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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, Jan. 25, 1866. Kiluriitional. Wc find it stated in tho Richmond Dispatch, that ono of thc objects foi which General Lee visited that city recently', was to procure the assist? ance of thc Legislature in obtaining for Washington College tho benefit of the Act of Congress, donating public lands to "industrial educational in? stitutions." The Governor of Vir? ginia recommended, iu his annual message, this Act to thc attention of the Legislature. The educational in ptitutions of the South will be de? prived of the benefit of this Act, if the following paragraph from the Washington Chronicle, of Saturday last, ?s to bo at all relied on : '"dr. Kerr's bill, which gi voa to the Southern States tho benofits of he Act donating public lands for in? dustrial colleges, has bec.i reported back from the House Committee on Agriculture, with an amendment-a proviso that no person shall be ex? cluded from tho benefits of such schools on account of race or color. " There ia no more important nor more difficult question presented at this time to the Southern people in their efforts to reconstruct society, than the question of a proper system of education to bo adopted for tho future. It is clear that wo may not look to Congress for any aid whatever in building up our institutions of learning, and that wc must rely ex? clusively upon our own efforts. Here? tofore^-in tho by-gone days-it was tho universal custom of our people tu import teachers from thc North, or to send their sons and daughters to thc schools of that section. Now, wc have not the means for this expensive sys? tem, and it behooves all who have thc interest of their country at heart, tc aid in perfecting our new system ol education, by placing in charge oi our schools home teachers. The daj for idleness on the part of educated young men and women in our midsl has passed, and wc trust that the era of self-reliance has dawned; that rc construction will bring with it : brighter day for tho development o; Southorn talent and Southern energy. Wo owe much to the North for thc educational advantages wo have en? joyed in the past; and, whilst wo es teem those who have labored arnon gs us in this capacity, we nevertheles.' urge tlmt it is a duty incumbent upoi the Southorn people to 'go earnestly to work to render ourselves independ ont in this grand department of chjj lization and christianity. Common S< -isr. Wc most cordially adopt and n\> prove the fellowing excellent sugges tien of the liejtublic, a loyal pape: published at Richmond. Let tin press of tho country imitate the ex ample of the soldiers who have me each other in tho deadly strife, bun the hatchet, and labor together fo the common good, for the country'; good and for peace. The Repidtli says: It would be a piece of excellen aommon sense in the press of boll North and South to abstain from th' abuse and vituperation which each i so industrious in employing agains the other. When the soldiers hav laid aside their weapons, the civilian can afford to hold their tongues. Th extremists of the North, it is true can scold and denounce with impu nity. But is it magnanimous, is i generous, is it just tims to berate ; fallen foe? On tho other hand, tl) journals of the South cannot indulg ?D tho language of execration am contempt, with either propriety o prudence. We have vast interests a stake, which counsel calmness an? moderation. It is very easy, an perhaps may bo very agreeable fo men who have at their command . - little ink and paper, to put in prin the most irritating sarcasms, and th most insulting epithets, but is it nc well enough to remember that thoa whom wc are goading after thi fashion, are able to crush us? ] may bo very valiant, for aught AV know, te bo very abusive, but ougl it not te be borne in mind that th peoplo thus denounced, hold th principal men of the South as hos ages in their hands, and can retalia! for angry words by terrible deed.' Indiscriminate abuse of the North as unjust as it is unw ise They ha\ been as honest and patriotic in thc support of the Government as v have been to our resistance to i authority. In courage, constant and generosity, the great mass , them have proved themselves entitle to the respect of their bitterest foe There is neither reason, fairness in safety in these newspaper diatrib against the dominant majority of tl country. -? ? ? ? Gen. Bushrod Johnson is now r ftiding in Nashville, Tenn. Traitor for i ixe Sou i li. Thc New Orleans Picayune, of thu 15th, learn? that tho German immi? grants, al?out 100 in number, who recently arrived there- from New York, in search of agricultural employment, have made favorable engagements with a planter in Tensos Parish, and have proceeded to their new homes. We understand that, according to their contracts, their wages for tho first year are to be $150, in addition to which they are