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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Dec. 1. 1866. A Heavily Taxed People. The Hnancial condition of the coun? try is attracting much attention, and tho forth-coining report of the Secre? tary of the Treasury is looked for with universal interest. The National Intelligencer says that it.is reported and believed that Mr. Welles, the Revenue Commissioner, who hus in? vestigated the present sj-stem of tax? ation, will propose considerable re? duction in the tariff and ?Uso in the internal tuxes; and says that it is well known that the revenue frewin these sources, greatly exceed s the amount necessary for au economical adminis? tration of the Government. It is estimated, ns we learn from aa elaborate and carefully prepared article in the Intelligencer, that the revenue from all sources for the present fiscal year, will be $050,000, 000. This immense burden of taxa? tion is too great to be long patiently endured after it has become ruari festly unnecessary. The entire ex? penditures of the Governmeut, for the next year, cannot exceed $300, 0J0,00J, and it appears that at the utmost, the amount drawn from the people by taxation, need not exceed 8350,000,000. With the reduction of taxes, two causes for present high prices would be partially removed. The taxes ?would not form so great a portion of the price of nearly every thing we use, and would cease to be so great an obstacle as they now are to produc? tion; and tims the products of in? dustry would be increased and the supplies of all commodities be more abundant. We uow labor uuder the grievance of scant supplies, as well as of prices largely increased by heavy taxation. Tlie country is in a deplorable couditiou, liuancially as well as politically. Business is staguant iu every section, paper money is a drug in the commercial centres, where it ia concentrated for want of employ? ment, and we of the South are suffer? ing from the desolations of war, a ruined labor system and waut of i-eal capital. How the country is to be res? cued from her present evils, and threatened future ruin, is beyond the comprehension of the wisest man. It certainly will take greater states? manship and a higher financial ability than has yet been developed, amid all our troubles. Intpearhinrnt. The Washington correspondent ol the Boston Advertiser writes. "Prominent Administration men talk as if they seriously fear that an attempt at impeachment wili be made. The talk of forcible resistance to such a step, which was common before the electioQS, has ceased, and their hope now appears to be principslly in di? versions which they deem confident the Administration will be able t< make. A bill covering, a disputed point in regard to trials under im? peachment, has already been pre pared by a leading member of tin House. It provides that any officer, while on trial under impeachment, shall be saspended from exercising the functions of his office during trial Action upon this bill will probably be taken, whatever course Cougres: may pursue toward tho President." To which Mr. Raymond, of the Nev York Times, a member of the Housi of Representatives, replies: "We attach very little importanci to the speculations on this subjec which fill the columns of the press and no more, certainly, to the vindic tive diatribes of Gen. Butler and kin dred demagogues. The impeaclimen of a President is a very serious pru ceediog, and the House of Represen tatives is not like y to enter upon i rashly or under the impulso of pas sion. Men like Butler, who hav personal wrongs, real or fancied, t avenge, or political purposes to ac coniplish, may clamor till they ar hoarse for such proceedings, bu Congress will realize to the fulle? extent the responsibly which the involve. The impeachment of President, under any circumstance! would be a most painful and disa: trous process, and nothing but th most imperative necessity, rest in on the clearest and most uuinistal nble state of facts, would induce un lawyer to enter upon it." From this comments of the Tim and other similar indications, we ai inclined to believe that the alt? radicals will be defeated in their a tempt to impeach the President. MICHIGAN.