. . A Spanish Ste 7.
It is "A Strange' Story," tut not Bul
-wer's, received from London . . the effect,
.- on the authOrity of Madrid d patcheOliat
Francisco de'Assis,Kinic Co . .rt of Spain,
had beeiexiled from that c ountry on the
charge of plotting for the Re,ency of that
/
Kingaotn—in Other words, o being in the
plot for deposing Isabella II ~- ; wh. o is, 1:4
wife and.cousiu, as well *as Ini•Seiercign.
Their marriage was a most unhappy piece
121
of State polici, cor.coctod by Louis Phil
ippe of Franced %mil has , been the reverse of
happy, on account of the im orality of the
Queen and the hatellectuid laud personal
incompetenCy of her husbaild. The
icun
popularity of the Queen, - wi h &I.'except
Churchmen-and.those - influe cod by them,
' bas long been! nottrious, an hil.,s latterly
much itiereased,in couseque eof the high
hand with Which the pri.iseut Prime, Minis-
ter has - conducted public aIF iis—particu- I
halt by arresting,
.imprisoning, exiling, and I
even transporting (as eriminiils) members
of thEf legislatnie s who presiiined to express
i
any opinion, in the Senate or the . Congress i
of. Deputies, hi s . poll y. Spain is
tired
. of this wretched system pursued un
der vrious • . successive. ministers, whereby
absolute pow sr has usurped, lila functions
of cianititutional-daw, aud, for some time'
past, a revolittion has been anticipated. The
revenue is . aliclut one-fourth o .that of Great.
Britain; but tile Enrpentliture is'propoitioik:'
ably larger. :The Public Debt is far . bayoud.
the resources of the Kingloi , but, by a,
"charining r'airaugeweut Or the debtor,
though notso7plesiant for the creditor, in
terest is paid upori only - a v+Y small por
tion of it. That Francisco, titular King of
Spain; idir.uld be induced to turn 'his am-.
bition tciwards the Regency. is almost too .
'ludicrous fur . cred•mee The 'Prince of
Asturia, heir apparent to the Crown is .only
"in his tenth year, and therefore a Regency
would benecessary for se v eral years. But
the - Spaniards who desire to - et rid of the
present reigning Lmse have turned their
eyes toward. King Luis Of P rtugal, Victor
Emmanuel's son-in-laW,, a young man of no
small ability, with wisdom beyond -his.
Tears. It is ddebtful, boviiever, whether
he would 'accept the crown of Spain. Fail
ing him, inany . , have . tlouglit of the . Due .
, de Montpensief, Louis Pliiii ire's 'youngost
son married, 0 -Are Quem o' Spain's sister,
by whom he has several children. He, too,
has been ordered not to foet foot iu Spain.
-- On the whole, i:,appeari; very probable that
— before nniny, mouths, laabella,ll. of Spain
will filinre Oe . 6xi e ()flier Ino lier,the Queen
Dowager Christina.
_Their
-is s.) vast . tgat they need tint
.ty, the needleka' fear W 4
Louis P latter 46).4,
strangest story nf.
Francisco de "Assis, the itnh
suspected or heOing a politi
'I ;, 1 : • - re,,Ndsbilat. Asa.l
When Mahomet found
would not gn to him,'he de,
to the mountain. . Presidi
s l
working hiMself,hy. degree
frame of mind. For more
a half he has been trying t
gress to eome.to him. TOI
hausted - . entreaties, persuai
ingsbluster, and patronage'
pushed nothing beyond "t 1
half a doz«M Members.
in various *aye, evinced
move towards Congress.
ed in his intrigue with th
ernors, and the scheme pi
Haase hy•Mr. Banks and• t
Raymond...: •This . movernei
made sooner;: might possit 1
ed results. 113ut it came
House responded by' pa..
Louisiana, !hill and. Mr.'