to bo supplied with food, medicines and medical attend? ance, comfortable quarters and blan? kets; Their clothing and other wants they are to supply themselves. For tho second year, instead of specific wages, they are to have an internst in the crop, their shares bc apportioned to them according to tho ascertained value of their services. This, wo behove, is the limit of the contract. Both tho planter and the laborers hope that at the end of the second year the latter will have saved enough from their wages and their interest in the crop to stock small leasehold farms on their own account. From tho industrious und thrifty habits of these people, wo have but little doubt that these hopes will be realized, unless they should bo frustrated by sickness. The locality, however, is healthy, and the prospects auspi? cious." Ono of tho conditions annexed to these contracts is, that no negroes are to bc employed on the plantation. Wc doubt the propriety of such mea? sures. Our freed labor, when it gets fairly to work, onL J to have an equal chance with the imported article. The plodding, industrious German, is one of thc best among agricultural laborers, and v-ffl bo of vast advan? tage in thc recuperation of thc South, but we cannot afford to ignore that labor which has hitherto contributed to her past prosperity. As we said yesterday, if the radicals would cease those agitations, which encourage idleness in thc former slaves of the Southern States, wo believe they would do their part in re-developing their resources. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S FAMITA\-A Washington letter, speaking of the family now at the White House, says: I assure yon that Andrew Johnson wears the Presidential robes as grace? fully as any of his predecessors; and both of his daughters aro popular here on account of their unostenta? tious manners, modest disposition and perfect good taste. Mrs. Patter? son, the elder, and wife of the able and amiable Senator, :.; particularly Hiopular, because, perhaps, better chown than her younger sister. Her husband has made hosts of friends everywhere. In fact, since the dis? missal of Gen. Massey, who was not generally liked, tho White House family has increased in favor every day among citizens and visitors. Another letter furnishes tho follow? ing incident: The President's two daughters Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Stover - were modest in their appearance, yet were not overwhelmed by the splen? dor of their position. Everybody is praising thom for their simplicity and naturalness. One of the most prominent of the fashionable women of Washington called upon them one day last week, and was talking over the winter and its prospects with Mrs. Patterson, when she remarked: "We are plain people, from the mountains of Tennessee, and wc shall not put on airs because we chance to occupy this place for a short time. " This, certainly, was nobly said. TUF. SUIT ACIATNST THE SECRETARY 1 OF WAK.-In this ease, it will bo re? membered, Joseph Maddox, of Ma ; ryland, a short time since, commenced j a suit against Secretary Stanton, to : recover the sum of ono hundred thou j sand dollars damages, for injuries al ! leged to have been received from having been illegally imprisoned by thc Secretary's orders. The Secretary, among other things, makes answer to thc effect that whatever arrests and imprisonment of the plaintiff were made, if at all, wore by virtue of the orders of the President of the United States, and by virtue of his powers as Secretary of War, to arrest any one who was found engaged in giving aid and comfort to the enemy during the I rebellion. Counsel for the plaintiff I made motion to strike out tho above parts of the answer, on the ground that they were irrelevant. On Satur? day, Justice Sutherland, of the Su? premo Court, denied the motion, with ten dollars costs, to abide the decision of the action.-New York Sun. Admiral Pareja, commanding the Spanish squadron off tho coast of Chili, committed suicide December 3, 1805. He had sent a vessel, the j Covadonga, with despatches to the I Isthmus. She was captured by the j Chilians, November 26; Pareja was j informed of it on tho 28th. On the j 29th, after brooding some thirty j hours over the disgrace, the report of a pistol was heard in tho cabin, and, upon entering, he was found dead. Governor Worth's Bleusagc. Tlio following is a synopsis of tho messagoof G o vernor Worth, of North Carolina: He recommends tho early appoint? ment of magistrates, and that all acts of Provisional clerks and sheriffs, j>cr fornied since the Provisional Go? vernor was relieved, bo mado null and void, by those confirmed by the Le gislatore. He recommends that thc Attorney General have a fixed salary, and re? sident the capital, and not be required to ride the circuit. He also recommends that all laws passed during the war, unsuited to the present condition, or in conflict with thc allegiance or