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CHARLESTON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 8, 1867, PRICE ?TCEf W??T&^
VOLUME IT.NO. 433.
TELEGRAPHIC.
' .TETO MESSAGE
Ol'
TO THE
?u? Wwi UNITED STATES.
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THE sr F FR AGE BILI? FOR-THE DIS?
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Ib Uve Senate of die Untied Siales:
I hare received and considered a Bill entitled
"An Act to regulate the elective franchise in the
District of Columbia," passed by the Senate on tho
13th..of December, and . by the House of Repre,-. |
sehtatives on the succeeding day. It was pre?
sented for my approval on the 26th ult., six days
after the adjournment of Congress, and is note re?
turned, with my objections, to the Senate, in which
house it originated. Measures haying boon intro?
duced at the commencement of tho first session of
the present Congress for the ofensi?n of the elec?
tive franchise to persons of color in the District of j
Columbia, steps were taken by the corporate au?
thorities of Washington'and Georgetown to ascer?
tain and make known the opinions of the people of
the two cities upon a subj oct so immediately affect?
ing their welfare us a community. The questioi
was submitted to the people at special elections,
held in thc month of December, 1865, when the
qualified voters of Washington and Georgetown,
with great unanimity of sontiment, expressed them?
selves opposed to tho contemplated legislation.
In Washington, in a vote of 6506, the largest, with
^jfr bnt two exceptions, ever polled in that--city, only
85 ballots woro cast for negro suffrage,, while in
Georgetown an .aggregate of 813 votos, ? Lumber
rcuaidorably in excess of tho - average voto at tho
four preceding animal elections-bnt ono was given
in favor of the proposed extension of tho elective
franchise.
As these elections seem to haye been conducted
with entire fairness, the result must be accepted as
a trot h ful expression of the opinion of the people of
the District upon the question which evokea.it.JPos
sassing, as an organized community, tho B arno pop
ular, right as the inhabitants of a Seato or Territory
to make known their will upon matters which af?
fect their social and political condition,-; they
could have ?elected no more appropriate mode of
memorializing Congress upon the subject.',of this
Bill than through the suffrages of their qualified
votera.'.'Entirely cBSregarding the wishes of the
people of the District of Columbia, Congress has
deemed it right and exp?dient to pass the mea?
sure, now Btmmittod for my signature. It, there:
fore,' becomes'the duty of the Executive, standing,
between the legislation of the one and the will of
the other fairly expressed, to determine .whether*'
he should approve tho Bill and thus ald in' placing
upon th O'S ta tu to Booka of the nation ?.law, against
which the people to whom it is to apply have
solemnly, and with such unanimity,- protested, -or
whether he should return it, with", his objections,
in the hope*th?tpnpon reconsideration, "Congress,
acting as the representatives of the inhabitants of
the s oat of government, will permit them to regu?
late a purely local' question as to thom' may
seem best suited to their interests and condition.
Tho Distiict of Columbia*'was ceded to the-Unit^
edBtaies:b7:Ma^land^and Virginia, in or??er^th?t
it might become the permanent seat of-govern?
ment of the United States. Accepted by Con?
gress, it at once became Bubject to the "exclu?
sive legislation" for which provision is made iu
the Federal ^Constitution. It should be borne in
mindi however, that, in exercising its functions as
the law-making power of the District of Columbia,
the authority of tho National Legislature is not
without limit, but that Congress is bound to ob?
serve tho letter and spirit of the Constitution, as
well in thc enactment of local laws for the seat of
government as in legislation common to the entire
Union. -Woro it to be admitted that tho "right to
exercise exclusive legislation in a? cases whatso?
ever" co nf orr od upon Congress unlimited' power
within the District of Columbia, titles of nobility
might-bo granted within its. boundaries; laws
might.be made "respecting an establishment of re?
ligion, or prohibiting the freo exercise thereof, or
abridging th?*! freedom of speech or of the prosB,
or the right of the people peaceably to asem-.
ble and petition the Government for a redress of
grievances." - Despotism - would thus reign at the
seat of government of a free republic, and, as a
place of permanent ' residence, it would be avoided
by all who prefer the blessings of liberty to the
mere emoluments, of official position. .
