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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Dec. 22, 1866. Thc Truth Coming Out. Tho New York World says that th? New England manufacturers are pre? paring to promote measures for the free admission of provisions and the raw materials of manufactory. In the moment of hot haste, in favor of exclusive trading, and led by Mor? rill, the chief authority in Congress on all questions of commerce, they aided in destroying the treaty with, the British Provinces, admitting pro? visions, &c, free of duty, into the United States. Now they begin to see tho evil re? sults of such legislation upon their own affairs. Makers of woolen goods want cheap wool, to save our woolen manufacturers. The proprietors of saw-mills are clamoring for oheap saw-logs, and tho importation of gheap provisions for laborers, and duty free is at last appreciated by manufacturers. But the protective theory is, that all classes ought to be benefited alike by it. The manufacturer is to have double prico for his goods, be? cause, by providing home market for the productions of the farmer, all are to gain alike, as the two boys made a handsome littlo capital for their first start in life, by trading their two jack knives with each pther at nominal prices, of a perpetually upwards tendency. Some of the Western members spelled out the first monosyllable in the lessons of political economy, in a very creditable manner in the discus? sion of the tariff. One of them said, "Give us a heavy duty on foreign wheat; protect us as the manufac? turers are protected, and we will all prosper alike." What could the man? ufacturers do " but applaud to the echo a proposition so reasonable? Tho World then says : "But at this point in the progress of the reasoning comes in the fatal and really incontrovertible argument -if a few only are to receive legisla? tive benefits, and be paid high prices for the products of their industry, the legislation is partial and unfair; it must be equal to all, or it cannot be just; and if it is equal to all, none can gain anything by it. Few would urge mauy objections to the gain of any set of Congressional lobbyists and their constituents by influencing legislation for their own benefit, di? rectly or indirectly, by open avowal, or even under the covert guiso of deceptive patriotism, provided voting created tho money put into their pockets, and it were not to be paid at the expense of the community. These votes of money under the pre? tence of protection, cost the nation at least twice as much as they bene? fit the monopolists who seek them." We will watch and wait patiently for the result of this New England movement. licgit.la.ture of South Carolina. The Legislature adjourned yester- j day at 1 o'clock p. m. Tho follow? ing is a complete list of tho Acts j ratified by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor. The Appropriation and Tax Acts are ap- j pended in full. We shall continue the publication, in the Phoenix, of the most important Acts : * An Act making appropriations for the year commencing 1st October, 1866. An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing 1st October, 1866. An Act to amend the Criminal Law. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the District Court Act." An Acl to incorporate the Charles? ton and Savannah Railroad Com? pany. Au Acfc. to regulate the fees of Sheriff's for dieting persons confined in jail, and to provide for tho more expeditious payment. Au Act to incorporate the village of Benncttsville. An Act to incorporate the Wiuyah and ??antee Canal Company. Au Act to renew and amend the charter of the town of Sumter. An Act for the better protection of Seamen and Immigrants in the port and harbor of Charleston. An Act to authorize and regulate tho creation of private corporations within this State. An Act to charter the Columbia and Sumter Railroad Company. An Act to renew and extend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Forman University," ratified on the 20ih day of December, in the year of our Lord 1851), and to alter the style o? lue corporation. An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Free Schoo]-; for the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, to organize an evening school for apprentices and youths in business, and to collect a tax for the support of t he same. An Act to authorize the City Coun? cil of Columbia to issue additional bonds. An Act to vest the right and title of- the State in certain property therein mentioned in certain per? sons. An Act to amend the charter of the Charleston Gas-Light Company. An Act respecting sureties on bonds of public officers. Au Act to establish certain roads, bridges anti ferries, and to renew the charters of certain others. An Act for the encouragement and protection of European Immigration