with the Con? stitution of the State or United States, be repealed. The Governor hopes that tho time is !v>t distent when thc United States will perceive that we are ready to per? form all our obligations to the Na? tional Government, and advises the adoption of an intelligible judicious militia code, and tho re-organization of the militia of the State. He reviews the condition ol the banks, and advises an amendment to the charters of banks and railroads, and to allow them to take stock in the National banks. The State debt, ex? clusive of the war debt, is near four? teen and-a-half millions; and he ad? vises thc issue and stile of State bonds tu pay the interest of the State debt; taxes to meet thc liabilities of thc State would be more than double the former taxes, and more than the peo? ple, in their impoverished condition, could pay. The Governor would not be understood as being despondent in relation to State affairs. He says we must rely chiefly upon our virtue and persevering industry, and says we must protect the laborer and punish vagrants. Thc Governor says, when the Legislature shall have appointed justices of the peace, and the courts ?ire restored, the machinery of the civil government will be about complete. He recommends a stay law, for the benefit of debtors, if a constitutional mode can be devised. Governor Worth thinks there is no necessity for continuing the Freed? man's Bureau after the jurisdiction of the courts is restored, as the blacks can get justice from the courts, and prevent a conflict of authority. Ho refers the Legislature to the commis? sion appointed by the Convention to review the code touching the blacks; he makes no specific recommendation, but leaves the matter with the Assem? bly. Ho refers to the collection of taxes by Federal officers, and regrets that our Senators and Representatives have not been admitted, ?iud closes a? follows: I pray God that a returning sense of patriotism and justice will ere long correct the prejudice of the times, and carry out the wise system so successfully bcp;im and perfected, so far as is depended on the executive authority for the restoration of tho State to a constitutional and harmo? nious Union, and that he will inspire all of us with the wisdom und dispo? sition to do right. ---o* GEN. GK.\":T REFUSES TO Ace KIT A BOOK STOLEN IN VIRGINIA BY. RAID? ERS.--Thc New York Tribune con- i tains a long description of what it calls "Washington's Text Book," and then iidds the following, which we take leave to say affords another evi? dence that Cen. Grant is a mau whom fanatical prejudices cannot blind to the ?Iinference lietween buy? ing and stealing: "This book was found in Virginia duriug its occupation by our troops. It is in a remarkable state of preser? vation, lt is in tho possession of a gentleman ol" this city. In a recent visit to New York, the Licntenaut Gcneral examined it with profound reverence, and expressed his ??chef that its silent, eloquent ?ind instruct? ive pages, were the architect of the practical, symmetrical and finished character of the great Washington. Tho hook was presented to (Jen. Grant. But willi that delicacy which distinguishes all that, he does, ho rc- | fused to receive it tis a gift, but was williup; to tike it in trust, to hold it t ill the owner shordd appear. Should none apply for it, it will be placed among the archives of the nation-a precious legacy." -? * ? ? - The demand of the American rail? roads for steel rails, ties, axles and crossings, and other similar materials, is increasing rapidly, and steel for this purpose is now considered a ne? cessity by our first engineers. The steel, it is found, wears twenty times as long as the iron rail, while the ties and axles far exceed iron in strength and durability, and, most important of all, in safety. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad has contracted for 4,000 ton of steel rails, and the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad for 10,000 tons. The prime cost of steel rail is about 50 per cent, above the cost of iron mil. It is the pur? pose of the companies mentioned to substitute steel rails for the iron ones now in use on thc sections of their re? spective roads requiring repairs. They have determined never to relay their roads with iron rails. A Washington despatch says the last plank of thc scaffold, near the eye of the dome of thc capitol, was removed not long since, revealing tho magnificent design i ti fresco, ou which, for eighteen months past, Constance Bramsky has been at work. THE TEASE OF THE COUNTRY. From the annual circular of a New York mercantile agency, wo gather some interesting data in regard to the business affairs of tho country. A comparativo statement of tho number of failures and tho amount of liabili? ties in the last nine years in tho Northern States is given as follows: 1857-4.257, $265,818,000 ; 1858 3,113, $73,608,747; 1859-2,959, $51, 314,000; 