It shoulrl'also bo remembered that, in legislating
for the District of Columbia under the Federal
Constitution, the relation j of 'Congross to its in
habitants ls analogous to that of a legislature to
the people of a ; S tate nndor their own local consti?
tution. It do es' no t , therefore, seem* to be asking
too much. that in m at tors per tai liing to,the Dis?
trict" Congress should have a liko respect for the
wfll and interests of its inhabitants as is entertain?
ed by a State Legislature for tho wishes and pros
parity of th oso for whom thoy legislate. The
spirit of our Constitution and tho genius of our
Govenunont^reoroire -that, irr "regard to any law
which is to affect and have apormanout bearing up?
on a peopl??thoir will should exert at least a reason?
able influence upon. those who aro acting in the
capacity of their legis&tors*-Would,-J"or instance,
the L^nlatureVox LhejiSt?t?^of New York, or of
Pennsylvania, or cl Inch 'ina, dr of any State in the
Union.' in opposition to the expressed will of a large
xnnjor^.o/ihe people whom they were.chosen..:?
repres?ril'a?bii?ariTrfor?e^ them,- as voters,
elf person's of the African or negro face, and mako
them ehgibie for office, without any other qualifi?
cation than a certain term of residence within the
State ? In neither of the States named would tbe
colored population, when- acting together, be able
to produce an v great socialer political r o suit. Yet
in New York, before he eau vote, the man of color
must fulfill conditions that are not required of the
white citizen. In Pennsylvania the electivo franchise
is restricted'to white freemen; while in Indiana
negroes ?nd mulattoes are expressly exoludodfrom
the right of suffrage. It hardly s oom s con?
sistent . with the principios of right and
justice' that representatives of States where suf?
frage is either denied the colored man or grunt?
ed to him on qualifications re lairing intelligence
or property, should compel tho people of the Dis?
trict of Conimbia to try an experiment whioh their
own constituents have thus far shown an unwil?
lingness to test for themselves; nor docs it accord
with our republican id o as that the principles of
self-government should lose its force when applied
to the residents of the District, merely because
their legislators ore not like those of the States re?
sponsible through the ballot, to the people, for
whom .they are tho law-making power. The great
object of placing the seat of government under tho
exclusive legislation of Congress was to secure tho
entire independence of tho-General Government
from undue State influence, and to enable it to dis?
charge, withoutidanger of mterruption, orinfringe
ment of its authbrity^.the^gWunctions, for which
it was created by the peoplorfcTor"'this important
purpose it was ceded to the .United States by
Mary'land and Virginia; and it certainly nevor
could have'-been contemplated, as one of tho ob?
ject?.1 to bB attained, by placing it under the exclu?
sive jurisdiction of Congross, that it would afford
to propagandists or political parties a place for an
experimental test of their principles and theories.
While indeed tho residents of the seat of govern?
ment are not citizens of any States, and are not,
therefore, allowed a voice in tho electoral college
or representation in thc councils of the nation,
they are, nevertheless, American citizons, entitled
as such to every guarantee of the Constitution, to
every benefit of the laws, and to oven' right which
pertains to citizens of our .common country.
In all matters, then, affecting their domestic af?
faire, tue spirit of our democratic form of govern?
ment demands that. their wishes should bc con?
sulted and respected, and thoy taught to feel
?bat, although not permitted practically to partici?
pate in national concerns, thoy are, nevertheless,
under- g paternal Government, regardful of their
rights, mindful of their wants, and solicitons for
their prosperity. It was evidenlly contempla?
ted that all local questions would be left to
their decision, at least to an extent that would
not be incompatible with the object which
Congress contemplated, when it assumed exclu?
sive lot; isla tion. o vor the se a t. of government.