and for the appointment of a com? missioner and agents, and for other purposes therein expressed. An Act to amerid thc Act establish? ing the University of South Carolina. An Act to renew the charter of tho town of Beaufort. An Act to alter the law on the sub? ject of fences. An Act to vest in Benjamin F. Landrum, his heirs and assigns, cer? tain lands in Edgefield District liable io escheat. An Act to extend tho duration of an Act entitled ' Au Act to extend the duration of au Act authorizing the formation of limited partner? ships." An Act supplementary to the Act to provide for the funding the inter? est and principal of certain stocks and bonds of tho State past due, passed on the 21st day of September, 1865. An Act to incorporate the Farm? ers' and Merchants' City Railway Company of South Carolina. An Act to extend the- charter of the Marion Fire Engine Company. An Act to further extend the time allowed tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company to construct a branch of their Road from some point on their main trunk West of Saluda River to connect with tho South Carolina Railroad at or East of Aiken. An Act to provide artificial legs for all citizens of tho State who have lost their legs during tho recent war. An Act to authorize the transfer to the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company of certain stocks held by tho State, and to authorize the gua? rantee by the State of the bonds of said Company. An Act to provide for the appoint? ment of additional Magistrates for the Districts of Orangeburg. Colle ton, Richland, Sumter, Lexington, Clarendon, Darlington and Edge field. An Act to authorize the salo of the jail lot in Sum 1er District. An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to lend the name ! and credit of the State to the Green? ville and Columbia Railroad Compa ny in the re-adjustmcnt of theil debt." An Act to renew and extend thc charter of the Methodist Benevolent Society of Charleston. An Act to regulato elections foi Representatives in Congress. An Act to provide for docketing Constitutional ca^:s in the Court o: Errors. An Act to incorporate the Charles? ton and Florida Steam Packet Com pany. An Act to incorporate the Soutl Carolina Loan and Trust Company. I An Act to repeal the Usury Law: of this State. An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the char ter of the Calhoun Insuranco Com pany of Charleston." Au Act to provide for the adinissioi in evidence of wills made in the exe cution of a power. An Act to authorize tho issue o bonds or stock to pay amount dui the contractors for marble work o new State House. An Act to extend the charter o the Charleston Fire Company o Axemen. An Act to extend the time in whicl to record lost instruments in writing An Act to alter the sittings of tin Courts of Law within the Easteri Circuit. An Act accepting the benefits of ai Act of Congress, entitled "An Ac donating public lands to the severa States and Territories which ma^ provide colleges fox tue benefit o agriculture and the mechanic arts,' approved the 2d July, A. D. 1862. An Act to alter and amend the la\ in relation to the opening, widening closing or extending streets in the cit; of Charleston. An Act to iucorporate the Charles ton Dredging and Wharf Buildinj Company. Au Act to alter the law in relatioi to the publication of legal notices. An Act to alter and amend th charter of the town of Camden. An Act to incorporate the Charlee ton Independent Turners' Associa tion. An Act to renew tho charter of th Vigilant Fire Company of Charles ton. An Act to change tho name and re new and amend tho charter of th Yorkville Fire Engine Company. An Act to declare valid the recen election of Intendant and Wardens o the tjwn of Timmonsville. An Act to renew the charter of th Presbyterian Church at Spartanbui-j Court House. An Act to niter and amend an Aol entitled "An Act to alter and amen the law in relation to the method o counting votes in all elections by th people." An Act to incorporate the Youir America Fire Engine Company c Charleston. Au Act to renew and extend th charter of the village ol' Frog Level An Act to renew the charter of tho Darlington Presbyterian Church. An Act to renew thc charter of the? "Winyah Fire "Eugine Company, of Georgetown. An Act to incorporate tho Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspect? ors-General of the thirty-third degree, for the Southern jurisdiction of the United States. Au Act to incorporate the Went? worth street Lutheran Church, of Charleston. An Act to incorporate Union Academy. An Act to incorporate Charleston Commercial College. An Act- to incorporate Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, (Old Schoo],) in Laurens District. An Act to incorporate the Wash? ington Light Infantry Charitable As? sociation. Au Act to amend the charter of the town