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Tg^twwwww? uwp.mwm 9mmm*v WAsmOVOjR. Febraary 26/wIa the Sonate, Mr. Thurman called up a- bill amending; Ue obeH?r?I*the, JT^ed. men's SAvtHg? ^Irfi a D ^tWW?pltif, and for'other purposes, which was passed. The Civil Rights Bill wua then proceeded with. Mr. Thar man moved to amend.the fourth section, so as to exolndo from ?n operati?ba Stute ju rota. Ho bold that there was nothing In!the-fourteenth amendment 'to give Congress power to prescribe qualifica? tion of jurors in the State courts. Mr. Bout well argued as to the power of ?ougreao to enact all measures to'place all citizens ol the country on an equal footing. Mr. Morton said the presont laws in many of the States, excluding colored men from the jury-box, were in violation of the fourteenth amend k meat, as it deprived them of equal1 I protoctiou. off the laws. No race or f class of men could have eqaul protec? tion. When, if one of them committed a crimp, be should be tried by persons of another race or oless. Mr. Thcroaan said women and children did not sit in the jury-box, and-yet no one could deny that they had equal protection of the laws. He said, farther, that he never would be willing to give the i colored men of .this country more pri? vileges than the white women. .[Ap? plause in the gallery.] In the coarse of a colloquy between Tbnrman and Morton, the latter intimated that Mr. Thar man was a Bonrbon, and clung to all the old ideas entertained before the war. Mr. Thurmau said he would evea sooner be that than to change his opinions, like* tha Senator from Indi? ans, with every passing breath. Mr. Merriman made somo remarks, charg? ing political motives as lying at the bottom of the desire to pass this bill. When ho concluded; there was a lull in the 'proceedings?no .Senator ap? pearing .to be prepared to go on; bat k finally Mr; Norwood took the floor and I concluded the speech which be com " menced in the Pinohbuck case. Before concluding bis remarks, Mr. Norwood gave way, and the Senate went into executive session; after whiob a recess to 7.30 P. M. was taken. Financial and Commercial Report?. CoiiTjmbia; February 26.? Sales of ; cotton 139 bales?middling 14%@I5. Market, firm. ? New Yobk, February 26?Noon.? Spots, closed steadier?ordinary 13>.<; good ordinary 15; low middling 15%; middling 16>?; good middling 16%; middling fair 17^; fair 17^; sales ex? port 31a; spinners 1,785; speculation 2,561, inolnding 2,200 to arrive; uet receipts 80; gross 1,280; net receipts for week 4,006; gross 16,000. Futures olosed steady; sales 87,200: February 16 3 16,. 16M; March 16 5-82; April 1615 82, 16>6; May.116 27-82. 16%; Jane 17 6 32, 17 316J July 17 7-16; Aagust 17 17-82, 17 0-16; September 16 81-82, 17; Ootobor 10%, 16%. Re? ceipts at- all1 ports to-day 11,084; ex ^ ports Qreat Britain 2,111; oontinent HP5.021; oonsolidated receipts 78,232; f exports Great Britain 47,260; oonti? nent 17,875;stock in all ports 833,714. 7 L>. M.?Money olosed at 2J?@3 per cent, on call. Foreign exchange' qaiet for bankers' 60 days bills? 4 82}^@4.82%; for demand 488&. Gold opened 114%; oiosod 114J?. Go vernnaeot bonds olosed firm. State bonds dull?South Carolina 6s 30; January and July 30; Funding Aot, 1866, 30. Stocks firm. Flour closed better; Southern firmer?No. 2 4 00@ 4.25. Wheat olosed better. Corn in good demand. Fork higher. Cut meats qaiet bat firmer. Bacon steady ?dressed bogs in fair demand. Cot? ton firmer?low middling 16; middling 16%. Whiskey higher; sulos 350 bbls., at 1.09? 1.10. Bai/timorh, Febroary 26.?Sugar strong?10^(0)10%. Cotton strong and higher?low middling 15*^. Flour qaiet. Wheat easier?No. 1 Western red 1.18. Corn heavy?Southern white 80@82. Provisions doll. Fork doll and nominul. Balk meats stoady B ?shoulders 1}?(dfl%\ dear rib sides 10(g>10>6. Bacon steady?shoulders 8%@8>?; clear rib 11>?@11>?; bams 14(a) 15. Lard doll ami nominal? 13>s?14J6. Batter in better demand and prices unchanged. OofToj dull and nominal. Whiskey quiet and steady?1.00(3)1.10. Philadelphia, February 26.?Cot? ton firm; reoeipts 241?middling 16%; exports Great Britain 185. Boston, February 26.?Cotton qniet; and Arm; reoeipts 210; sales 245?mid? dling 16; stock 19,096. Cincinnati, February 26.?Pork qaiet?18.75@19.00. Bsoon in fair domand sind steady?shoulders 8; clear rib 10%; Clear 11%; hams 12?6(<i>18J?.1 Oat meats qaiet?shoulders 6%@7%; clear rib 9%; dear 10,%. Lard quiet? prime steam rendered 13%(^13%; (kettle rendered 14@14%. Live hogs quiet?medium fair 6.75(2)6.90; good 7.00@7.40; choice 7.55; reoeipts 8.80. Whislroy?1.07. Chicago, Febroary 26.?Flour dull ?shipping extras 4.00@4 25. Wheat closed steady?No.. 2 spring 84%. Corn firm?No. 2 mixed 64}?. Pork closed qaiot?18.10@18.15 cash. Lard easier?18J25 CJ\Bh. Oat meats qaiet. Sweet Jiickled hams 10^(^10%; dry salted shoulders; ?