Government bill. Still;1
doir , , not ritspair. He is 55
half way, apd has engaged
. cans to see if the matter ti;
ed. It would be much ril
him, now that he is fairy
wards Congress,to make a
going the whole distante
• : The Lenisiaaa and this
ment billsi will pretty st
uridets6Odi that. the Suli
not look, urn:them with
be quite l li4ely to declare
Coral. 1 Thit, until they s
ed, they ,wril be laws, an
will have to .execute theri
duty shall devolve ou hitt
impeachment. In the
business -it will take his .1
case, under either of titer
ub for final decision:
The rigor with which 'Congress is, now
acting, is 'due, in part, tx? the revelations
made by • the Congressional Committee
that investigated the Loiiisiana tnamacre.
and, in part, to the opiuipus expressed b 3
the Generals commanding the Southern
districts. 'The testimony of these Gen4rals
is clear and explicit to the effect that the
spirit of t'hG Rebellion is just as active and
bitter now, as during any! period of the war
and that Igenuine loyaliso, white or black.
can expect no sufficient Protection froni the
civil authorities or •from I puldie. sentiment.
Tn .17.EriNS titruog iuut ate country
are g easly excited over the news 'from the
old country; and knowi&g.ly claim that the
truth has wit reached us its to the extent
of the reVolt. raid upon Canada' is se
riously- coniweipplated, ma we may - ( ex . pect
soon to have startling! news frlin that
quarter. find if the te help ev
en
from '
POOR
beeu dis
English _ ale a
fabulous indivival who tigured in early fic
tion—never' I/aving, in ri l eality, shot an nr-
T.Jw or' fought a fight foi: . freedoal. Gen.
fienien, pleit.te permit toretain 'our ele.
iffecia! of Washingl i m.
THE e JOURNAL.
.
Coudersport.
Tuesday,=. 14,1807.
TEE LAMS 0. , :00111ta - ACS. -
L.N.l.ieeatistruction iiiTpu' re of
0111e0:111s raskti over 1114 Yet ow.
The Bankrupt, Tax, Wool and Oecipound
Intezesi4vote Mile Passed by
Both! I
\ •
The ReconstruetiOn tith Tenure
of 011 ice bill, bath pa 'over 'the Presi
dent's veto by the Se atm Houee, are
now lama. N •
! •
The Senate and Housa liars passed:
• 1. The 13ankrnpt hill.
2. The Tax bOl , 1 \
3. The Wool Tariff bill:
_ 4. The Conip4und I.utirest Note bill.
These. billy wee sighed by the President
and are therefore! laws.l •!
• !
1/
JE T CONGRU.SS.
_1 :
THE FOgitil
,
Ws.surnc•rox, • Marcia 4, 1867.—The
.Fortieth Cotnrross Wi l ts dr7anized to-day.
Lion. Benj. Wale, of Ohio, was elected.
Preei.leut , of the "Senate, stud Hon. Sculay
ler Colfax, of Indian4wa l r elected Speaker
of the House. This ti his tlait:d Consecu
tiVe election as Speaker. His remarks on
taking the Cita,ir ,tier© frank, ina:ilv; and.
patriotic. As a presidmgoffleer no Sp maker
has ever excelled I* in.! maintaining an
amicable feeling between the metnbers,
the gentlemanly. deiOrtmelni.„ and in i utual
•
respect of the me.tnla4s of the Thirty-Ntut
Congress during thei stealtny days can he
attributed mainly to tais el•t#ts.
Hon. F. S. M.Thrson, Of Pennsylvania,
was re-elected Cierkikaf ftotl6o, IT ! rca
olution, uusni uslAad oPt e Ll.
The Danocratic 'of the Hotte,
protested against tO i e asseinbling of the
Fortieth Congress wtilo
,9oine of the State.,
were not repre.seut4 ' •
The following nevi Senators - were Sworn
in thi(morning: ifons. Simon. Catneron,
Henry W.. Corbett, R 04343 gout:ling,
bums Harlan, Gartftt Davis; Charles D.