1860-2,733, $61,739,474; 1861-5,935, $178,632,170 ; 1802 1,652, $43,049,300 ; 186:*-495, $7, 899,000; 1804-510, $8,579,700; 1805 -530, $17,025,000; averago from 1857 to 1865, $34,437,000. It will be seen by these figures that while thc number of failures during the last year hos been about the same as those of the two preceding years, tho liabilities arc emite double. In explanation of this, we have to ob? serve that nearly one-half of thc fail? ures in the last year were confined to the leading cities, tho liabilities thereof being over three-fourths of tho entire amount throughout the Union. This, of courso, is always thc result in cities where a concen? tration of trade results in heavier obligations. Another fact, too, goes to swell thc amount in the cities tins year, and that is. that by far too many of the heaviest failures were tho results of reckless speculation or downright fraud, rather than the or? dinary reverses of business. Con? sidering the enormous volume of tin; internal and foreign commerce of the country-the number of its traders the exceptional condition of i's finances-the burden which it bears, and the struggle from which it has emerged-those failures aro wondrous? ly few, and indicate a degree of so? lidity and capacity in the mercantile community most gratif3iug for the present, and promising for the fattire. A "WoRl> WITH THE PEOPLE.-TllC signal vote by which the House of Representatives have passed the bill for negro suffrage in the District of Columbia, as opposed to the decided? ly expressed will of the people of the District, ami to thc well-known views of the President of the United States as to popular government, is evi? dence that the time has come for the constituents of these Repr?sentatives, in some unmistakable form, to make known their will on the great question of restoration. All the politicians, (with but few exceptions,) when ap? pealing to the people, claim to bc thc friends of tho President and his policy. But thc policy of the Presi? dent is obstructed and delayed by tho hindrances put in its way by a majo? rity in Congress in tho form of an inquisitorial committee, and a direct issue was made with a marked feature in his policy in the House when it disregarded the unanimously ex? pressed wish of the people of this District, when it. ignored thc right of this people to self-government in its passage of the negro suffrage bill. It is plain that the President can? not forward his policy unless the majority shall recede in Congress, and we know of no solution of tho difficulty into which Congress has involved the great question before it, unless the people everywhere, through their voice spoken in primary assem? blages, shall instruct their servants os to their will in the premises. I National In/?llir/eiicer. IMPORTANT DECLARATIONS MADE IN TIIF. SENATE.-On Friday, in the United States Senate, when the bill enlarging the powers of the Freed? man's Bureau came up, Mr. Hen? dricks, of Indiana, opposed tho bill. Ho took it up, section by section, and in a clear and forcible manner pointed ont his objections to its passage. Mr. Trumbull re]?lied, ami dining his remarks said that the Attorney General tells the Senate that the civil power is not yet restored in the Southern States. The President still continued the suspension of the habeas corpus in them, and General Grant has just issued an unit pro? hibiting the bringing civil suits against the officers of the Govern? ment. Mr. Sanlsbury, with the permission of the Senator, asked him whether he believed tho President or General Grant had the constitutional right to issue such an order. Mr. Trumbull, with an emphasis " Fes, most certainly-ample and com? plete authority. I endorse every word of it, and hope it will be en? forced; and if these provisional go? vernments attempt to organize in defiance of the laws and Constitution of the United States, I have not the slightest doubt that tho Lieutenant General, by direction of tho Execu? tive, will arrest every man composing them." He hoped there would be no necessity for proceeding to extreme measures; hoped the people of the rebellious States would do what they say they are willing to do-submit to thc authority of the Government. Let them bc as zealous in the enact? ment of laws to improve tho negro ns they havo heretofore been* to enslave them, and this Congress will not adjourn before thoy will bo ?ill restored; but if they continue to keep up tho old prejudices, harbor malice against thc Union men, eau they expect tho forgiveness of the nation which they have so forcibly warred against for four years? The Atlanta Intelligencer says that silver and copper ore have been re? cently discovered in abundance with? in two-and-a-half miles of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, in Whitfield County. Free Trade :iml Protection-Thc Humbugs or thc Day. Tho Tribune and tho Post aro making a great fuss about tho ques? tions of freo