^ eashv Dressed hogs fitm-T7i90(9^.00; lor?be?fi; 7.60 @7.60 light. Whiskey nnnettlod; oaloa l.O?^l.WJ. [ -: Zfrvte; ?} Vebiii^fMkl^sW unchanged?sur^rfiya^WjDr- ?.lfj@ 4 25. Wheat *Ubfo^%?*$& &?t>T Pork-si^^Kja- e^^<hr?ftoeate nnohanged^ooaldera ' 62?;' ?tear !rib 9??. Bacon unchanged. Lard qaiot _ MiaCpSTs/ February 26.?Oottob 9 firm;reo?lpt&T,884riWpttieuts 1,650; sales tr9^^^fe%(' ?obk'6?> y Wimunoton. February 26.? Cotton flrin; reoeipta 324; eftlea 200?middling 15: ?toof ,-4)^01^'T- i o\i * 11 k i /i Mobile, February 26.?Cotton firmer; receipts 494; sales 1,500?mid? dling 15)k; exporta, continent 500; Btook 65,287. Savannah, February 26?Cotton quiet; receipts 2,694; ?aloa 1,011? middling Vb%\ exports Great Britain 1,024; etook 100.119. ChiAjaiiXSTOH, February 26 ?Cotton asking higher; receipts 1,425; salos GOO-middling 15%; otook 46,610. Nbw Orleans, February 26.?Cot? ton firm and in fair demand; receipts 2.885; ealea 6,500?middliug 15%; ex? ports Great Britain 4.521; stock 301, 211. LivkbpooXi, Febrnary 26?1 P. M.? Cotton steady; sales 15,000; specula? tion 4,000?middling uplands 7%; I middling Orleans 8@8 1-10; March and April ship scent, not below low middling, 8 1-16; Febrnary and Maroh delivery, not below low middling, 7 13-16; Orleans delivery, January, not below good ordinary, 8 1-16; sales for week 112.000, of whioh 11,000 are for exportj 19,000 speculation; stock 712, - 000, of whioh 390,000 are American; imports 27,000, of whioh 17,000 were Amorioan; actual export 7,000; stock afloat 578,000, of which 336.000 are American. Thb Bepobts on tub South.?The reports of the committees of Congress on the state of u flairs in the South are a thorough vindication of the human? ity and governing capacity of the white people of the South. The great crime of the Northern Congressmen was their assumption that Southern whites had been oruel aud barbarous. The assumption was false, as they knew in their own hearts. To argue that they did not kuow that in all the virtues of civilization the white peo? ple of the South were their equals (and, as we know, their superiors) would be to assume that they were as ignorant as they Were maliguaut. But it suited their party purposes to assume that the Southern whites were oruel and barbarous, and they had not enough honesty and conscientiousness in their vindictive hearts to restrain them from the outrageous assumption. The Congressional Committees have made their reports. They vindicate the South from tho aspersions of Northern men, and yet for the sake of preserving their vicious party organi? zation, the majority of both the Ala? bama and Louisiana Committees assert propositions utterly at war with their own information. Bat can the nation be iuduoed upon the information they give to take steps whioh outrage the Constitution and degrade tho white race which has saved the country?in the South, at least?from utter ruin and anarehy. As we have often said, the North most dispose of the question. It is ono of the most lamentable of things, that the questions affecting Southern society and negro capacities are left to the North to deoide. There the negro is in numbers so small, that no proper opinion can be formed of him and his relation to Southern society. It is an indispensable qualification of the judge, that he should be impartial and fully understand tho subject he has to deoide upon. And yut here we have an anomaly in human history, that the Northern people, who ore altogether iuoompoteut?incompetent by want of information, and incompetent from prejudice and fanaticism?are by the train of circumstances placed in judg? ment over Southern society and over the white people of the Sooth, who are uot iu this day, nor were not in any preceding ago, excelled for their civil customs and social virtues. This is a terrible faot. This country will ap? preciate it ere long. We uro pained to think that its appreciation will be learned in sorrow and misfortune. But oome it will, aud this nation has to understand through its agony tho fear? ful oonseqaences of surrendering its Government to the control of a com? bination of fanatics aud corrupt poli? ticians.? Richmond Dispatch. Senator eleot Andrew Johnson told a correspondent of the St. Louis Re? publican, reoently, that