-Tho decision of tl Supreme Court of Michigan, th persons with less than ouo-four African blood in their veins a "white men" within the meaning the constitution, enfranchised pi bably one thousand men. North Cu roi i nu. We regret to extract from the Ra? leigh Progress, of Tuesday, the follow? ing uotice. The Legislature of our sister State, as our readers know, is now in session : Hon. Geo. W. Logan, ex-member of the Confederate Congress und now oue of the commoners from Ruther? ford und Polk counties, fired the lirst gun in behalf of the Howard amend? ment yesterday. He introduced a resolution in that body, "that lt is the sense of this house that the How? ard amendment be adopted." We understand he declared the provisions of that measure more liberal than those of the old constitution, taking ground that the negroes, having been freed, were already citizens under the latter instrument, which prescribed that such class in one State should enjoy ail the immunities and privileges of like persons in other States. It was then contended that the pending congressional proposi? tion absolutely enlarged thc power of the separate States, us it permitted their legislatures to abridge the rights of negroes, and allow or disallow them suffrage. The speaker proved conclusively his possession of line logical po wei s, but the people are not able to see the matter through his spectacles. They dispute the right of Congress to allix new conditions to the return of the South to the Union, while unrepre? sented in tlie National Legislature, which were not at any time avowed as objects of the war or necessarily involved in its prosecution and ter? mination. It is sale to say that, whenever a vote is reached ou the subject, it will be rejected by a two thirds vote. PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASLEMBLY. lu this body, now in session at Memphis, on the 22d, the committee appointed at the last session to con? sider the relation of the church to the freedmen, submitted an elaborate and lengthy report, which elicited a protracted discussion, and was made the oilieial order of the day for 10 o'clock a* m., to-morrow. Among those who participated in the discussion of the subject that day were the Revs. Dr. Baird, Atkiuson, aud Alexander, of Virginia, Dr. Adger, of South Carolina, and Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans. Though unwilling to acknowledge a social equality, the disposition of the church seems to bo to receive the freedmen ecclesiastically as brothers and co-laborers in one faith. A sepa? rate religious organization was enact? ed but strongly opposed by leading members of the assembly. The Presbyterian General Assembly at Memphis, on Saturday, received the report of thc Committee on the Union of the two Churches. It re? ported in favor of appointing a dele? gate to the Assemblies of iheOumbe-r laad and Associated Reform Church, which was adopted. A discussion took pince in regard to the removal of the Theological College at Colum? bia, to some point in Alabama, action upon which proposition wat postponed. A HAPPY PEOPLE.-The New York Herald,\n discussing the "Russo-Pnis sian alliance," gives its readers thc following new and interesting piece of intellgence: "lu the Uniten States are free and happy millions governing themselves with democratic institutions." It is cp?te refreshing, replies thc Washington Union, to know this fact for the first time, and we must con fess ourselves under many obligation! to the Herald for its astuteness ir making the discovery, though wc exactly see il and doubt very much i thc dull comprehensions of others less wise than the Herald sse it either MAXIMILIAN ABDICATED.-A specia despatch to the New York World, o Monday, contains the following au nouncement, which seems to bi confirmed by other despatches. Th despatch is from New Orleans: Maximilian has taken thc decisivi step of abdication. The rupture be tween himself and the French Go verurnent being complete, he has lei Mexico in the hands of Bazaine an? Castelnau, the latter of whom i understood to have full anthorit from Napoleon to supersede the Mai shal himself, if necessary. The lat Emperor left Vera Cruz on Thurs day, and may be expected at Havana on his way to Europe, on Monday o Tuesday next. This consternation t: the Mexicans, ou finding thc ques tion of their future remitted absc lately to negotiations between Franc and the United States, is genen and confined to no party. I have th best authority for stating that all th preparations for embarking th French troops have been summaril suspended. FIRE AT FLORENCE. -We are sorr to learn that, on