When the Constitution was yet undor considera?
tion, it was assumed by Mr. Madison that its in?
habitants would be allowed "a municipal legislat?
ure*' for local purposes, derived from their own suf?
frages. When for the first time Congress in the
year 1300 assembled at Washington, President
Adams in his speech at its opening reminded the
two Houses that it was for thom to consider
whether the local, powers over the District of Co?
lumbia, vested by the Constitution in thc Congress
of the United.State8v8bould be immediately exer-.
ciaed^'imH he aslted^them to consider it aa the
Capul of- tMagreat'nation, advanced with unex?
ampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth
and population, and possessing within itself those
resources^ which, if not thrown away or lament?
ably nu sdirected, would secure to it ? long course
of prosperity and. eelf-govormnent.
Titree years had not elapsed, whon Congress was
called upon to "'determine the propriety of retro
ceding to Moryland and Virginia the jurisdiction
of the territory which they had respectively relin
Siuishcd to tho Government of tho United States.
t*Was urged, ou tho ono band, that exclusive ju?
risdiction was not necessary or useful to thc Gov?
ernment; that it deprived, tho inhabitants of thc
District of their political rights; that much of the
time of Congress was consumed in legislation per?
taining- to it; that its government was oxpenaive;
that Congress was not competent to legislate for
the District, because the members were strangers
to ito local concerns; and that.it was an example
?of a government without representation-an ex?
periment dangerous to the liberties of the States.
On th? other hand, it was held, among otbor rea?
sons, end successful!';, that tho Constitution, tho
Acts o:: cession of Virginia and Maryland, and thc
Act of Congress, accepting the grant, all contem?
plated the exorcise of exclusive legislation by Con?
gress; and that its usefulness, if not itj necessity,
was inferred from tho inconvenience which was
felt for want of it by the Congress of fie Confed?
eration; that the people themselves, who it was
said had. been deprived bf their political rightB,
had not complained and did "not desire a retro?
cession; that tho evil might bo remedied by giving
them a representation in Congress when tho Dis?
trict should become sufficiently populous, and. in
the meantime, a local legislature; that if tho inhab?
itants had not political rights, tho; n?d great
?political influence; that the trouble and ex|
cgislating for thc District would not bo gr
would diminish and might, in a groat meai
avoidod by a local legislature, aud that C
could not retrocedo tho inhabitants withot
consont.
Continuing to live substantially uudcr t
that existed at tho timo of the cession, ai
changes only having been made as wcro sui
by thomsclvos, the people of tho District h
i sought a local legislature-that which hi
orally been willingly conceded by tho Com
the nation. As a general rule, sound po]
I quires that the legislature should yield
wishes of a people when not inconsi?tei
the Constitution and the lawB. The m
suited to ono com maui ty might not be wolli
to the condition of another, and the perso
qualified to determine such questions an
whoso interests aro to be directly affected
proposed law. In Massachusetts, for in
malo persons are allowed to voto without ro
color, provided they possess a certain de
intelligence. In a population in that S
I, 231,066, there were, bv the cenBns of 18(
9602 persons of color, and of tho males over
years of age there wero 339,086 white to 21
ored. By tho same official enumeration
were in tho District of Columbia 60,764 wh
II, 316 persons of the colored race. Since
however, tho population of the District has '.
increased, and it is estimated that, at the t
time, there are nearly a hundred thousand
to thirty thousand negroes.
The "causo of the augmented numbers <
latter c'ass needs no explanation. Contigu
Maryland and "Virginia, tho District, duri]
war, became a place of refuge for those w]
caped from servitude, and it is yet thc abidin?
of a considerable portion of those who t.
within its limits shelter from bondage. TJnt
held in slavery/ and denied all opportnniti
mental culture, their first knowledge of th?
eminent was acquired when, by conferring
them freedom, it became tho benefactor ol
race. The test of their, capability for improv
began when, for the first time, the career 0
industry and tho avenues to intelligence
opened to them.. Possessing these advantag
a limited time-the greater number, pei
having entered tire District of Columbia durii
-latter year of the war, or since its terminatio
may well pauBe to inquiro whether, after so I
proba t ion, -thoy.aro. as ,3 class, capable .of. au
ugent exercise of the right of suffrage, and
fled to discharge' tho duties of official poe
The people who are daily witnesses of their
of living, and who have become familiar with
habits of thought, have expressed the convi
that they are not yot competent to corve aa
tors, and thus become eli gi bio for offico i
local governments under which they Uve.