ho had no douVt whatever about President Grant's third term purposes. He did [ not know anything about the details, personal or otherwise, of the situation at Washington, because ho had been there bat very little, and had his mind occupied with other affairs while there. But so far as he has been able to judge, from his knowledge of Grant as a man and a politician, he thought there was no end to the number of terms be would take if he could get them?in faot, there was no end to anything Grant would take if he could get it. Bishop Wbittingham, of Maryland, will in a short time be called upon to vote for or against the confirmation of the election of Dr. DeKoven to the Episcopal Diocese of Illinois. He de? clined to approve the election and con? secration of Dr. Dudley, beoanse that clergyman had been married twioe, and St. Paul declares that a "bishop shall be the hnsbend of' one wife." Biohop Wbittingham is now called upon to deoide whether he will vote for Dr. DeKoven* who has. never been married, and io a rigid old bachelor. He oan hardly vote/affirmatively, for his authority, St. Paul, says "a bishop shall be tbo hasbend of one wife." Tbo .London Vefajpraph was started twonty years ago. Is has the largest circulation of any p&rcs in the world* r Twer cenlariee ago, net one person in 100 wore stockings. ?t x|ON.~We think the NorSferFoietsaj? be reached, provided t4oi< Vitefeato* io tbo matter will oply goob?ut iV systematically, as meo go about any other business. In order to build railroads, capital, labor and deliberate preparation aro necessary; and why in the prosecution of a great eoiootitio enterprise the same system ahoold not prevail, would be difficult to under? stand. Let the nations concerned siuk their individual ambitions and post? pone until a given time the elocution of their plans. The English have taken the lead during tbo past few months, with the idea of sending out an expedition by the way of Smith's Sound daring the coming summer. If they would put off the oompletiou of their preparations another yoar, we have no doubt that Germany, Austria and America would be ready to join with them, aud thus the moro cer? tainly insure success. This, as we stated a fow days ago, has been bo rioudy proposed in England, and a powerful aud oonosntrated effort is neoessary. But, while all this is dis? cussed by scientific societies and iu the newspapers, people are conti naally throwing cold water upon the project by declaring that, even if im? portant results are to be achieved, the dangers to human life are so great that no justification can be given for tho risk. Thus highly important explora? tions are needlessly embarrassed by a mere fancy. It is well known by tho experienced that ? (ho dangers of Arotio travel arc not greater than those encountered in other parts of the world, und ure incompara? bly less than travel in Africa. The history of Arotio explorations, from tbo beginning to the present time, presents comparatively little of dis? aster. Lives have been occasionally lost, it is true, but the proportion has boon surprisingly email, when we con? sider the great losses wbioh have at? tended like enterprises in the tropical regions. The fate of Sir John Frank? lin and his two ships' oompauies of 128 souls, is fresh in the minds of tho public; but this is entirely exceptional, no similar event ever having occurred, except iu the case of Sir Ungh Wil lougbby, who, iu 1553, was lost, with his ship's crew, ou the ooast of Lap? land. Barentz, in 1596, passed a ter? rible winter in the North-eastern point of Nova Zembla; but bis party escaped after the wreck of the ship in open boats, with the ioas of three men, in? cluding tho sturdy commander. This e ise is paralleled only by that of Dr. Kane, who escaped in like manner, in opeu boats, from his ice beleaguered vessel, the Advance, with the loss of only three of bis party, two of whom died from causes inoident to exposure without sufficient protection. Scurvy has always been regarded as tbo great aoonrgo of Arctic voyagers, and Kane's party, like many others, suffered from that dreadful malady, caused by eating salt food. But Dr. Hayes subsequently wintered in the same locality, without having among his crew a single traoe of the disease. Game was there in abundance, and tho ship was bountifully supplied with eauued and dried fresh meats and vegetables. Tho poarvy did not make its appear? ance in Captain nail's expedition, and no serious consequences resulted to anybody, even although half tho ship's oompany drifted on an