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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
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