of Yorkville. ?An Act to incorporate the Deaufort Club. An Act to pr?vido an expeditious mode of ejecting trespassers. An Act to declare Big Horse Creek, in Edgefield District, not navigable as a public stream beyond a certaiu point. An Act to make certified copies evidence. An Act to incorporate thc Charles? ton Water Company. An Act to authorize the City Coun? cil of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in dues or taxes to the city. An Act to carry into effect the do? nation made by an Act of Congress to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Me? chanic Arts. An Act to ameud an Act entitled an Act to authorize tho sale of the Columbia Canal, ratified 21st Decem? ber, 18G5. An Act to shorten aud regulate thy I publication of notices of absent de? fendants in equity. An Act to incorporate the Cheraw Bridde Company. An Act to vest in Nelly Partin and Jacob Ethridge certain property lia? ble to escheat. An Act to iucorporato the village of Kingstree. An Act to establish Gibbon's Ferry. An Act to incorporate the Sea Island Cotton Company. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Georgetown. An Act to regulate the sittings ol the Court of Appeals. An Act to incorporate the Charles ton Board of Trade. An Act to amend tho law in rela? tion to tenancies. An Act to authorize tho Mayo?anc' Aldermen of tho city of Columbia tc issue and put in circulation notes re ceivable in taxes or dues to the city. An Act to incorporate the Trustee; of the Walterboro Male Academy An Act to alter and amend tin charter of the town of Winnsboro. An Act to amend tho charter of tin Society Hill and Marlboro Bridg< Company. An Act to provide for the registra tion of trust deeds of personal pro perty. An Act to renew an Act entitlei "An Act to incorporate the town o Newberry." An Act to withdraw certain un drawn appropriations herc :of or made. An Act to renew the charter of th Salamander Fire Engine Company of Georgetown. An Act to incorporate the Mannin] Cemetery Company. An Act t? establish an additions class of flour, to be called famil flour. An Act to incorporate Mt. Pisgal Baptist Church, in Anderson Dis trict. APPROPRIATION ACT. The following sums are appro priated for the payment of the variou officers and expenses of the Stat Government: For the salary of th Governor, $3,500; Private Secretar of the Governor, $1,200; Messenge of the Governor, $100; contingen fund of the Executite Department $25,000, subject to the draft of th Governor, and to be accounted fe annually to the Legislature; for re? of Governor's house in Columbia J $300; for printing aud preparin j bonds, stocks and record books, uudt Act of 21st September, I860, to prc vide for funding the interest an principal of certain stocks and bond of the State past due, $1,100, to b i drawn on check of the Governor; fo ! printing and preparing bonds, stoc and record books for funding th fire loan stock and bonds, authorize tho present session, $800, to be draw on check of tho G o ver u or; for tw watchmen for the new State Hons and grounds, $%0, to bo drawn o draft of tate House Keeper. For pay of the members of the L( gislature, Attorney-Genera! and Sol citors, during the present scssioi $27,000; for salaries of the Clerks c tho Senate and House of Represents ti ves, $1,200 each, and for the soi vices of two assistant Clerks, $2;j each; for salaries of two Messeugei aud two Dour-keepers, 5:250 each; fe Messengers of the House and Senate for extra services as mail carrier $50; for Messenger of House, for s radar sorviecs at last extra sessior $25; for salary of the Keeper of th State House and Librarian, $300; fe safcries of the llcadiug Clerks of th S 1 House, $250 each; for th ; of four Lugrossing Clerk; sac y and niik>ago allowed men ber? of tho General Assembly, and $125 for services of extra Engrossing Clerks at the present session; for printers of the Senate and House of Representatives for the present ses-, sion. $12,000, and that the number of copies specified in the proposals of the printer as accepted by the Legis? lature, shall bo printed and deposited in the office of the Treasurer of the State, at Columbia, before the first day of March next, and the amount to be paid according to the proposals, which shall be ascertained by the Treasurer; for stationery, fuel, dis? tributing Acts, and expenses of the election returns, to include the suras due Messengers for bringing and de? livering to the Secretary of State the returns of elections for members of Congress, $1,000; for contingent ex? penses of the Legislative Librarv, ?200- ?700 for thc pay andmiloage'of the| special joint committee on the bank, sitting during the recess; for the necessary expenses incurred by the special railroad commission, ap? pointed at the extra session, $352; tex Theodore Stark, Keeper of the State House and