ice rift, after tho Polaris was wrecked, l.GDO miles, and thu othor half lived in a miserable hut through the winter. Captain Hall himself was the only victim; aud bis death was probably in no way attribu? table to the climute, and resulted en? tirely from natural causes. Ship? wrecks, it is true, ure common, but not more so iu proportion to the number of vessels engaged in Arotio navigation tnau in any other quarter, while the risks to life after shipwreck aro ordi? narily much less, vessels being rarely wrecked except by being crushed among tho ioe fields, where opportu? nity is always offered for escape and for the saving of clothing, provisions aud boats. Iu the dangerous naviga? tion of Baffin's Bay hundreds of ships' orews have, without difficulty, escaped to the South, as did Dr. Kane in 1855. In truth, Arotio service has been popu? lar, nut only among the whalemen of Hull and Aberdeen and New Bedford, but is peculiarly attractive to the British man-of-war's man. Men who have been to the North once al? most invariably desire to go again, and certainly the privations are best un? derstood by those who havo been sledging ovor tho barren ioo fields, especially doling the past twenty-five years. These men are not scared by the moro recollection of cold fingers, even if they havo nothing else with whioh to enliven their stories of Arotio adventures. "Men," says Captain Sherard Osboru, "do not volonteer for certain death or starvation; and I ean only say that so popular is Arotio service with the sailors, that I am fre? quently asked by old seamen, 'Are you going op that way again, sir? Do not forget I am a volunteer.' The faot is, more sailors have been thrown to tbe sharks from the diooaoeo inoident to service in China and the ooast of Afrioa, within tbe past four years, than befell in thirty years' Arotio tier vice; and our seamen and officers know it." There seems to be a peculiar fasoina tion about the romantic and mysteri? ous regions of the byperborea to in? spire men with ambition to taste and retaste of its poouliar sweetness. What 4his is we may be at a loss to under? stand, especially when the meronry stands,-as it has so long lately, down in tho zeros. This, ho* ever, is a matter of individual fancy; and to those who have a disposition to gratify it Wo give one. hearty support, though reserving to. ooretlvea the right to seek lour own enjoyment in come other tjaartsr, jyxrptirWK HO??*tlWH by | danger- without somo extraordinary temptation; and', the temptations pre aentedr by lb? Arotlo regions are hard? ly great enough to overcome the natu r&l instincts of life. Unusual danger may, therefore, be thrown out of the category of objections ? to sending out any number of expeditions for tbe solution of tbe mysteries which still, despite the efforts of ocuturios, conti? nue to shroud the regions of tbe North.?Asto York Herald. Official Honob ? "Put money in thy parse,'' said Iagn; but he uever laid that down for au official maxim. To make mouey out of public office was onoe thought borriblo. They all do it now. Andrew Johnson rofu.od a present uf a carriage and horses. Congress impeuohed him. Now, what muu in offlae declines any present from unybody? Shall we ever get buck to tbe old decencies? We be? lieve it. We believe, with living faitb, tu the republic. The protont order will pass away and leave the great heart of tbe people?tbe vital institu? tions of the republic?sound to tbe core. Fortes ante Agamemnon. There were statesmen of sensitive scruples .nid nice honesty in Tennessee before Andy. We have seen a letter from James K. Polk ("whoso seat auother fills") to u banker in Washington, who stood high in hia confidence?a man of muny virtues?with the soft heart and the acbonnded charity, Mr. Polk had ordered the purchase of sumo United States stock. Aftcrwurd he thought that the President ought not to deal in tbe public securities. He ordered tbe stock and tho money be bad paid for it replaced to bis credit. Tho stock had risen and there was profit on the transaction. The Presi? dent would not take it, the bunker would not keep it, and it was sont to the Orphan Asylum of the District of Colombia. We remember, in this connection, a famous political case that came into tbe courts. Cobbett? except R jv. Dr. Swift, "the most effi? cient libeller that over exercised tbe trade"?charged Wm. Pitt with making money on tbe Stook Exchange. Pitt brought an action for libel. British statesmen have been always very tensi tive ou this point of oharaotcr. Cub bett said it was not libel; that