trade and protectiou, devoting their columns to lengthy articles and abstruse argumenta on both sides of the subject. These Hip Van Winkle journalists do not seem to understand that the free trade idea is a thing of the past; that tho war has put it altogether out of sight. | This country is bound to become thc greatest manufacturing country in the world. This fact will be estab? lished, if by nothing else, by the very exist ence of thc immense water power in the Southern States, especially in Virginia and the Carolinas, where the cotton fields arc at tho door of tho manufactories. Every hale of cotton raised here will before long bo manu? factured into fabrics in this country. It will not take many years to accom? plish this, and then the proverbial manufacturing power of England will vanish very quickly, and with that powerall her greatness as a com? mercial nation must decline. As far as the question of high tariff and pro? tection is concerned, we know very well that all we ever required from it was merely to be viewed as a means of revenue for thc support of the Government. Trade regulates itself upon the principles of the universal law of supply and demand. We have absolute command of the most im? portant staple in the mr ?facture of goods indispensable to thc whole world -namely, cotton fabrics. The experiments which have been tried during; the war-when the exporta? tion of American cotton was cut off from Europe -in raising (hat article in India, Egypt, and every other place supposed to be available for its culture, have proved failures. That the Southern States of this Continent are to he solely relied upon for the production of cotton is therefore es? tablished; and just, as surely as this fact is true, so also will the manufac? turing capacit ies of the South be es? tablished under the happy recon? struction system which the President is working out. The resources of the Southern States in mineral wealth are almost unlimited. There arc few countries in the world that can com? pete with them in this respect, and we expect to seo them developed by the impetus which industry is receiv? ing in that section. Discussions about free trade and protection, then, in view of all these, facts, are moro twaddle, and such philosophers as Carey and Bryant and Greeley and the rest of them are only endeavor? ing to resuscitate a corpse by agitat? ing the effete idea [ New York I!,.>.<dd, mh. Tun VAM i: OK GREENBACKS-A NEW LEOAL POINT.-lu the Cricuit Court, yesterday,, John A. Brooms was arraigned upon the charge of stealing a five-dollar nott; upon the Third National Hank of Pittsburg. He was ably defended by Messrs. Harris and Humber, who conceded the theft, but, argued that it did not. amount to a grand larceny. Capt. Hin?ber stated in brief his points in asking tin'Court to instruct the jury as follows: First -That it requires a valuation of four dollars in gold or silver to constitute grand larceny. Second-if the money stolen is worth less than four dollars in tho legal currency of the State, recog? nized and existing at, the time of the passage of the Act, then it is not grand larceny. Third-That the face value of the note is only prima facie evidence of its value, which can Ix; set aside by rebutting testimony. Fourth-That w hen the subject of the larceny is a. bank note, the genu? ineness of t he bill and tilt; existence of the bank must be proven. Judge Johnston over-ruled the ex? ceptions asked. The counsel then took exceptions to the ruling, and will file grounds for a new trial. [Louisville Courier, \%th. AtAiiwrNo INCREASE OK IMPORTA? TIONS.-During one week, recently, the importations from foreign coun? tries amounted to over $6,000,000. During live months of the current fiscal year, the importations have, amounted to $127,000,000; and by fair estimare. During the fiscal year ending 30th June next, the amount will reach $250,000,000. These are good figures. And this at tho port of New York alone. The curious in such matters may estimate the importations at Bos? ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and | other seaboard and frontier ]>orts ??"I they have tho courage to do so. and add the result to tin; above figures. By the war wo have speif. lost what you will- fr5,000.000,0H); and this amount has yet to IK: paid, either by thc present system of internal revenue, or by some other sche'ne, as all the measures hitherto adopted have been but temporary. (Jan we afford this extravagance of importation ? [National Intelligencer, 20//>. At the last meeting of the chair? men of the committees entrusted with the collection of subscriptions to thc fund for establishing steam? ship lines from Philadelphia to Southern ports, over $500,''-"0 were reported. The capital proposed is but ?000,000, so that tWe completion of the fund is a math r of a few days. All but twenty-t/vo miles of the Savannah and Augusta Railroad is completed. ? Ijocal Xto?ii?. Advertisements, tu insure insertion, should bo handed bi by 1 o'clock p. m. CASU.