Drake, Timothy 0.-Iliowe;.Oliver P. Mor
ton, Justice S. Mdrrill, 'James W. Nve
James AV. Pattersonl Samuel E. PomeroN,
John Sherman and .Lyman TruMbull. The
clerk called. Thoma 4 Swann, but he was
I 1 1 ,
not present to responu.
&in M..ll.tayer iud T. W. Tipton then
came forward Mad ete sworn in as Senat
ore front the State 4f Nebraska:
privitte fort une
It dread poyt,r
lich embittered
I. Surely, the.
time is that
eile, should be
C a l conspiracy
tigremS.
the -mountain
erini , ed to
. ,
1
' We had thelpleasure of seeing I?entusyl
vania'S Setragoriswqp, and felt when watch
ing his tall and noble form, Whose ',head
now, crowned withl the frosts of inany
tine political winte l r, crO4sing the Senate
Chamber to the P4side.nes stand, that the
Keystone State had secured the services or
oae whose energies) talents an 1 will, wthi'd
ever be . directed 4 the securing
.of the:,
rights for our - State, and for the whole
country. which. been• so ,luuch ,neg
lected 'by the sil+ i t BuckaleW amt! .the
venal Cowan. • The Penusylvd' .
dent at the Capitol with a hag.
from the Legislature and many
not J* hnson is
into a similar
13
than a yiiar and
coiripo Con
-1 that end Ihe ex
tsions, threaten
but he =win
e preveraion of
atterly he 'has,
disposition to,
'his was disclos-:,
Southern., Gov
'resented tsi ihe
endorskyl b), 'Mr.
ut, had' it - been
,ly have prodee
too. late. Tile
sing Mr. Elliot's
titeven's. Military
diff.!reut porcioui our State
the President
nrious to be met
few 'Repoli'',
l aunot be seraM,r
'lore sensible fur
• on the •way to-,
ele4r job of it by
Cameron a'receptivnin the par
lard's Hotel last n kht, and w
fully say that a mo e ebthasia4
of those whose loyg of country
patriotism have b:
ter trial, we never witnteed.
o'clock Dr. Fulle.. of Y i enne,
vanced toward Ge eral
ary Govern
rely pas. It - is
Jtolges do
favor; .and will
tbem uneostitu
• all be so dee.,ihr
tlid the. President
dered him the cOularatulationa
zcqis of .Peausyh:ltoitt preseut
I am very much obliged
Fuller, fur the kind \yeah> wh
Spoke., to me,
thank this atidiencetir this h:
ceptiou. I ainl . ezn.:ediOgly
and. I will endeavor to be gr;
I am glad of it.J beeausei thosi
come here to-rii4ht to dO me
are Penaykaniaus. [Apply
not.vain eaoughJ beheVe th
tnyaelf c rerseuaq, but a the i
of the great State to which t
which I belong t r[ApplaUse ] .
I have often tuought. Ghat
Sylvania did 114 adhere to ea
wed aS they do in. other St:
well as we ought to do for ou
I believe as .a State
do in a neighhorhoOd .
a "family ahotild,;adliette to
through life. I 100; the
county and neighbo4oci/1 Ai
and defind their Own people • I
and so of a State.! i ßut we
higher duty, than that of our
ueighborhoed and our State
duty to the great ; Governmei
teas itsall, [iipplaused and W/..
our States would 'be of no conseqUetlee
[Applause.] J
I am glad to believe that all the here
4ies Which we have heartPupon chi,' subject
if State rights are about to be buried for
ever. [Applause,] Imu roud to belit;%( ,
too, chat the men who dere 'ded this cow,
_try from destruction will -J . titinine to tit
fend the Goveruitiel,t of tho ; tr:.choice—Alp
Government wl4.h grttet:te 0/4;1.
so far as that
A; or be liable to
line
_out before a
~cau be brought
just
It an
MIN
EMI
7i. ueaiait TEY,'
SPEECH OF SENATOR CA
plause.] We have in Pennsylvania a ter
ritory richer than any other portion Of the
world of They talk abott i t. the
gold of Glaliforuht,' the silver of Nevada,
and' the diamondsof Peru and Brazil; but
there i, no district 'of country of ,the size
of Pemisvlvania whiCh has so much
within: ; it, and no part of the
world in which_ people can live more". hap
pily, no to which they can do .more'good
for their tellowsand for posterity. [Ap
plank)] They - talk about gold iu •Cali
fornia, and the millions a it they send to
the East. In Penusylvaula. iu . a period of
three or four months, we - seut, out; add at a
very low price, more than forty million doll
ars worth of coal; all dug froui .the earth,
and all giving life and support, to the la
boring people of our country.