Librarian, $528,'appro? priated at last session, foe arrearages of salary; for defraying tho expeuses of special joint committee appointed at last regular session of the General Assembly to inquire and report as to the disposition of certain public pro? perty, $300. For salary of Chief Justice, $3.500; for salaries of ten Judges, $3,000 each; for salary of Attorney-General, $1,100; for salaries of five Solicitors, $1)00 each ; for Clerk of Court of Ap? peals, who shall be Librarian, $800, the same to include expenses of fuel; for salary of Messenger of said Court, $200; for purchase of books for li? brary of Court of Appeals, $1,000, to be drawn and expended by order of the presiding Justice; for fire? wood and fuel for Court of Appeals, $50; for salary of State Reporter, $1,500; for pay of jurors and consta? bles, $50.000. For salary of Treasurer of State. $3,200, including the salaries of one or more clerks; for salary of Comp? troller-General, $2,500, including clerk's salary; to Comptroller-Gene? ral, $200, for making out copies of tax returns in 18G7, and a like sum for like services in 18GG; for Assessor of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, for making out and affixing assessments of each return, SS00. For salaries of eleven professors in the University of South Carolina. $11,000; for Librarian of University, who shall be Secretary of the Board of Trustees, $600, to "bo paid by the Treasurer of the State, quarterly in advance; for repairs of University buildings, $2,000. For payment of contingent ac? counts of the State, $37,000; for pay? ment such claims as may be admitted by the Legislature at its present ses? sion, $20,000; for education of the deaf and dumb and the blind, $4,000; for repairs of the buildings at Cedar Spriugs, $2,000; for support of free schools, $25,000, to be distributed on the basis of representation' in the popular branch of the General As? sembly; for payment of suci^other churns or demands on the State, as may be allowed by the General As? sembly upon the reports of other committees, $20,000; for Luuatic Asylum, $8,000. For salary and services of Secreta ry of State, $500; in lieu of all charges against the State for signing commissions. For maintaining and keeping open the Roper Hospital, in Charleston, $3,000; to bo paid to the Medical So? ciety in trust for tho Roper Fund. For the support of the Catawba In? dians, $1,200; to be paid to the order of the Indian Agent, and to be ex j pended under the direction of the Governor. For the rent and fixtures of a house for tho uso of the Court of Ap? peals, $300. For expenses incurred by Committee on Emigration, ap? pointed session 1865, $500; to bo paid on draft of John A. Wagener, Chairman. For clerks on Committee on Education and Accounts, $90. For the purchase of artificial legs for citizens of this State who have lost theirs in the service of the <'oun try in tile recent war, $20,000. For testing in tho courts the constitu? tionality of tho Act of Congress by which lands have been sold in St. Helena and St. Luke's Parishes, $5,000; to be drawn subject to tho order of tko Governor. That thc sum of $23,000 bo appro printed for the following purposes: $10,000 for permanent jail for Rich laud; $4,000 do. for Darlington; $1,500, in addition to $1,000 already appropriated to build temporary jail for Sumter; $2,500 temporary do. for Chesterfield: $i,500 in addition to $1,000 already appropriated for Barnwell; do. for Beaufort; $1,000 to complete jail and court house in Lexington; $1,500 for complet? ing jail in Lancaster. For cover? ing new State House with a tin roof, $12,000. For thc construction oi a Penitentiary, $45,000; to be paid on draft of Governor from time to timo as same may be needed, not to be drawn until estimates furnished and work contract eil for. TUE TAX ACT. Upon the following articles, there shall be an ad valorem tax paid, as property according to its assessed value, viz: On all real estate,30cents on every $100, except such lauds as may be in possession of the Freed? men's Bureau in January next; > n the capital stock of all gas-light com? panies, 50 cents on every $100; on articles manufactured for sale, barter or exchange, between the 1st day of January, 18(50, and January, 18G7, SI on every $100, to be paid by the manufacturers; on tho gross amount of all spirituous liquors, (except on liquors manufactured in this ?State from fruits iii their season,) sold from January 1 to December 31, 18G7, 10 per cent., to be paid quarterly to thc tax collectors of the several Dis? tricts; on buggies, carriages, gold and siiver plate, watches, jewelry and pianos, on hand January 1, 1807, except those held by dealers for sale, $1 on every ?100. Upon all gross incomes derived from the following sources, there shall be paid a tax of the per cent, herein spe? cified on thc aggregate amount