the night of Tuesday the 27th inst., the store of Mr. t: McD. Stell, at Florence, was burne to the grouud. The fire we learn Wi unmistakably the work of an it cendiary. Mr. Stoll it is believed w? not insured. ' Legislature of South Carolina. Wednesday, November ?8, 1SG6. ?si', NATE, i The Senate met ut 12 m. Mr. Arthur presented the account of Dr. C. H. Bliot, lor medicines furnished Ar? senal Academy ; also tho presentment of the Grand Jury of Kichland, relative to gaming, the Freedman's Bureau and edu? cation of freedmen. Thc following hills were introduced : Nr. Dozier-A bill to amend tho charter of the town of Georgetown ; also a bill to alter tht; sitting of tho Courts of Law in the Eastern Circuit. Mr. Buist-A bill to incorporate tho Charleston Loan Association. Mr. Henery-A bill to incorporate the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand In spectors-Generals of the Thirty-Third De? gree, for the jurisdiction ol' the United ..states. Mr. McDuflie submitted the presentment of the Grand Jury for Marion, Fall Terni, 1866; ami Mr. Thompson, that of Abbe? ville, for the si:,ie year. Mr. Tillman presented the memorial of sundry ci ti .ens of Orangeburg, praying re? lief for debtors. Mr. Wilson presented tho memorial of sundry citizens of Anderson District, set? ting fortli the present impoverished and embarrassed condition of th" country, and asking relief by legislative enactment. Let urns of Commissioners of Free Schools for the year 1866, were presented by Mr. Grisham, for Bickens : Mr. G. NV. Williams, for York ; Mr. McDuflie, for Marion, anil Mr. Beaty, tor Union. Mr. Tracy presented the petition of John E. Strobel, praying the recharter of the fi ny across tue Edisto Uiver, known as Uivtiau's Ferry. Mr. Bro MI presented the petition of the Commissioners <>('. Public Buildings foi Barnwell District, praying un appropria? tion to build a Court House and Jail foi Chat District. Mr. Skipper presented the petition ol Layton Bailey h r charter of Gallivants Ferry. Mr. Arthur submitted thc presentment of thc Grand Jary for Richland, Fall Terni, 1S(!5, on the road law, ami in reference U rebuilding the public buildings for Rich? land District ; and the petition of Jame? S. Guignard, in relation to the ferries ovil bongaree River, at Columbia; also, the re? port of the Regents of the Lunatic Asy? lum. Mr. Winsmith offered a resolution, whicl .vas considered and agreed to, thut it h< referred to tho Judiciary Committee, ti : alie into consideration the subject of " Tin District Courts," and if deemed by then expedient, to report a bill abolishing th? -ame. Mr. Tillman offered a resolution, whicl was agreed to. that the Comptroller-Gen ?ral be requested, as soon as practicable to furnish the Senate with a list of the pre -cut holders, whether private individual: or corporations, of tho ?jix percent, stool issued by Act ot' December, 1861, "to au chorizo the issue of stock to the amoun >f $1,800,000, for the military defence o tin- State, and for other purposes ;" also .vith a list of the present holdeis of tin stock issued under Act of December, 1 So i " to amend Act of January, 1861, to raisi supplies," i.i exchange and substitution fo -even per cent bonds, and also, in place o bonds remaining unsold, authorized b said Act of January, 1861, specifying, like wise, the amount of stock held by ead pe rsi in or corp? irat icu. Mr. Buist offered a resolution, which wa agreed to, that a Committee ot' thrc members of the Senate be appointed to in quire and report what arrangements am provisions should be made for the election hereafter, of Senators from this State i the Congress of the United States, in vie* if tho requirements of an Act to r?gul?t the times and manner of holding election for Senators in Congress, approved Jul 2.