No manufactory in the country,scarcely
can now exist without the coal of Penn
sylvania. And then beside coal: we have
other wealth such as scarcely' any other
people can boast 2! We can prOduce every
thing which adds' to tlie comfort and pros
asrity of min in our valleys, -while the
M-knufacture of the mindrals of the moue-
taiaS-gives employnaenti to the people, of
llse„ . valleys. Why should we
.riOt, there
fore; be proud of our great State 1' I am .
glad, therefore, to see all these .Peunsylva-
Mans coming out to do their State honor
iu my Person. [Applause.] trust that
shall hereafter be faithful to Pennsylvi-
nia, Ai I Inte always horetoforo tried to be
faithful to tor TA' to my country. [Ap
plause.] It would be lordly proper fir
1110 110 W in this: reefing amongst Ourselves
to allude tri links here in Congress, and
vet I most Kay a word or two upon that
:abject. [Apphilise.] I have uo animo.iity
to the peopie of the South. I pity those
W , lio were deluded, and. I Would try ,to
4eep those who phood them from here
after doin‘r wroiny to those around. thorn.
.Applause.] They complain 'that they
tre not permitted to coma. into this cloy
4rninent and Manage the country. Would
it be right to bring those people, here- , -to
admit into congre:s those who have the
4,,/21 of our Ifell.bw-citizerri ~pon their
? [Cries of No, no.] Would it: h e
vis , . to bring people here whb have done
all this wrong to us, to legislate agziin
!hey :did before? I sac and lam surf.,
you will few no; [Cri e s of We do say. no.]
FV T o;*we, will keep those peopl,e, who Lave
been the a7grei:sors from Congress. We
Will allow the people below, the deluded
people to comelhere tuter they' have shown
tlkianseles properly qualified. But tin'
men win, were l
'•in hiohighplaplacesjust before
• I
the rebellion beffan never can be alloWed
to come hack It7re' to• inake . ,daws fori us.
[Cries of No; never] What; rig have
they to did soli [Cries : of none.] 'Tilley
Abandoned their country, aid said that
they did not belong to the Ituited States.
flie,y called their country bY some other
name; but they made What they called a
"constitution" foe themselves. And :now
they would comae back her?, when- they
fight no loilger, and manage our Gov
erntnent to suit thernselres, ibisooth. No.
.rentlemen ; allow nS such thing.
{Applause.] If Mr. Johnson had been a
vise man he would have sigtied the recon
structionj bill Oa other day, [applause.]
ind thinsliace!gotten liiinsel(back tutu his,
)1.1 harness. lie might then, perhaps, have
iwenforgiveni for some of the Wr ongs h e
ut.s done in the last fourteed mouths. It
s too late now to forgive hiln.
No I hai . t-, nothing mori, to say, I he
tieve, except to thank the ladies for their
'.tindness in coming here. There never can
}e, a pleasant asseinbl ige without the la. lies ;
mud certainly there
: never can be a gimelal
We are proud of all of them who are
here proud that they are - l i ontiylvanialis,
Lad I am much prouder still that Vie) , are
uy ti i ieuds [Applatie.]
General aileron was followed by Hon.