tbe Prime Minister had tbe common right to deal in stocks, only it was indeco? rous and fit subjaot of censure, but Mansfield, Pitt'a old hereditary foe, asserted for him the true doctriue in public morals. He ruled that the mi? nister was right; that he oould not ho neatly deal in Btooks; that it would be using bis official knowledge for pri i vH-o gain; that it wonld be exposing a publio trust to be brought in oppoai ti u to private interests; that it would bo of mischievous and immoral ten? dency; and that the action for libel was well taken. Snob is tbe high doc? trine of true statesmen, of men of cul? tivated minds and high and sensitive principles. Tbe New York Herald giveB the letter of President Polk? never before in print. In 1847, 83,000 was a largo sum for Presidents to bundle; now it is hardly change to carry in one's pocket. ( Washington City, Mat 7, 1875. Deau Sir: When 1 requested yon, early in March last, to purchase for me $3,000 of publio stock, 1 informed yon that I desired to invest that sum, held by me as a trust fund. Oa the day following our conversation, you ! transferred certificate'! of United States stock to me in my own name, end not as trustee for my ward, for which 1 paid you a premium of oue pur oeut.,. or the sum of 83,030. 1 do not doubt my lawful right to make such invest? ment; but, in view of my offi.dul posi? tion, I deem it proper to relinquish tho stock by retruusferring it to you, und iuvest the fuud in some other modo. I desire, therefore, to transfer tho stock to you, without premium or interest, and request that you will plnct) to my credit the precise sum which I paid yoa for the stock. 1 am, very respectfully, your obedient serv? ant, JAMES K. POLK. A sprightly lady correspondent, writing from New York, minutely de? scribes the various tricks resorted to by the female smugglers for getting silks, laces and diamonds through the custom bouse. Tbe officers have only to look these females in tho eye to see toadozen just the number of gloves and put the number of yards of silks and laces and velvets tbey have on their mind. If tbo thing is managed right? ly they usually pass the men, and oven when handed over to the female ex? amining custom honse officer, they get clear, for tbo women officials arc just as smart as tbo men. You put a hand? some ring on the intruding band, and the little package of unset diamonds is not disturbed from its resting place iu the top of one's stock? ing or the bottom of one's Mart. Some time ago a passenger o? a Frenoh ship was suspected of having a quantity of diamonds to get through, and on the dock she was told she must be examined. The dear girl protested. It was no use. So turn? ing to her fellow-passengers she bade them a tender adieu. Tbe warm em? brace she bestowed on one lady was tonohing; she kissed her, not onoe, but twioe, and with eaoh kiss she gave into her friend'a keeping a solitaire worth $3,000. Then she went off with a whole mouthful, whioh she would have swallowed like so many pills rather than disgorge. As she after? wards explained, those awful big stones impeded her utterance, and she in? tended giving the eustom honse people o.pioco of her mind. And thus she was enabled to do so, thanks to her own ingenuity and the sise of her friend's month. ! Tot Suhz OiNAlJ.?Tbe present c?u dition or tbp buez ;CettaJ ia exoitiog,at? tention in Eogland. . Tbo history of this extraordinary enterprise may be told in ? few words, it was'built mainly by France' and Freneb capital against the strenuous opposition 1 of England. Its . practical advantage, however, has been to the bono?t of England, that nation' having Occasion to nse it more than any other. Con? sequently, ever since the utility of-the .enterprise has been demonstrated, the English have strained every effort to obtain possession of it. The canal is said to be on the highway of England tu India. One of the "dootrinea" of English diplomacy is, that no foreign uatton shall interfere with this high? way. About one-third of the shsres in tbe ownership of this canal are held by the Khedive, another third by Eng? lish owners, and the remaining third by French capitalists. This gives the Khedive the casting vote in its management, in addition to the right of authority whioh- he pos? sesses as the sovereign of the country. Au attempt has been made to induce tho Khedive to sell his shares to Eng? lish capitalists, but thus far without success. The oost of hooping tho ca? nal in order, dredgiug and strengthen? ing it, is from 83.UU0.00O to $4,000, 0UU u year. Tho