>, 1866, and^hat a message be Sent to th House of Representatives, requesting ti: appointment of a similar Committee, t act with the one to bu appointed by thi body. Mr. Grisham offered a resolution, whic was agreed to, referring the different poi tiona of the Governor's Message to appr< priate committees. Mr. Charles presented tho petition of I A. Law and others, for renewal of chartt of the Darlington Presbyterian Church and the petition of J: li. Wright and other praying for the incorporation of the E] worth Academy. Mr. G. W. Williams presented tue pet lion of the President and otlicers of tl Yorkville Fire Engine Company, for a amendment of their charter : and the pet tion of sundry citizens of ?orkville, fi amendment of the charter of that town. .Mr. McDuflie presented the petition i W. J. MeKerrall and others, for the cha ter of the Marion Cotton Factory Mr Tillman presented tho memorial i sundry citizens of the village of Frog Le .1, in Newberry District, praying a renew of charter. Sundry bills received their first readin; when ttio Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Clerk called tho roll, tho Speak took the Chair, and the proceedings we opened with praver to Almighty God I Rev. Mr. Shand." Mr. Fair presented tho petition of su dry citizens of Abbeville District?prayii an act of incorporation of Union Acad my. Mr. J. J. Ryan presented the petition the Board ot Commissioners of Pub Buildings of Barnwell District ; also, t report of the Grand Jury for Barnwell D frict, for Fall Term ; ?uso, tho petition tho citizens of Walliston, asking a renew of the charter of the said town. Mr. McKewn presented the petitions sundry citizens ot the Parishes of St. Join Berkeley, and St. James' (louse Cret prat ing that the Election District of Ber! ley be constituted a Judicial District. .Mr. Wagoner presented the petition of F. Vogle and others, for incorporatio i the Charleston Independent Turner's Asl ciation. Mr. Gavin presented the petition of Jo E. Strobel, praying tho recharter of t ;erry actos? Edisto River, known as C han's Ferry. Mr. Warley presented tho petition of L. Wright and others, praying for the corporation of the Epworth Academy. Mr. Green introduced a bill to exto the duration of an Act entitled " An Act extend the duration of an Act authorizi the formation of limited partnerships." On motion of Mr. J. R. Aiken, the diff ont portions of tho Governor's Mess? wore referred to the appropriate conni: tees. Mr. Mullins introduced a r?solu''! which was agreed to, that a Commit of three bo appointed to consider and port what chances aro necessary in 1 mode of electing of?cers Viva voce hore for?; adopted by the General Assembly, conform to the Act of Congress, relat to Hie election ot Senators of the Uni States ; and that-a message be sent to 1 Senate, asking the appointment of a si: lar Commut?e. Mr. Talbert presented the petition of Commissioners of Roads for Edgctii for a charter of terry across Big Steplic Creek. Mr. Moore presented petition of Comn sioiiers of Public Building? of Laucasi praying an appropriation to finish jail. jflMr. Talley presented petitions of Pn Thompson and LaBorde, relativo to pay? ments of salary. Mr. Thoma* presented accounts of Hop son & Sutpheu and Dr. T. J. Goodwyn. Mr. Baconian presented report Regents Lunatic Asylum; also, accounts of Drs. A. N. Talley and John Lynch. Mr. Duncan piesented petition members Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg C. H., praying renewal of incorporation. Mr. Carlisle submitted return Commis? sioners Pre? Schools for Spastanhnxg. - Mr. Po Uv submitted return Commission? ers Freo flrhools tor Union. Mr. Rawlinson presented petition of citi? zens of Yorkville for an amendment ut the charter of said town, and renewal charter Yorkville Fire Engine Company. Mr. Crayton presented the recommenda? tion of the Commissioners of Roads Ander? son District, for discontinuance of a road. Mr. DePass presented memorial Town Council of Camden, praying ail increase ol powers. Mr. Campbell introduced a resolution relative to discontinuing the three months notice of application for charter or act Ol incorporation. Mr. Sparkman presented petition of the Town ('(inned of Georgetown, praying an amendment of charter. Mr. Haskell submitted the presentment ol' the Grand Jury ot' Abbeville. Mr. Sessions presented petition of VT nh S. Ford, tor recharter of Royal's Perry, across Waccamaw River. I Mr. Mullins submitted return Commis? si iiieiH F< ee Schools and the pre -(1111111 nt Grand Jury cf Marion. The Senate returned to the House a bil! to alter and amend the law in relation tc counting votes, also, a bill to incorporate i'm; Young America Fire Engine Company of Charleston; which wore read the third time and titles changed to Acts. Mr. Springs made ft, report from Special Committee cf York and Lancaster Delega? tions, relativo to the appointment of ?MI agent at request of the Catawba Indians. Mr. *i'ownsend introduced a hill to vest the title and interest of the State incertain property in certain persons, and