, taus
)ther*fron.
gave M .
of
eau trutl.-
c gathering
ad value (.1
, eais of bit'.l •
About ter
of the eiti-
Biewk,ter,
,Vayi, e l\r
iteigh, uu others flow Pruu
iy-Ivauia. Tklu party,separatell about
Senator Reverdy johnoii, of MarylanO,
i vutnig with the Republielins for the Mil
-1
.tary Reconstruction said to the
o eop!e of the So .th that .they. nitt,t
tuderstand that • whether lor not they
e . garded the act; a this Getfgrem as valid
Lhey wouldbe practically sJ and thzit. they
vould be compelled to subat theth and
out up with whatever. they might gain
inder than . . And the New York -World
says: •
Thn '---;lbahilities, as weiestimate them.
EOM
, o you, Mt
h - you ha%
,I now how L.
I ndsome.re
Imud of it
teful for i
who have
this honor
Ise] 1 dui
t it is fLU
tresent•Atil
I oy and ti.
Je pro a ; itles, as -47
iciine strungiy to ultimaiej submission uu
he par? of the South. If his estimate be.
lilt mistaken,. good policy tii . u:res that the
übmissiuu 84,Ultill -be prompt enough to
uevent the Radica s: , getting co ;trot of the
hew State organizatitis. The p:anters can
•Untrul the negro vote if they ,begin in
eitten, •and bV acceptingat 6nce what they'
+ill be cotistrained to submit to at last, they
:au help their friends in the North . elect
he next Pre6ideut and rescue the Gov ern
.nont frinu Radical doznineeriug j . and luso_
ence."
All the "signs of the times' indicate
Host conclusively that the Will of the loyal
, eople of this country will achieVe the just
exults of their sacrifices and patriutisnk.
e in Pen:
h other
tes--uo L
own sakes
feeling as J
I think tLi
eagh oth. r
,e4ple in a
im!..l, prow,:
;round chew.
owe a al,
lay to ott
we owe
Does the , Negro Desire to
_ .
t. that. pr.,
Loa whici
The President assigns atnon
-ohs fur his veto, that "the negro.
•tsked 'for the privilege of votim_
uajoritv• of them have no . id&
means:" AI general officer in
I:4led to learn the hegro mind
~:et, ao he asked au, did man—`
.•ould you iike to, vote 'I" .0
o lied—"Sar,ll. used'. to walk ti
o *ad out i how a battle wen
was.uo used LuVher questio,
The Veto 'dike Reeefreetion
The message of Presiders .lohrson veto
ing the bill jto facilitate reconsruetiOri - .IS
now of.no 14gal significande, inasitancti.
the two' Howes have made the bills law,
according to the provieions of. the Con s '
don, by a v ote so overwhelming as to pi
elUde the Faisisibi of evasion or reversal.
The . argument.;of the„*.niiessisgeis buttres.
'argning, a case Mier it- has been finally sere
tied in the court of last resort.— Itis..autst 7 .
tempt to reopen a question which the par
amount tribunal haosettied aft 4 the fullest
hearing, with the most. thorough delibera
tion.and with- tinparellsled
The people Of the United States, by
whose votes Mr.. johnscin • holds'his offitss,
decidedsat the lost election that his policy
was wrong, anti. tare reconstruction which
helot! attempted wag unauthorized and
unsatisfactory, and theiefore liable to be set
aside. By his veiohe.sets up his individ-.
jadgemeet to the contrary, and 'places
his official prerogative in the way to block,
as fair as he can,..the success of the method
of reconsrruction" which the people's repro
-1 • • •
sentatives have substituted , for his. .I.f he
could be . Suppod toll be logically consis
tent, his expressed views as to the uncon-.
stitutionality of the bill would lead him to
refuse to execute it for , the
' same reasons
for which herefused
. to sign it..
How far, h is tenacity of purpose will car
ry him in this direction remains to be seen..
If the new Congress shall retain as large a
proportion of the spirit of the old as of its
membership, it Will cot . - 1/cAlitate to employ
its coustitutional powers in removing every
obstacle which May stand in the way of
the reconstruction now definitively.resolved
upon.•
.•
The President alleges that the provision
c.t . the Colistitatitei which guaranties to
States a republican form of government
s:iolated by setting aside the nominal gov
ernments now existence in the rebel
States. He seems, to forget that in doing
this Congresslhas done exactly what he
did himself in igeoring: existing govern
meas which Were not authorized by the
t7oustitution, while it has (waits rightful I
isiwers of legislation in doing what be as
sumed to do without constitutional powers
beim the exclusive prtirotra.
tive of Congress. . !