re? ceived, between thc 1st day of Janu? ary, 18GG,- and the 1st day of Jauuary, 1807: From employments, facilities and professions, including the pro? fession '! dentistry,'(whether in the profession of tho law the profits be derived from the costs of suit, fees, or other sources of professional in? come,) excepting clergymen, $2 on every $100; on commissions received by brokers, vendue masters, factors, commission merchants, dealers in ex exchange, (foreign or domestic,) orin mortgages, bonds and other negotia? ble papers, $5 on every $100; on the gross amount of premiums received by insurance companies incorporated within this State, $2 on every $100; on the gross amount of premiums received by agencies of insurance companies and underwriters incorpo? rated without the limits of this State, $3 on every $100; on the gross amount of tho receipts of express companies, $10 on ?very $100, to be paid to the Treasurer of the State; on the gross amount of the receipts of telegraph companies, $5 on every $100; on the gross amount of receipts from the sale of pictorial newspapers or magazines, $25 on every $10J; on the gross receipts of newspapers pub? lished in this State, $2 on every $100; on the amount of sales of goods, wares, merchandize, embracing all the articles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, (spirituous liquors and the products of this State, and the unmanufactured^ products of any of the United States, or Territories thereof, excepted,) which any person shall li ave made from the 1st day of January, of the present year, to the 1st day of January, A.D. 1867, 60 cents on every $100; for same arti? cles,-? tax of 50 cents for the ensuing year; on the gross profits of national banks, $10 on every $100; on the in sonics derived from the arts of pho? tographing and daguerreotyping, $1 I on every $100; on all incomes amount iug to more than $500 per annum, derived from salaries, rents, divi? dends aud money at interest, ?E I excess of $500, $1 on everj $100; on the incomes derived from saw, flour and grist-mills, and alsc from cotton ginned on toll, $2 OL every $100; on the gross incomes ol all railroads, (uot exempted by law,] $1 on every $100, but that when ? part of a railroad only is within thu limits of thi3 State, the return of it! income shall bear the same ratio t< ' its whole income that the length o road in this State bears to its whoh length. . The following persons are to pay i tax on every $100 of gross income lrotel-keepers, $2; restaurants or eat ing-houses, $2; livery stables, $2 butchers and hucksters, $2; billiard tables,.$5; bowling allej-s, $5; bar rooms, whether connected with r hotel or otherwise, $10; ferries, $1 toll-gates, $1. Upon taking out a charter, excep for religious, charitable and educa tional purposes, $20; each renewa of charter, under this Act, $10. The keepers of public race-course: shall pay a tax of $100; each public hack, stage-coach; dray and baggage wagon shall be taxed $10, and, eac' omnibus $25. All persons representing publicly, for gain or reward, auy plays, comedy tragedy, or other employment of thi stage, or exhibitiug wax-works oi other shows, of any kind whatsoever to be paid into tho hands of thi Clerks of the Courts respectively (who shall bo bound to collect anc pay tho same into the public Trea sury, excepting in cases wh??e th< same is now required by law to b< paid to corporations or otherwise, $10 per day; circus exhibitions, $51 per day; dogs shall be taxed $1, bu for each plantation and inhabited lo' in a town or village, there shall b< one dog exempted fror., taxation. A capitation tax of $i per head Ol every male between tho ages o twenty-one and fifty, resident in tin State, on the first day of February. 1807, except they bc incapable o earning a support. Every employe: shall make returns of the names o all persons that are employed by him aud pay the tax of such person o: persons, in which case the tax reeeip shall be a good aud valid set-off ii any action for wages by such em ployee against such employer. AU taxes levied on property, a? prescribed in this Act, shall be pan to the tax collector for the District oi Parish in which said property located, except that the tax levied on railroad express and telegraph companies bi paid into the Treasury of the State. Th? Jots and houses on Sullivan'; Island shall be returned to the tai collector of the tax district in whirl liic^ are situated in the same manuel as other town lots aud houses, anc shall be liable to tho same ratea o: taxation. Tiie taxes herein levied shall lit paid only in gold or silver coiu. United States Treasury notes, oi notes of national bunks, or the bills receivable of this State, and also pay-certificates of jurors and consta? bles for attendance on the courts. m The tax collectors of the several col-? T lection districts shall be allowed, on