receipts last year ouly amounted to $6,000,000. It. is also said that tho condition of the canal is not satisfactory?that it is neither oompbted nor in good repair, and that, unless strengthened and deepened, it will become useless. Although broad enough to accommo? date three steamers abreast, its depth is so variable that but one eteamer oan pass at a time. If a vessel happens to got aground, communioatiou is inter? fered with until it is set afloat again. Consequently tho travel is precarious, und there are complainIh. The mat? ter is of so much importance to Eng? land and other maratime nations, that it would not surprise us to find the ca? nal transferred to an international oo tu mission and made one of the neu? tral highways of the world. | Mtstbeies op Moumonism.? Put a hunduge around your head and con? sider the following: "Brigham Young married two sisters of Charlie Deokor, and Deoker married two daughters of Brigham by other women. All have children. Now, tho offspring of Clara Decker Young und Lucy Deoker Young are cousins of Charlie Decker's children. But the latter ure grand? children of the former's father, and, consequently, nephews aud nieces of their own consius. But the nephews of a cousiu?biojd relationship hold? ing?are second cousins; heuoe Dock? er's children must hold that relation? ship toward each other. Deoker's wives are half-sisters to tho children of their own sisters-in-law, they are sis? ters-in-law to their own father, and aunts to their own half-sistersl Now, if tho relationship wore half-blood throughout, tbe Canons of Deeoent? at least in Indiana?would exclude them; but aa it doubles on both Bides, they would probably be inoluded. Hence, the two Mrs. Deckers aro (in law) their own aunts, while Clara D. aud Lucy D. Yonng are legal grand? mothers to their nieces, and the two sets of children are respectively cousins, auuts and nieces, and t'?.eLord kuows what besides. Elder Allsop married a widow aud her eldest dutighter, having at tho same time a young daughter by a former wife, now happily deceased. All this family live iu one house. Tho daughter of his oldest wife is half-sister to his second wife, and to the second wife's children; also, aunt to the second wife's chil? dren, and, consequently, her own auut-iu-lawl The daughter of the deceased wife is half-sister to all the other children, legal grand-daughter to one step-mother, legal half-sister to the other, and, consequently, aant in law to herself. If they keep on as they have begun, they will eventually prodtioo a boy who will bo his owu grand-father. A Qoakeb Printer's Proverbs.? Never send au artiole for publication without giviug tho editor thy name, for tby namo oftentimes secures publi? cation to worthless articles. Thou bhouldst not rap at the door of a printing office; for he that au swereth the rap sneoretu in his sleeve and loseth tune. Never do tbou loaf about, nor knock down the type, or tho boys will love theo as they do the shade trees?when tbou leavest. Thou shouldst never read the copy on the printer's case or the sharp aud bookol container thereof, or he may knock thee down. Never inquire of the editor for newB, for behold it is his business to give it to thee ut thu appointed time without asking for it. It is not right that thou shouldst ask him who is the author of an arti? ole, for it is his duty to keep Buck thiugs onto himself. When thou dost enter his office, take heed unto thyself that thou dost not look ut what may concern theo not, for that is not meet in the sight of good breeding. Neither examine thott tho proof sheet, for it is not ready to meet thiue eye, that thou mayeat understand. Prefer thine own town paper to any other, and snbtoribe lor it imme? diately. Pay for it in advance, and it shall be well with theo aud thine. Seldom iu the national history has there been so general a release of old stagers from the oares of public life. Of the twenty-five legislatures in whioh eleotions have been held, only four have returned the present Sens, tors. Thhrl?w^We?d nrjdeTtaketyln ff re- ? cent iotjier, tpv eutighten the country ' apoutbeoeuese of rooont Repablioan qofeatB., . He declares tbat tbe third term is the trap into which his party has feilen, or been loci by tbo nose by Grant, and thinks gradual contraction and resumption of specie the trae financial j policy. $ Reconstruction is ; still a difficult problem ,w(th bim, and, while sighing for old-fashioned states? manship, he fears the' Democrats are not.yet worthy of being trusted with power. Let ub hope tbat