The dicta of, the Supreme Court will not
be regarded as d cisive of the. question on
which .he quotes them. They are but
opieioes, and are opposed by the contrary
opinions of many judicial persons of highest
standing. By the Constitution, "the judi
cial
power shail extent! to a!! cases in law
and equity arising ender this Constitution,"
does not reach to the dictation or
revision of the meta, of Congress, either be
fore or after their passage,
.except so far as
concernt the cleeisiou of "cases' . - that may
he judit before it. Presid e nt Jackson,
whom kr. Johnson is supposed to make
his model, settled the point, and the peo
ple ratified it, that one branch of thegov
eminent cannot uuderstand the constitittion
feranother. Still les s can the individual
opinions of judges courts! the action, tit
tAnigress, when it is within the constitu
tional prerogative-of . Cougress to inipeach
and remove the jutige , for the proinulga•
doe of those opinions:
The eliOle araitinent of unconstitution
ality conies too late, because the question
Was put in issue at the late election, and
thoroughly canvassed and definitely decid
ed by the people, whose will alone . gives
force to the tionstitutiOn, and by whom it
can be changed - in any particular when its
operation is foetid to. be an obstacle to
What the) deeM n i ecessary for the welfare
of' the catkin:
The state of the facts whickMr. Johneon
inluines as the limiidatiou of his argurneut
lies been fully understood awl adjudicated
by the people, and th.ir judgeiii6at is out
to be 16.0..iktiON .I.li reiterated assertions ui
what OverWheliiiing evidence has disprot.-
ed. When the rebellion . was .cruslied by
our arintes, the of ly 'tiling the people de
sired was a just a d duiable peace, and the
speediest possible estoration of social °Ede'
awl industry, tin t. should lead to a liar-
Moulthis reaaalibi oa of the rebel states to
their • proper . ' reli thun. No degiees ut
magnanimity that! could he asked 'tor would
hate been i eyoull the willingness of the
,
people to grant, 1 seen to consist with tots ,
requiretuent. TLey would stand on, n o
nice points of orier. They long hoped j
even that Mr. JOhuson's policy of tecon
struction ought aliswer. When they saw
clearly that this ,nd failed to produce u
practic.tl recuustrmction, they. hopt.d that
the Uoustbutiara l t Amendment might an
i,
swer the purpose Vb hen that failed that
demanded a mor , vigorous Measure, and
they will bland I,y , the present taw math
they ate- cominci i i.l that it, too, is insulli
(tient. .
'•-: Presid, - ' will - rrr-
cue President( will assume :a grave re
iliOUSlbillty if iMlshall undertake to trea'
Luis as he .liti thie t. onstitutional Amenti
went, with a clultgetl, hostLity to the ex.
tent of his Lamed. Lid may have some iii.
h
'ence with the rebel ,Istatea to persuaki.
stand !hem to agaihst the just, regifire
li
meats of the gmerianent, but he will mill
'mimic them wit talseMopes. They livo
better 'take coun el of Air. Reverdy Join.-
sou, of 11.1arytandi iu \ his speech on Satur
day.,might, when ho \tehs the suites piatni .
that tuey can come hat* “only by coinpl .
tug wail the couditions which Congress
may impose, win:titer Congress had •an
m '
authority to impose thehi not.''
Wliat else . eat they doP They cannot'
'light again. They cannot, reasonably ex
i,eet guy preseiiti relaxatiou - of the detnaUdq
of the government. Even, a pOlitical revu
aition at the
,North' cannot effect u. repem
of this law unde l r six years from this date.
They Cannot H . + as LheY are . If the)
iVote ?
r the .rea
1s have . ilot
; the %last
a w hu it
Loui4itia
ti Lb Sub:.