Clothed with tho electivo franchise, their
bars, already largely in excess of the doman
labor, would boooo < increased bv an influx
the adjoining States. Drawn from fields \
employment ls abundant, they would in vain
it here, and BO'add to the embarrassments oh
experienced fronvthe large class of idle person f
gregaled in tho District Hardly yet capat
forming correct judgment upon tho impo
questions that often make tho- issues of a pol
contest, they could readily be made subservic:
the purposes of designing persons. While in
sach?se tts, under the census of I860, tho pr<
ton of white to colored males, over twenty j
of .age, was one hun dr ed and thirty to one,*
the"black race constitutes nearly one-third ol
entire population, whilst tho samo class surro
the District on all Bides, ready to chango
residence at a moment's no tico, and "with all
facili t y of a nomadic people, in order to enjoy I
after a short residence, a privilege they fini
where olso.. It is within their power, in one 3
to come into the District in such numbers s
bare the supreme control of the white race, an
govern them by their own officers; and by the
ere i se of all the munie pal authority, arnon?
;rest, of the power of taxation over propert
which they have no interest. In Mas s a elms 1
where they have'onjoyed the benefits of a thorc
educational system,' a qualification of int ellice
is required; while here, suffrage is extended ti
without discrimination-as well to the most i;
pable who can prove a residence in the Distric
one year, aa to those persons of color who, c
paratively few in number, are permanent inh
tants, and having given evidence of merit
qualification, are recognized as useful and res;
sible members of the community.
Imposed on an unwilling people, placed by
Constitution under tho exclusive legislation
Congress, thia measure would be received a:
arbitrary exercise of power, and as an imiten
by tho country of the purpose of Congress to c<
pol the acceptance of Negro Suffrage by tho Sta
it would engender, a feeling of opposition
hatred between the two races, which, becom
deep-rooted and ineradicable, would prevent ti
from living together in a state of mutual. fri on
negs. Carefully avoiding every measure that mi
tend to produce such a result, and following
clear and well-ascertained popular will, wc she
assiduously endeavor to promote kindly relati
between them; and thus, when that popular
leads the way, prepare for the gradual 1
harmonious introduction of this new element i
the political power of the country.
It cannot be urged that tbe proposed ox ten si
of sum-age in the District of Columbia is noe
Bary to enable persons of color to protect ni tl
then: interests or their rights. They stand bi
Sreaisolv aa they stand in Pennsylvania, Ohio t
adiana. Here, as elsewhere, in all that perta
to civil rights, there is nothing to distinguish t
clasB of persons from other citizens of the TJnii
States-for they possoes the.full and equal beni
of all laws and proceedings for the security of p
son and property ad is enjoyod by white citizo
and are made subject to like punishment, pa
and penalties, and none other-any law, statu
ordinance, regulations or customs to tho contri
notwithstanding. .Kur, as has been assumed, 1
their suffrages necessary to aid a loyal sontimi
here, for local government already oxistB of t
doubted fealty, to the Government, and is santa
ed by communities, which vero among thc fi
io testify their devotion to tho Union, and whit
during the struggle, furnished their full quota
men to thc militai v service of the country. .