even Weed may think us worthy, a year or tvvo hence. The quartette of babies recently born to an out-of-work cigar-maker in Baltimore, are proving a, Sonroe of considerable revenue, as hundreds of ladies, physicians and other's'visit the curiosities daily, and all {leave some? thing?either money or clothing; and the Baltimoreans are so excited over the unusual event, that collections are being taken up for the benefit of the family. "It's an ill wind," etc. The mother is in a precarious condition, but as the best physicians have ten- ', dered their services, it is hoped she will survive. That Beautiful Gnu,.?Diseases of the blood are legion, the whole body suffers from the slightest impurity, ae is seen by thousands every day. Loot - I at tbat beautiful figure, a young girl, whose graceful form bespeaks a face as fair sb she is beautiful, with blotches, boils, pimples and sores'. These'are nature's beaoon-lighto, to warn you that your blood is full of fever and ha I mor. And you would be wise to heed the admonition in time. Get a bottle of Beinitsh'a "Queen's Delight," and purify your blood. \ The Supreme Court is to bear argu? ment in the case of the United Bili?s vs. the Home Insurance and the South? ern IaBuranoe and Trust Company. The question is whether the company corporation charters, granted by States during the rebellion, give oor George Washington's history seems in a fair way to be reduced in the com i mon mind to a story of a hatchet, as Tell's was to a story of an apple; and there was no apple, and it is pretty I clear there was no hatchet. Although Tennyson's verses are a fortune to him. Great Britain still boasts some of the old fashioned sort of poets?and one of these died in the ! poor house at Paisley a short time [sinoe. His name was William Alex lander. Tbe latest "sweet thing" from Paris I in the way of head-wear, is "the baby I hat," made in quite the infantile style, with a soft crown and plenty of laee and colored bows. It io pretty on ' I young faces. ' In an English town twenty barrels I of gun-powder were taken from a shop and put in a cart. The driver mount? ed, sat on one barrel, lighted his pipe I and drove away. Oonoiusion by next mail. J. Wm. Thorn, a native of Chester County, N. G, was expelled from the , Legislature for promulgating a disbo belief in God and other heresies?46 to 31. Tbe motion was introduced by colored members. Tbo Communists held a meeting in Chicago, yesterday, and demanded a more equitable distribution of the re? lief fund. All the troops in the oily huvo been placed iu readiness. It is said that Laura D. Fair, the murderess, has become weultby by in? vestments iu miking stocks during the late era of speculation at San Fraucis I co. Bonanza is the now word used to de? note what was formerly meant by shoddy, or striking oil. Bonanza is a big thing in California mining. An Old Patriarch Gone.?Mr. D. M."Ussery, an old citizen of Lancas? ter, died at his residence on last Fri? day. Whcatly, Williams & Co., sugar re? finers of Mew York, have suspended. To Rent, THE BOUSE and LOT opposite tbe Chariot to. Columbia and i.agueta Bail road shops, formerly occupied by Jttrs. Crawford as a boarding house. For terms, apply to Mrs H. BMOjjjgH. Feb27 jl" Typographical Union,No. 34. matt Regular Monthly Meeting of this _L Union will be held at the Bobaetsen lUllu, TUI8 EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Mem bora will bo pnnetnal in attendance, as matters el vital importance to the craft will bo acted upon. O. F. HO WELL. Fob 27 1 Secretary and Treasurer HOMB Musical Libra* y\. ?? % Collections of Instrumental Hade.* MU8IOAL Treasure. (Also vooal.) 225 pages. tiano at Hornel A Oandplooeo. Kewl Useful. - i 5?? ? - ?? Corns ofBtrausa. Meet brilliant collec? tion extant. ,i Pianist'? Album. Popalarandeaeymualo. Piano Forte Qomo.' Popular, brilliant, eaeypiooes. Home Cirolo. Vol. I. Eaey music r:. Xme Cirole. Vol. II. PopuUr 2 and ft pieces.-' f ? - v \ yyj* H han_ . Organ at Home.. 200 good pieooe for Reed Organ. Colieotioil? of yrjdal Miu??. OlerathV Pearls. The chief aongs of fifty operas. '")??? MM of Qerman Song. Song? tbat will | nevar die. Gcma Of Bcbttish Song. Sweetest of All baUpe. ... . . rJhbwor of Pearls.. Nearly all the good . vooal duota. Oama of Snored Song. Pure, devout and beautiful, 'i^r . T ' Silver Chord. Wreath of Oomn. Largo collections of the bast popular aongo. I'rioo of each hook in ?d?., ?S.SO. Olotb, \ $3X0. Oilt. 14 00. 7- OLIVER OITBOM A CO., Boateo. OHAS. H.DIT80N AGO., Fob 37 aw? 711 Broadway, Hew tmhr