Utic:e
Jele 4 )..) re
'teen' wile:-
." Tlterei
kuuu • Vl' hat i tlwir I,est go u u,,tu e y.wii,
wake ail u revuustruct their Stay-
g9lerkllliglltB
iy4l4 Li u 64.0.4
er We act of Cougrez.B, and
ro to 23U4 t 1 their wiitnitti,
dons, and their elections, and their legisla
tion Alla the administration of their state
governMents, in all; respects satisfactory to
CongreSs, because j Congress has still to
judge whether it will be consistent with the
puhlio good to ratify their constitutions and
adatit: thair representative& _ toy a seat.
LIE 'Michigan :Legislature has spoken
otti‘htlevor of atlinittiug females to all the
rights tusl priviletrei of the , Michigan. Uni
veroity. N
Joe Martin, < ice a prominent business.
man of ropped dead at a tav-:
ern door in that.c;tyon Sunday last In
temperance had wreckehe man and he
died, bereft of money andliiends, a drunk
ard's death.
N "
TELS Board ofi Underwriters New
York recommend' to the National rd
Which meets to Al•iv, to adopt the H. mbu
principle on insurance policies, that is, re
quiring all partieson whose preinises fires
occur, to sustain one fourth of any loss.
THE spring trai l le of Boston has set in
quite lively, and buyers are there from all
sections of the, country, The goodVtimes
now enjoyed by the merchants of the
Will soon reach *the• commercial cities, and,
no danger of a business panic need be an
ticpated at an early date. •
Tw: Cincinnati Germane are to open.
an op-•ratic se:tsoft there shortly. The sing
ers are all members of a eiaging club of
that 'city. and arse said to be far superior to
the traveling troupes which create such a
furore in fashionable circles wherever they
make their appeLiranee.. •
THE lvirlesto4, S.. C., Mercury says
that, thus far the'law admitting negro tes
ti/tinny in the Sciuth C'arolina courts, .has
been atteuled with more than usual sue
cess. The colored witnesses appear so be
fully impressed with the obligation - placed
upon them, and their evidence has gener
ally been given with an etideut l desire to
ten the whole truth and .110lhiii„ ? but the
truth. There is but little tendency to pro
14ity and discursiveness, and th i n testimo
ny iu the late criminal trials was clear,. in
teligible, and to the paint, • •
LADIES may-change their minds it
universally. agreed. A lady Jiving some
where in New York State recently avail
ed herself of this privilege.. She became
prejudiced against her husband through the
influence of a lover,. who furnished the
money to procure a divorce and then mar
ried her. After livitm with her second
linstond awhile she L;caine convinced that
shelad Leen deceived as to her first itus
band, and bet love returning, she eloped
from her second husband, running away
with the first husband.
CHOIGY OF ♦ PROFE3WON.—Parents
and friends too often forget that in deter
mining the future puomins of the youtkz
under their care, it is not enough
.that a
profeision be respect:ahle or lucrative, or. mi.-
in which the youth may be expected to
succee' by means of
. fainily influence; in.
addition to these circumstances, they ought
to take into account the talents, the dispo
sition, the natural l b.-ut 01 the mind of
individual immediately concerned; for if
this most important item he omitted ip
their calculations, the probability is, that
if he have any null% idualitv of character,
they will seriously mar his liappiness, whip
endeavoring to the utmost of their power
LO promote it.
DoN ' t BE EXTRAVAGANT.-4f the pool
house has any terrors for ' you, never buv
what you donit need. Betbre you rly threi
cents for a jewsharp, my boy, ascertain
'whether you cannot make just as loud a
noise by whistling, for which nature fui
tiislies the Machinery ; and, before you piv
seveaty-the dollars for a coat, young man.
find out whether your lady would not lii
just as glad to see you in one that cost halt
the money.- If she would not, let her crack
her own hazlennts and buy her own c:othes.