Tho exorcise of the olectivo franchise is tl
highest attribute or an American citizen, ai
when guided bv virtue, intelligence, patriotic
and a proper appreciation of our institutions, cc
stitutes tho true basis of a democratic form
Sgovernment, in which the sovereign power
odged in tho body of tho people. Its influence i
good necessarily depends upon tho elovat
character and patriotism of tho doctor, tor if exe
cisod by persons who do.'not justly estimate i
valu?, and' who aro indifferent as'to its results'
will only provo a means of placing power in ti
hands of the unprincipled and ambitious, and mu
eventuate in the complote destruction of th
liberty of which it should be tho most po werf
conservator. Great danger is, therefore, to be a
prohended from an untimely extension of the fra
chise to any new ?lasa in our country, especial
when a large majority of that ola? s, in wielding tl
power thus placed in their hands, cannot bc 0
pocted correctly to comprehend the duties ai
responsibilities which pertain to suffrage.
? asterday, as it were, four millions of persoi
were held ina condition of slaven' that had exist,
for generations; to-day they aro freemon, and ai
assumed by law to bo citizens. It cannot be pr
sumed, from their previous condition of servitud
that, as a class, they are as well informed as to tl
nature of our Government as the intelligent fo
eigner who makes our land tho home of hi
choice. In the case of tho latter, neither a ros
dence of five years and the knowledge of our inst
tutions which it gives, nor tho attachment; to tl:
principles of the Constitution, aro tho only conti
tiona upon which be can be admitted to citizei
ship. He must provo, in addition, a good mort
character, and thus give reasonable grounds lo
the belief that be will bo faithful to tho obligation
which ho assumes as a citizen of the Republic.
Where a people, tho source of all political powoi
speak by their sutfragos through tho instrumentai
itv of the ballot-box, it must be carefully guarde
against the control of these who aro corrupt i
principle and onemios of free institutions; fe
it can only become to our political and serial syc
tem a safe conductor of healthy, popular senti
ment when kept fro J from demoralizing influencer
Controlled through fraud and usurpation by Mi
designiug, anarchy and despotism must inovitabl
follow. In tho hands of the patriotic and worthy
our Government will be preserved upon the princi
{les of the Constitution inherited from our fathers
t follows, therefore, that in admitting to thc bal
lot-box a new class of voters, not qualified for th
exorcise of tho olective franchise, we weaken ou
system of government, instead of adding to iti
s trength "or durability.
In returning this Bill to the Sonate, I deeply re?
gret that there should bo any conflict of opmioi
between 'he Legislative and Executive Depart
menta of the Government in regard to measures tha
vite!ly affect tho prosperity and pcaco of tho conn
try. Sincerely desiring to reconcile the States witt
one another, and tho whole people to tho Govern
ment of the United States, it has boon my earncsl
wish to co-operate with Congress in all mcasuret
having for thoir object a proper and complete ad?
justment of the questions resulting from our late
civil war. Harmony between the co-ordinate
branches of the Government, always necessary foi
the public welfare, was never more demanded than
at the present time; and it will, therefore, bo my
constant aim to promote, as far as possible, con?
cert of action between them. The differences of
opinion that have already occurred have rendered
nie only the more cautious lest tbe Executive
should encroach upon any ol' the prerogatives of
Congress, or by exceoding, in any manner, tho
constitutional limit of his duties, destroy tho
equilibrium which should exist between tho se ve?
ril co-ordinate departments, and which is so essen?
tial to the harmonious working of ?hs Government.
I know it hos been urged that tho Executive
Departmont ie more likely to enlarge thc sphere of
its action than either of tho other two branches <>f
tho Government, and especially in thc oxcrcisc of
tho veto power conferred upon it by tho Constitu?
tion, It should bo remembered, however, that
tin's power is wholly negative and conservative in
hs character, and was intended lo oporatc as a
check upon unconstitutional, hasty and improvi?
dent legislation, and as a moans of protection
against invasions of the just powers of tho Execu?
tive and Judicial Departments.