a bill to incorporate village of Bennettsville. Also, introduced a resolution providing for an election in Chesterfield on 7th December, for Representative to lill vacancy occasion? ed by resignation of M. J. Hough. Mr. Camphell introduced a hill to incor? porate Sea Island Cotton Land, Credit and Loan Association. Adjourned. Tho completion of the gram! struc? ture which now spans the Susquehan? na river at Perryville and Havre di Grace, w:fs the occasion of a festal excursion of railroad and commercial men from Philadelphia and Baltiiuon on Monday. The bridge is an im? mense structure, and will make tin time between New York and Wash ington shorter by thirty minutes than heretofore. Its cost is estimated al one million live hundred thousanc dollars, and it has been in process ol erection for four years. The Russian newspaper organs ac cuse France and England with en gaging in an active intrigue for tin exclusion of the Czar from the lina settlement of the Eastern question and assert ?ti plain terms that it can not be adjusted "without Russia;' but if such an event were possible and occurred, the subject would bi re-opened in a manner most distaste ful to arbitrators. The Paris correspondent of tin New York Kenning I'ost, says tha Mr. Bigelow requested relief fron tin? duties of the mission to Franc as long ago ?is July, "but consente! to remain until the final adjust mon of the Mexican question. That ob ject having been accomplished, Mr Bigelow now retires from the po SitiOD. What an unique and meaning ex pression was that of a young Irisl girl, in giving testimony agaiust at individual iu a court of justice th other daj'. "Arrah sir," said she "I'm sure he never made his mothc smile." There is a biography of un kindness iu that short and simpl sentence. The Court House at Sparta, Ala. was burnt down on Friday last. Th records were all destroyed. It i thought to have beeu the work of a incendiary, and the parties suspecte were deeply interested in the destru? lion of certain troublesome documenl which threatened the curtailment c their future liberty. The New York News, of Tuesda morning, says that that the editoi and reporters of the Herald hav formed a combination against Ber nett, aud robbed him of $50,00( An investigation is now going on i that establishment, and about thirt of its attaches are to be at once di charged. There would seem to be a serioi trouble brewing iu France, under tl political surface. The workmen < Lyons and ot her manufacturing citii have nothing to do, and, with star ation staring them in the face, winter prospect is not a cheering on Macaulay never made a truer r mark than that found in his speed on retiring from political life, whet in he said tnat "the sovereignty of mob leads by no long or circuitoi path to the sovereignty of the sword The cotton gin of Major Andre Hamilton was burned down at ii residence near Williamston, on tl 17th ultimo, causing the loss some six bales of cotton. A neg; boy was burned up with tho house. The Texas Stay Law, approved I the Governor, requires payments 1 all judgments rendered before the 1 of January, 1807, to be made iu foi animal instalments of one-fourl each. CRAWFOKDSVIXLE FACTORY.-Th valuable property has recently bet sold by its former proprietors, Messi J. k J. D. Bivings. Messrs. Hm thorn, Grady & Turbytield are tl purchasers.-Spartanburg Ex/>rcss. As a s'gu of the times, it is me tioiied that the Baltimore America heretofore a loud-voiced radie month-piece, has turned over sin the election in Maryland. COL,. BLANTON DUNCAN.-The Louisville Courier notices the return of this gentleman, a resident of Co? lumbia during the war, to his old home iu Louisville. He hus been perdoned by tho President, und in consequence thereof, an indictment against him for treason hus been quashed iii thc United States District Court of Kentucky. TUE SURGEON OP THU ALABAMA.