When you see a titan spending two oethree
dollars a week foolish y, the chances am
mo to one that. he'll live Mug enough t o
know hOw many cents there is in a dollar;
if he don't he's pretty !sure to bequeath
that privilege to his widow. When a 11131
asks yotitobuy that for which you havi,
no use„ no matter how chop it is, i don'
say yes `until you are sum swim one else
~.
wants in advance." . Money burns in 'amie
milts' pt iets, and makes , such a big hole
hat e% elything that is put in drops through
past holding.
' i
AccoLll ;di
NTS FR< •24 _ASSACII-SFTTS
cam th. 4 the inantil;teturens there half .
,oniething More than the expi-etation of
nutter tunes. Buyers art reported to hart
arrived from the South and West, and t.
ue aCtliy, in making purchases t f boots an .
~hues. The dry goods dealers,share ill
this improvement, while the manufactur
corporations, many of them, are enlarg
mg their ability to turn out 'certain line;
f goods which are now in such detnand
that the mills cannot keep the produtt up
to orders. The supply - of fahrithi which art
not seasonable, or for any reason not int,
nediately demanded, is not great, and
would be quickly run ofrby an 'ordinatr,
i.nquiry. Should the British free-trade et-
J ,, rts be successfut,of course domestic mann
lecturers will' lose all their anticipated ad
vantages. What is cheering to one lectioi.
t the country, will, .doubtless, Soon' tend
to enhance the business hopes
,and pros:-
pects of all sections, and instead of the re
action in trade which was - to be produCtive
:)1 such disaster to busii.ess - titan; we may
'awe it prosperity which will'eonfer its h - e,n'
.•tits s i n an'the ingustrioms pursuits of this
country: • " .
GOOD NEWS
AND
NEW GOODS
STRANGE
BUT
BrilaTi=
THE LO " E ST POSSIBLE PRICES
\ ,
BARGAINS . BARGAINS!
N the tost of
GOODS. /
, st
No attention paid td
Prompt conformity to the:La
Market Prices is our established
RULE.
We are determined to give lite
public the Benefit of the FALL,
this time.
shall try to proTe: the Rafe,
"Works both Ways."
You paid high prices when goods
went up, we will see rto it that
ices now GOODS
OWE,
ou pay low p
are
:own, but we do
Others may go
o I be beaten.
not intend
All we ask is
Shop as much n!
Ices T 'we feel sure
you know our p
lEEM
of a
trade this sprlßg
We are in for th
raatined that
and are de
CHARLES S. Jortics_
Shall take the lead in furnishing this
section of the country with the beet
articles for the least money. Ours is the
Store where that can be done. COME,
SEE, and be CONVINCED.
All kinds of
C .tt on.
we are, now offering- at prices which can
not fail to strike the purchaser as
4023i.,eatr0
CALICOES WITH THE STARCH
OUT OF BOTH CLOTH AND
M2'NZIs/VMa.!
BROAD-CLOTH,
Plaiia & Fancy Cassirneres
STA,NDARD MUSLINS
Bleached and Unbleached
Muslin.s of all Prices.
Flannels of all Colors.
SILK & LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS.
SPOOL. COTTON.
Ticking, Stripe 'Shirting,
Denims. Crash 'Towelipg
T,ADIES' DEES GOODS,
kit -Wool Delahaes, Amer, Delaines.
lifohairLustros,
•
GROC-N •
ERIES,
Of all kinds. fIOFEEES, %MITE &. BROWN
SUGARS, SYRUP 4. COMMON MOLAS:ES,
GREEN & BLACK TEAS, SPICES. of all
;duds. A great variety of the oest brands of
SMEIIiG At' CHEWING TOBACCO, Cunt
Brooms, Cedar Buckets; No. 1 and 2 Slackerel„
Labrador Herring, Hams 4. plotdders.
Also,
DRUGS and MEDIQINES,
READY-MADE • CLOTHING *
BOOTS and. SHOES*
• HARDWARE,, c.
REMEMBER PAY.THE_HIGHEST
PRICE. FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.'
CHARLES'S.
Couderszort, Juno k 1 Idtiq
give us a Call
you plelse. If