It is remarked by Chancellor Kent that tn enact
laws is a trancciidant power, and if thc body chat
possesses it bo a full and equal repr?sentation of
the peoplo," thero is danger of its pressing with
destructivo weight upon all MIG other parts of thc
machinery of government. It has, therefore, bc?n
thought necessary by tho most skillful and most
experienced artists in tho scie?co of civil polity,
that strong barriers Bhould bo erected for the pro?
tection anti sec?ritv of thc other necessary powers
of tho government. Nothing has been deemed
moro fit and expedient for tho purpose Mian tho
provision that the hoad of the Executive Depart?
ment should be so constituted os to securo a requi?
sito Bhare of independence and that ho should
have a negative upon the passing of laws, and that
the Judiciary power, resting on a still mor?
m an ont basis, should have the right of detei
Lng upon thc validity of laws hythe standai
tho Constitution. Tho necessity of some
check in tho hands of the Executive is show
roforenco to. tho most eminent writers upon
system of government, who seem to.conour i
opinion that encroachments aro most to bo ai
hended from the department in which all the I
lative powers are vested hy the Constitution.
Mr. Madison, in referring to the difficulty of
viding some practical security for each againa
invasion of the others, remarked that the leg
tivo department is everywhere extending
sphero of its activity, and drawing all power
its impetuous vortex. The founders of our Be
lie seem never to have recollected the danger 1
legislativo usurpation, which, by aBsemblin,
power in the same hands, must lead to the ta
tvranny as ia threatened by Executive usurpati
In a representative republic, where the execi
magistracy is carefully limited, both in the ei
and tho duration of ito power, and where tho h
lative power is exercised bv an assembly, whie
inspired by a supposed influence over the poe
wita an intrepid confidence in its own stren
wi ii 'h is sufficiently numerous to feel all tho
sions which actuate a multitude, yet not so nu
rous as to bo incapable of pursuing the objeci
its passions, by means which reason prescrib
it is against tho enterprising ambition of this
partmont that the people ought to indulge" t
jealousy and exhaust all their precautions.
The legislative department derives a suprerc
in our Government from other circumstances,
constitutional powers being at once more exton
and less susceptible of .preciso limits, it can, i
the greater facility, mask under complicated
i" direct measures tbe. e ncr aa laments whicl
niakoa on the co-ordinate departments. On the ol
side, the exclusive power being restrained with
narrower compass,' and being more simple in
nature, and tho Judiciary being proscribed; by hi
marks still less uncertain, projects of usurpai
by either of these departments would imm?diat
betray and defeat themselves. Nor is this all.
tho legislative deportment alono has access to
pockets of the pooplo, and hos, in some const
tiona, full discretion, and in all a prevailing in
onco over the pecuniary awards of those counec
with the other departments, a dependence
j thus created in thc latter which gives still gres
facility to the encroachments of the former.
Wo have soen that the tendency of republic
governments is to an aggrandisement of the lei?
la ti vo at the expenso of the other depart mm
Mr. Jefferson, in referring to-tho early constitut
of Virginia, objected that byrta provisions all I
powers of government-legislative, executive s
judicial-resulted to the legislative body hoi di
that the concentrating these in the same hoi
is precisely the definition of despotic goverume
It will bo no alleviation that there is a plurality
hands and not a single ono-one hundred, a
seventy-three despots would surely be as Oppr
sive aa one. Aa h til o will it avail ns that tbey.i
chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism v
not the government we fought for, but one win
sbr.uld not only be founded on free principles, 1
in which the powers of government should be
divided and .balanced among sevoral bodies
magistracy, as that no one could transcend th
legalities without being effectually checked and :
strained by the others. For this reason the ct
vontiou which passed the ordinance of goverume
laid its foundation on this basis, that tho legis
tive, executive and judiciary departments shot
be separate and distinct, so that no person shoe
exorcise the powers of more than ono of them
the same time.