-It hus boen decided that the noble ser? vices rendered by the gallant surgeon of thc Alabama shall be commemo? rated by tho erection of a tablet in the hospital where he received his education, and by tho fouudiug of a scholarship, with which the name of Llewellau will he associated. The L?gislature of Ohio is investi? gating thu relations of railroad and express companies, with a view of as? certaining whether the latter ilo not obtain much of the business that le? gitimately belongs to tho former, to the injury of the stockholders. The freedmen ol' Macon County, Ala., one of the best cotton growing districts in the South, recently heida fleeting and passed resolutions dis? countenancing idlers and loafers, and condemning all violations of contracts between white men and themselves. "John, can you tell uv Hie differ? ence between attraction of gravita? tion and attraction of cohesion?" "Yes, sir," said John, "attraction of gravitation pulls ti drunken man down, and the attraction of cohesion prevents his getting up again." Thc most astonishing sentence in the English language, at least for its great length, is probably the seventh section ot thc British Foreign Enlist? ment Act, which is composed of a single sentence containing very uearly GOO words. It is stated that Governor Fletcher, of Missouri, is about to visit Lafay? ette County, in that State, for tlu purpose of investigating the charges that have been preferred then against thc cousernatives. Thc colored ladies of Buffalo have in rivalry with their pale-faced sisters entered upon the fashion of height cuing the color of their sombre com plexions with rouge. That is a nev game of ronge et unir.- r/'r<ic<'>/. Revolutions do not spend them selves because patriots die, but be cause its masses become satiated Drunkards do not reform iron lectures, but from experience. Conference of the Southern Metho ?lists, in session at Jackson, Tennes see, have decided in favor of lay doh g?tions, und a change in th* name, o their church. Some mischievous wags one nigh pulled down a turner's sign am placed it over a lawyer's door; in th morning, it road, "All sorts of turn ing und twisting done hero." A New York Commercial 'Washing ton special says the President wi endorse in his message a plan submit ted by thc Secretary of the Treasur for a return to specie payments. The Albany (New York) Journ, says that "Congress controls both til purse and the sword." It may coi trol the purse, hut it doesn't yet coi trol that other thing.-Prentice. General Pillow, who made contract with a large number of freedmen t work upon his plantation in Arkai sas, is said to have raised 3,000 bah of cotton this year. A band of regulators has bee organized in Marion County, Iv They have hung three men, an others are prisoners iu their hands. The Catholic Bishop of Savanna has just issued a letter, suggest ii; the education of the colored youtl for the clerical work at thc" South. Yielding to fanaticism will not ste its onward march any more than tl giving way of a dam will arrest tl rush of the waters.-Prentice. Settiug the police on thc watch fi meteoric showers in all the.princip cities, is supposed to have prevent? its appearance. During the past year the post service in the eleven seceded Stat has paid for itself, and netted $291 OOO profit. Tue hogs are dying of cholc round Cincinnati and pork is regar ed with suspicion in that city ju now. A monthly magazine, called tl "Radical," published in Bosto urges a crusade against what it ca: "Bible worship." A number of Massachusetts Maso have presented a case of Mason jewels to Orange Lodge, of Charh ton, S. C. The minimum strength of tl United States army is now 55,31 men. The total maximum streng would be 76,382 men. N. P. Willis, the well-known po and journalist, is quite ill, havil hud a severe paralytic stroke. A woman has been arrested in Lo don for attempting to hang her ho band. Earl Russell's brother has bei before a police court in.London up? charges of maltreating his horse. Many Virginia planters are turnii their attention to grazing, on accou ?J? the unreliability of labor. No white person is allowed to ov land in Liberia or become a citizi jf thc republic. Robert Morris, a colored lawyer, talked of for mayor of Chelsea, Mai The Texas Legislature adjourn ?ne die on the 13th inst. Tho l'Uonix of?ce is tm Main street, a few doora above Taylor (or Camden ) street. Gen Joseph E. Johnston passed tb rough (bis city yesterday- in good health and spirits. We are indebted to the Messrs. Schultze for several fine oranges. They keep choice fruit constantly on hand. The store of Messrs. Shiver & Beckham has been closed for a day or two. in conse? quence of the death <>f a relative James C. hates, Esq., one ot the most enterpris? ing planters in ?his District. CHEAPER TII\N EVEK. Mr. J. Mendel offers his stock of dry goods at. rates "cheaper than ever." The ladies are in? vited tv give him a call. Iiis establishment is in "Stenhouse** Kow," Main street, above Blanding. -_ Ona READING ROOM.