablespoons.. 15 oe to 45 00 100 Gold Hunting Case Watches.. 100 00 to 250 00 100 Diamond Rings, Cluster, tc. 50 00 to 200 00 900 Gold Watches. . 60 00 to 10000 300 Ladies'Gold Watches. 60 00 to 86 00 1,000 Silver Watches.. 25 00 to 5000 3,000 Vest Chains_.. 600to 2500 2,000 pairs Esr Rings (new styles).-.4 60 to 700 2,000 Necklaces.....vi.soo to 700 2,600 Gold Pencil?. 300to soo 3,000 Onyx and Amethyst Brooches.. 6 00 to 10 00 3,000 Lava and Florentine Brooches.... 4 00 to 6 00 1,600 Masonic Plas. 4 00 to 9 00 1.600 Gold Watch Keys-inew pattern)... 4 00 to 7 60 2,600 Sets of Bosom Stada. J: J-to ?00 2.500 Enamelled t?sete Buttons. ?S?? ?2S 5,000 Plain Gold and ChAsed. Rings..... 4 60 to 1000 5,000 Stone Set and Seal Rings.. 2 60 to 1000 ??OOO Miniature Lockets, aB ?Ixe? .. 2 60 to 7 00 10,000 Sets of Ladles' Jowslry. 8 00 to 90 00 4.000 Watch TJharms (each). 300to 650 5 000 Gold Pons, Sil. ox. Cases A Pencils. 4 50 to 700 6*000 Gent's Breast, and 8carf Pins. 3 00 to 20 00 ?000 Lidies'now style Belt Buckles.... 4 00 to 800 J OOO cbstslams and Guard Chaina.....' 7 60 to 20 00 LO0O Gold Thimbles. 8 00 to 16 00 5,000 Beta Ladies' Brooch and Ear Drops 6 00 to 19 00 2.000 Gold Crosses. 160 to ?00 6,000 Oval Band Bracelets. 6 00 to 20 00 2,000 Heavy Gold Chain Bracelets. 35 00 to 4000 2,000 Boll Ear Drops, aU colors-_ 3 00 to 7 00 2.000 new style Jet and Gold Ear Drops. ?00 to 700 2.000 Gold Pens. Gold Mt'd Ebony Hold. 4 50 to 700 Lady" ti Sets, new sty lea, Cut Crystal, ill Jet, Hani Bub-, ber, kc. kc ^ J0- A chance to obtain any of tba above articles for Ono Dollar by purchasing a sealed on? elope for 25 cents. . ?Tullin ssl Iinji thin gMssWtead toy! JR5T 6 tiesas? for One Dollar, 13 ?or Two Donara, 33 for I Fivo Dollars. Great Inducements to Agents. Letter? should be addressed - - ' : J. IL EAT & CO., 'BOX Ko. 6130, NEW YORK Decenber 28 .r-?j|f- ' amos ,v BEEWSTEE & SPEATT, Attorneys at Law & Solicitors in Equity OFFICE So. 98 BEOAD STREET. NoTsmbor 9 SPECIAL NOTICES. 83- TO PLANTERS AND FACTORS._NO moro COTTON TO BE GINNED will bo received at the West Point M..1 until further notice. January 8 3 WM. LEBBY, Agent. as- M ESS HS. E DIT ORS :-PLEASE AN NOUNCE that Dr. JOHN F. POPPENHEIM will boa candidate for tho Sheriflalty ol Charleston District at the election for that office. tuths3* January 8 as- ALL CLAIMS AGAINST SCHR7~MAG NOLIA AND OWNERS, CHARK master, must bo render? ed at our office before 12 o'clock noon To-Morrovt, 9th lust., or they will be debarred payment. J. A. ENSLOW & CO.. January 8 2 No. 125 East Bay. ?5-NOTIOE--I, KATE DOUGLAS, WIFE OF WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS, now residing at No. 2 King street, and carrying on tho retail business, give notice that in one mooth from tho date hereof I will act as a SOLE TRADER. KATE DOUGLAS. JAKPABT Sro, 1867._? Imo_January 8 ?3-SOCTETY HILL AND MARLBORO'BRIDGE COMPANY.-The subscriber will receive BIDS until the 1st February for BUILDING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE across tho Pee Deo River at Society Hill. Plans and Specif! ca tiena may be Boen at my office it Society Hill, until tho day above named. G. W. KARLE. Engineer and Architect. January 8_to th ?sr NOTICE.-SAVANNAH AND CHARLES TON RAILROAD COMPANY.