But no barrier was provided between these soi
ral powers. Tho Judiciary and Executive mei
hors wero ' ?eft dependent bu the l?gislative f
their subsistence in office, and some of them 1
their continuance in it. If, therefore, tho logisl
turo assumes executive and judiciary powers, i
opposition is likely to bo made, nor, if made, ci
bo effectual, because, in that caso, they may p
choir proceedings into tho form of an Act of A
somblv, which will render thom obligatory on ti
other branches. They have accordingly, in mai
instances, decided rights which should have.bet
left to Judiciary controversy, and the direction
the Executive, during the whole time of their se
sion, is becoming habitual and familiar. -
Mr. Justice Story, in his Commentaries on tl
Constitution, reviews the same subject and says
The truth is, that thc legislative power is tho gr a
and ovorrriling .power in every free governmen
Tho ropre9ontatives of the people will watch wi!
jealousy ovcry encroachment of the Executif
.Magistrate, for it tronchos upon their own authot
Sj but wno shall watch the encroachments <
lese representatives themselves? Will they t
as jealous of the exercise of power hy themsolvc
ns by others ? There ore many reasons which ma
be assigned for the engrossing influence of tb
legislativo -department. Tn tho. first place, it
constitutional powers are more extensive and les
capable of boing brought within precise bound
than those of either of thc other departments. Th
bounds of tho Executive authority are easil
marked out and defined. It rcachoB few objecte
und these are known. It cannot transcend then
without boing brough', in contact with the otho
departments. Laws may chook and restrain an
bound its exorcise. Tho same remarks apply wi tl
still greater force to the Judiciary. The Jarisdic
tion IB or may bo bounded to a few objects or pei
BOOS ; or, however general and unlimited, its op
orations aro necessarily confined to tho mere ad
ministration of public and private justice. It can
not punish without law, it cannot create contre
vcr sics to act upou. It can decido only upon' right!
and cases, as they are brought by others before it
It can do nothing for itself., lt must do everythini
for others. It must obey the laws, and if it cor
raptly administers thom it is subject to'the powe;
ot" impeachment. -
On tho otacr ' hand, tho legislative power, ex
cept in tho few cases of constitutional prohibition
is unlimited ; it :'s forovor varying its means ant
its ends ; it governs the institutions and laws one
public policy of the country ; it regulates all itt
vast interests ; it disposes of all its property
Look but at tho exercise of two or thre?*ranche.
of ?ts ordinary powers. It levies all taxes audit
directs and appropriates all supplies ; it gives thc
rnlcB for thc descent, distribution and devises o:
all property held by individuals ; it changes at itt
will thc whole fabric of the laws ; it moulds at itt
pleasure almost all the institutions which give
strength, and comfort, and dignity to society. Ii
tho next placo, it ie the direct, visible representa?
tive of thc Will of tho people in all the changes oi
timos and circumstances. It has tho pride as well
as the power of numbers ; it is easily moved and
steadily moved, by tho Btrong impulses of populai
fooling" and popular odium; it obeys, without re
luctanco tho wishes and tho will of the majority foi
thc time boing. The path to public favor hes open
by such obedience, and it finds not only support,
but impunity in whatover measures tbe majority
advises, even though they transcend tho constitu?
tional limits. It ?as no motive, thcreforo, to bc
jealous or scrupulous in its own uso of power, and
it finds its ambition stimulated and its arms
strengthened by the countenance and the courage
of numbers.
These' views are not alono those of men who
look with apprehension upon the fate of Republics,
but they are'also frocly admitted by some of tho
strongest advocates for popular rights and the
permanency of republican institutions. Each de?
partment .should have a will of its own.. ; Each
should have" its own independence so'cured beyond
tho power of hoing taken away by either or both
of tho others, but at the samo time the relations
of euch to tho other should be so strong that there
sbould bo a mutual interest to sustain and protect
each other. Thero should not only be constitutional
moans but personal motives also, to resist tho on
cro9chmonfs of one or either of tho others. Am?
bition would thus be made to counteract ambi?
tion,-the desire of power to check power, and
thc pressure of interost to balance an opposing in?
terest.