-Members of the Legislature ami the citizens generally, ?re invited to visit the Pluanix reading room, where they will find on file papers and periodicals from every section of the (Inion. Tho building is open day and night. COMPLAINTS.-We arc constantly receiv? ing complaints from subscribers with re? ference to the non-reception of their pa? pers. A gentleman from Bennettsville writes that there is great neglect at their post office, and the Phonix is scarcely ever received. We can only say in reply, that the papers are mailed r< gularly, and there? fore the fault is not with us. Married, on the evening of tbc28th inst., at, the resulence of the bride's father, by bis Excellencv Governor James L. Orr, Mr. M. Goldsmith to Miss Martha A., daughter of J unes Peckham, Lsq., of Richland District. We extend our hearty congratulations to the happy pair, and cordially reciprocate their kind remembrance of the press. Married, on the 22d ultimo, bv Rev. Prof. J. P. Smelt/., r. Mr. Z. h. White, of Newberry, to Miss Elvira Counts. At tba same time ami place and bv the same. Mr. Thos. \V. Holloway, of Pomaria, t? Miss Angelia V. Counts. And by the same and at the same time and place, Mr. M. II. Witt, of Lexington District, t,> Miss Ellen M. Counts -laughters of J. II. Counts, Esq., of Countsville, Lexington District, S. C. We sincerely sympathize with the father of these fair brides, in this wholesale deso? lation of Ins hearth ami home by three selfish young men, who ought to have been at more honorable work than to form a combination to rob an old and respectable citizen of three of his brightest and most precious jewels in one night. The demo? ralization of the coantry and the urrblush ing hardihood of young men, have reached toan unprecedented extent, hut we scarcely expected to have lo record such an occur? rence as the above in our vicinity. lt is something remarkable, that although the effect of the above i's to lessen tho ''Counts," that they have doubled; and tho future only can tell whether they will not increase in arithmetical progression under their assumed names. To all parties wo wish future happiness and prosperity. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ? Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Apply at this Oflice- Rooms to Rent. --Lodging. C. Bruce Walker-Tribute of Respect. Fisher A- Heinitsli-Cheap Light, &.c. H. Metiuinnis-Confederate Lunch. Fisher A Lowrance-Yarns, (Jil, Ac W. T. Walter -Great Excitement. Pollock House-Lunch. P. Cantwell-To Free linen. Ceo. Symmers-Fresh Arrivals. S. R. North-Toothache and Neuralgia. C. IL Mint-Garden Seed. J. Mendel -Cheaper than Ever. Ventriloquism and Sleight of Hand. West India Fruit at Sehultze's. Chas. II. Moise-Christmas Goods. Charity Fair at Janney's Hall. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE.-Lafayette S. Fos? ter, of Connecticut, is now President pro tempore of the United States Se? nate, and would succeed to the Presi? dency should Mr. Johnson die before the expiration of his term of office. Foster's Senatorial term expires on the 14th of fiext March, and-his suc? cessor as President pro tem?>ore will be chosen by the Senate. Senators Wade, Sherman and Anthony, are the most prominent candidates for the position. The New York Herald, of Monday, says: We have from Washington official Mexican news that the French have lost the entire State of Puebla, keep? ing only the line of main road fron Yera Cruz to the city of Mexico, ari this the victories of Gen. Diaz raulr liable to be cut off at any momet. The agreement by which thegarri.-n of Oaxaco was surrendered to Gi. Diaz is given iu our despatches. Mr. Orestus A. Brownson wi.es ?i letter to Mr. Greeley, in whicLlio treats of the constitutional amid ment and of suffrage. Brownsomas no objections to either universal ma? nesty or impartial suffrage, bu he desires to know whether suffrages to bc established by an amendmei of the National Constitution, by th act of the States, or by Congress. He thinks that the question of snrage belongs to the States. There are now thirteen eaton mills in operation in East Tennesee, representing a capital of nealy a million of dollars, und giving ennloy oient to over six hundred opera;ives. There are ?Iso in the State several flourishing factories for the manufac? ture of steam engines, cotton presses, md agricultural implements.