-Pursuant to the provi? sions of the Act of Incorporation, a meeting of the Sub? scribers to tho Capital Stock of thia Company (Six Thous? and Shares having been subscribed and paid in) will be holden at tho Planters' and Mechanics' Bank Building, East Bay, on Thursday, tho 10th day of January, at 12 o'clock, M., for tho purpose of a complete organization af said Company, and for the election of a DIRECTOR to serve for ono ?rear, or until another election shall be made. GEO. W. WILLIAMS,! J. R. BOYLSTON, WM. S. HASTIE, r Trustees. JOHN S. RYAN, I F. T. WILLIS, J January 8 3 OS- BOARD OF FEREMASTERS.-AN ELEC nON for CLERE AND SUPERINTENDENT and a PUMP CONTRACTOR for Upper and Lower Warda wfll je held at the regular meeting of the Board, 16th instant. Applicants will hand in their letters on or before that ime. B. .'. STR . BEL, January S 10 Clerk and Superintendent. SST COMMISSIONERS OF MARKETS, JANU? ARY Sd, 1867.-The Commissioners of Markau will oloct >n Monday, 14th instant, the following officers for tho mouing year : Chief Clerk. Assistant Clerk of Centre Market. Assistant Clerk of Upper Market. Clerk of Weights and Measures. Public Weigher at Market Street Scales. Public Weigher at Calhoun Street Scales. Applications viii bo left on er before the above date. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD, December 4 Chief Clerk. SS" BEAUTIFUL HAIR_CHEVALIER'S JFE FOR THE HATS positively restores gray hair to ts original color and youthful beauty; imparts life and trength to thc weakest hair; stope its falling out at ince; keeps the head dean; is unparalleled as a hair .ressing. Sold by all Druggists and fashionable halr Lressers, and at my office. No. 1123 Broadway, Now rorie SARAH A. CHEVALIER, M. D. January 4 3mos ^CHARLESTON ALMS HOUSE.-THE COM? MISSIONERS OF THE POOR will olect, on Wednesday, th January, 1867, a MASTER, MATRON and BOOK? KEEPER, to serve for the ensuing year. Also, contract rs lor BREAD and BEEF, to be delivered at Alms House n Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Applications to ? left at the Alma House prior to tho day of cloction. December 31 SS-AUDITOR'S OFFICE, SOUTH CAROLINA tATLROAD COUPANT. CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 9,1866.-All interest on the Funded Debt of the Corn any payable by Coupons on the lat of January, 1867, r?l t>e paid on presentation at the Auditor's Office, in ohn-street, on or after tho 3d proximo. December 29_J. B. EMERY, Auditor. -fl?? EATJSOXJUIF .REES?K9 COWARD will present them, duly attested, and all per. ons indebted thereto will make payment to S. L. HOWARD, November 28 _Quail dad Executor. as- WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE i. M. WHCTTNa, Esq., aa a candidate for Sheriff of ihnrio^nn (Judicial) District, at the next election, September 10_._ ???KALMIA MTT.T.H MANUFACTURING COM 'ANY.-The BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the Capital tock of thia Company wm bo opened at W. C. COURT - [EY & CO.'S OFFICE, No. 9 Boyce's Wharf, on January st, 1867, and continue open for one month. Informa on respecting the condition of the Company will be nmahad an parties desiring to forward this impor? t?t work. E. L. KERRISON, Searetary and Treasurer Kalmia MtHs. December 27 ' thstolmo JHT MESSRS. EDITORS :-YOU WILL PLEASE nn ounce Gen. A. M. MANI?AULT ss a Candidate for hcxlff at the ?^?"'"g election. A CITIZEN. Novembers_stu SsT MAGIC INK (PATENTED).