-Our terms for subscription, ad? vert iain;* and job work aro cash. Wo hop? all parties will bear this in mind. "THE CODE."- Tho Acts passed by thu Legislature relative to tho freedmen, for salo at this oiric?. Price 2!? cents; by ulai! 20 cents. Shippers of colton are referred to tho notice of J. C. Gibbes, Esq., with refer? ence to tho payiix ut of trio duty on that article hore. Wo arc itidobtod to Mr. Webster, of tho National Express Company, for a copy of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of tho evening of t he 22d. AOENTS voa TUR PHU?N IX. -Thom aa P. Slider, Esq., of Charleston, and ll. L. Darr, Esq., of Sumter, aro thc authorized agent* of tho Phmnix, in thoso section? of tho Slate. 0. Al. EASON A lino. Attention is invited to t;he advertisement of this ?dd and re? liable Charleston Ono. Their foundry is reg! .led as one of the institutions of tho "tineen City." Tue HeaNiNo OK COLUMBIA. -An inter? esting account ol tho "Sack and Destruc? tion of tho City of Columbia, S. C.," has just been issued, in pamphlet form, from tho Phtenbe steam power proaa. Orders can be tilled to any extent. A correspondent in yesterday's Pkeenix, in a humorous article, pitches into tho colored salesmen on Assembly street pretty roughly. We cannot altogether agree with him; as it appears lo us that these speculating individuals art; much bettor employed in trying to turn an honest penny, by tho salo of "goubers and ginger cakes,"' than in many disreputable practices which idleness is apt to lead to. NEW Anvr.RTisKsiKNTs. - Attent ion i* call? ed to the following advertisements, which aro published this morning for thu ti rut time: ? H.T. Peake -WagonTransportation. W. 1*. Hassell A Co. Sashes, blinds, Ac. Brown iV Schirmer- Com. Merchants, Ac. " " Corn. John English -Cotton Seed and Corn. C. li. Baldwin Fresh Goods. John Burdell Desirable P.oal Estate. F. W. Mi-Master -House to lient. Ki ch ard Cathcart -Note Lost. Apply at this Office -Private Boarding. Jas. (?. Gibbes To Cotton Shippers. Levin St Pcixotto-Building Lois. -Good Brick. " " - Desirable City Lots. W. IL Wigg -Hors.. Stolen. ll -gular Communication Acacia Lodge. J. M. Eason -Bar Iron, Ac. Eamon's Foundry and Machino Shops. MASONRY.-It numbers to-day, within its set-rot palo, more adult males than all tho reliions organiza? tions on the face of the earth. It is as wide-spread as humanity, as universal as human language. "Tho Jew, before the altar on tho sacred mount -the Pas?!?, in his adoration of the sun - the Mussulman, bowing to the East in prayer-the Greek, before thc shrine of his divinity-the Christian, in devout faith at the foot of the Cross, all alike know and understand ita mystic language." Kings, princes and potentates of the earth have beheld with awe its hiero? glyphic light, and have been proud to wear its mystic emblems. It is more powerful than kingdoms, prin? cipalities and powers, and in ages to come will be a blessing and a protec? tion to unnumbered millions. [ Washington Home Gazelle. N KO ROES GOING, TO RAISINO COTTON FOI: THESLSEI/VES.-We learn that it is the intention of the discharged color? ed soldiers, who were in the city the ii ist of the week, to take upa portion of the public lands in Florida, for tho purpose of /Mitering into cotton rais? ing, ami that they left for their desti? nation on Thursday morning. Those negroes had several Northern men of capital with them, who would control the enterprise and advance the neces? sary fends. The laborers in this in? stance having their families aloug, gives some assurance that they intend to act in good faith, and stick. [Macon Telegraph. CONT E M PT II ? mc MEANNESS.-About four months ?go, Mr. Lewis Fisher, a fresco painter, while engaged at his occupation on the ceiling of a church in Chelsea, accidentally fell down from a staging to the pews beneath, a distance of twenty-five feet, breaking several of his ribs and receiving se? rious internal injuries, which will disable him for life, and from whieb he is wow co?oned to hv- auose. A _;w WOPAS since, tho -uuiort?nate man Lad a bill presented to him by the trustees of the church for repairing the pews on which he fell, amounting to tho sum of S7.G0, and ho paid it. Doubt if a parallel case of meanness can bo found in the records of any society not calling itself Christian. [Boston Herald. PERSON An.-Ex-Governor Aiken, of South Carolina; James S. Gibbs, his private secretary, and Major-General Seth Williams, United States Anny, arrived at the Ebbitt House Friday morning. Hon. Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl? vania, is at Willard's. Mrs. Lincoln has been authorized by Congress to use tho franking pri vm.g?\ ! Information has boen received here of tin: death, yesterday, at Terro Haute, Indiana, from apoplexy, of lion. John G. Davis, for many years j a member of Congress. I Washington. Sten; 19///. j