all sums of money paid into their hands for taxation, a commission, as follows: For St. Philip's and St. Michael's,-per cent. ; for Ander? son, Abbeville, Chester. Kershaw, Bichland, Clarendon, Darlington, Laurens, Marion, Newberry, Orango, j Spartanburg, Sumter, Edgefield, i Union, York and Barnwell, four per ?cent.; for Chesterfield, Greenville, Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Pickens, Fairfield, St. Matthew's, Prince George Winyaw, St. Bartholo? mew's and Williamsburg, six per cent; for Korry, St. Helena, St. Ste? phen^, Christ Church, Princo Wil? liam's, All Saints, St. George's Dor? chester, St. James' Santee and Goose Creek, St. John's Berkeley and Colle ton, and St. Peter's, eight per cent.; for St. Andrew's, and St. Thomas and St. Dennis, ten per cent. : Pro? vided, That in all districts where tho taxes amount to more than $30,000, tho commissions shall be two per cent. * on the excess. Tax collectors to make returns to the Treasury in Columbia, on or before July, 1867. No tax collector or assessor shall receive his commissions till their re? turns have been received at tho Trea? surer's office, and been approved by him. The assessors of the several dis? tricts aro required to return to the tax collector lists of all persons in their district, subject to the capitation tax, with such particulars of resi? dence, etc., as may serve to identify the persons. The tax collector is re? quired to pay to the State Treasurer the quarterly returns within thirty days. Each tax collector shall attend at the court house, or some other public place, daily, for one week pre? vious to making his final return. All taxes on incomes shall refer to those received between January 1, 1866 and 1867, except special designations. Before the collection of tho taxes ? herein levied, an assessment shall be made of the actual value of the pro? perty taxed; and for that purpose tho tax collectors of the several Districts and Parishes, except the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, are here? by constituted assessors. Each tax collector, before entering upon his duties as assessor, shall take and sub? scribe, before the Clerk of the Court Df the District, the following oath, which shall be endorsed on his com? mission, viz: "I, A. B., do promise and swear that I will, to the best of my ability, execute the duties of as? sessor for my collection district, and will, without favor or partiality, as? certain and assess the actual value of the property, real and personal, upon which an ad valorem tax is laid be? fore, and for the purpose of laying such tax." THE REPEAL OF TUE USURY LAWS. The following is a copy of the Act passed by thu Legislature of this State, for the repeal of the usury laws: lie il enacted hy the Senate and Ho use of Representatives, norn met and sitting in General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this Act, in all caases of contract for tho hiring, lending or uso of money, wherein, by the terms of the original contract, no specific rate of interest shall have been agreed upon, in writing, signed by tho party to be charged therewith, the legal interest shall bo and remain at the rate of seven per cent, per an? num. 2. That in all money decrees and judgments of Courts of Law and Equity, hereafter enrolled or entered, in all cases of '.account hereafter stated, and in all cases wherein any sum or sums of money, shall hereaf? ter be ascertained, and being due, shall dri'.'.v interest, according to law, tee legal interest shall be and remain at the rate of seven per centum per annum. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts limiting tho rate of interest, recover? able upon contracts for the hiring, lending or use of money, be, and the same are- hereby, repealed. Approved, December 8, 1866. The propositions already intro? duced into Congress for establishing Territorial Governments over tho Southern States fully exhibit the un? appeasable malignity of the Congres? sional Jacobins. Thero is neither rhyme nor reason in their diabolical malice. They frame bills without reference to the Constitution or tho dictates of statesmanship. The in? terests of the nation, whichthey are sworn to protect, do not enter into their political philosophy. Revenge is their guiding star, and tho deter? mination to hoVl on to political pow? er is their moving, principle. Tho record of their excesses will bo tho blackest and dirtiest chapter in our Congressional history. The New York Express thinks that lawyers are tho most ill-used men in the world, because, whilst they may ride in their own carri "es, they aro made to draw the conveyances of other people. Tho Universal Suffrage Association ol' Louisiana consists of thirteen men. The garroting season has set in briskly at St. Louis. Another, blind negro has come out as a pianist. His name is Thompson.