-WILL reite in an colors and shades out of one botos, and with me ink; is unsurpassed for fancy and rritinga. Price, SI a box, free by maiL The trade sup ilied. Address G. M. CORDOVA. No. 62 William street, New York. December 27 thatu2mo MST FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHARLES? TON-CHAKLXSTOS, Deoembar 29, ?86S.-AS Election Sar EVEN DIRECTORS to serve for the next ensuing year, rill be held at the ?or.in-nQ Hau. on Tuesday, tho 8th of airuary. Polle open from 10 o'clock A. M. until 2 P. M. December 31 . mstuS WM. 0. BREESE, Cashier. SsT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLLE TON DISTRICT.-By B. ALLAN WILLIS, Esmiire, (rdinary.-Whereas, BEN/. STOKES,- Commissioner ia Jollity, made suit to me to grant nun Letters of Ad ainlstration of the derelict estate and effects of JOHN rARRIS: These are, therefore, to 'siteand admonish all nd singular the kindred and crediton of the said JOHX tams, late of Cotleton District, deceased,that they be and ppoar before roo, in the Court of Ordinary, to be held at Valterboro', on the twenty-fourth, day of January next, teer publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, o show cause, if any they have, why tbs said Admm Btration should not bo granted. 2 irren under my hand, this fourtaenth day of Peosrnbar. Anno Domini 1886. R. ALLAN WILLIS, December 18 tu8 O. C. D. ?-AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD EYES nada nsw, without Spectacles, Doctor or Mtdintna. Pamphlet mailed free on receipt -of ten cents. Address) ?. B. FOOTE, M. D" Na 1130 Broadway, Nsw York. November 9 _ MST ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAL HU? ?AN BYES made to order and inserted by Dra. 9. BAUCH and P. OOUOLEMANN (formerly employed by EtoisBOMSXAP, of Paris), Ho. 599 Broadway, Kew York. - ' April 14 ayr ?-COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.-THIS CELE BRATED Toilet Soap, in such universal demand, ia nada from the dinkiest materials, is mild and eo&ol Utfn? in ita natara, fragrantly aerated, and ex? tremely beneficiad ia ita action upon the skin. Vat ale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealsrs. February 7_' - - ?_tyr sar HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN' HATE RENEWER RENEWS THE HATE. BALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE? NEWER Restores gray hair to tba original color, BALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN WATS RE? NEWER Prevtnia th? hair from faning off. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE? NEWER stakes the hair soft and glossy. BALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE? NEWER Doos not rtain tho aim. BALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE? NEWER Has proved itself the best preparation fc-r tha hair ever prasanted to th? pnhUc Prie* tl. For sale by aB druggists. Wholesale by : KINO' & CASSIDEY, March 13 tsxtjft* v CHARLESTON. 83" BATO HELO R'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SPLENDID HAIR DYE ls tba bast lu tba world. Ti? only rr? arid perfect Dy "hsTtnlTiiia. raluMa. iaatasv taneous. No ?lsappotatment. No ridiculous tinta. Natural Black orBrown.J Remedies tho m effects tat Jlsi, Dyes. Invigorttoa th? hair, leaving it soft and txouufuL Thc genuine ixdgnad William A. Batchelor. Alf lilli-al arc mero imitation?, and should be avoided. Sold byan Druggists and Perfumers. Factory, No. St Border street, New York. . ._' BEWABI OF A COUNTERFEIT.