The Judiciary is naturally, and almost neces?
sarily, as has boon already said, the weakest do?
pa ri mon t. It con have no means of influence by
patronage. Its powers can never bo wielded for
itself. It hos no command bvor the purse or the
sword of tho nation. It can no! thor lay taxas, nor
appropriate money, nor com.uand armies, or ap?
point to office. It is nover Drought into contact
with tho pooplo by constant appeals and solicitations
and priva to intercourse, which belong to all tho
other departments of government. It is seen only
in controversies, or in trials and punishments. Its
rigid justice ana impartiality give it no claims to
favor, however thoy may to respect. It stands
solitary and unsupported, except by that portion
of public opinion which is interested only in the
strict administration of justice. It can rarely
secure tho sympathy or zealous support either of
tho Executive or of the Legislature. If thoy are
not, as is not uiifrequeutly the case, jealous of its
prerogatives, thc constant necessity of scrutiniz?
ing the acts of oach, upon the avphcation of any
private person, and tho painful duty of pronounc?
ing judgment, that these acts are a departure
from the law or Constitution, can have no tondency
to cone ilia' e kindneas or nourish influence.
It must seem, thorofore, that some additional
guards would, under such circumstances, bo ne?
cessary to protect this department from the abso?
lute domination of tho others. Yet rarely have
any such guards been applied, and every attempt
I to introduce thom has been resisted with a porti
! nacity which demonstrates how slow popular load-.
era arc to introduce checks upon their own power,
and how elow tho people are to boliovo that tho Ju?
diciary is the roo! bulwark of their liborties. If
any department of tho Government has undue in?
fluence or absorbiug power, it corlainly has not
boon either the Exocntivo or tho Judiciary.
In addition to what has been said by these dis?
tinguished writers, it may also be urged that tho
dominant power in each House may. by the expul?
sion of a sufficient number of members, or by tho
exclusion from representation of s roqiiisito num?
ber of States, reduce the minority to lets than one
third. Cong csa. by this means, might bo enabled
to pass a law, tho objections of the President to
thc contrary notwithstanding, which would render
impotent tho other two departments of tho Gov?
ernment, and make inopeiativo the wholosomo and
restraining power which it was intended by tho
framers ot' thc Constitution should be oxertcd by
them. This would bo a practical concentration of
all power in tho Congress of tho United States.
This, in the language of tho author of tho Declara?
tion of Lidcpeudonco, would bc precisely tho dofi
j nitinn ol' a despotic government.
I have preferred to reproduce thoso Coachings of
the great statesmen and constitutional lawyers of
tho early and lat'-r days of thc Bepublic, rather
than to rely simply upon an expression of my own
opinions. Wo cannot too otten recur to them, es?
pecially at a conjuncture like tho present. Their
application to our accnal condition is so apparent
that they now como to us ns a living voice, to bo
listened'to with moro attention than at any previ?
ous period of our history.
Wc havo been, and uro yet, in the midst of popu?
lar commotion. Thc passions aroused by a great
civil war aro still dominant. It is not a time fa?
vorable to that calm and deliberate judmont which
is the only safeguard when radical changes in our
institutions arc to bo made. Tho measure now
before me ia one of those changes. It initie
untried experiment fer a people ?who hai
with one voice that it is not for their .good,
alone should make us pause;.but it is not all
experiment has not been tried, or so much
mandedbythe people of the several Sta
themselves. In but few of the States has a
innovation been allowed as giving the. ballot
colored population, without any other nu ali fit
than a residence of oue year. And in v
them the denial of the ballot to this race is
lute and, by fundamental law, placed beyo
dominion of ordinary legislation. In most ol
States the evil of such suffrage would-be r
but,. email as it would be, it is guard
constitutional barriers. Hete' the innovati
sumes formidable proportions, which may g
such an extent aa tb make the white populr
subordinato element in the body politic.
After full deliberation apon this measure I c
bring myself to approve it even upon local o
orations, nor yet, as the beginning of an e
ment on a larger scale. I yield to no one in a
mont to that rule of general suffrage whiol
tinguishes our policy as a nation; but then
limit, wisely observed hitherto, which moke
ballot a privilege and a trust, and which rei
of some classes a time suitable for probat i o
preparation. To give it indiscriminately to i
class, wholly unprepared by previous habit
opportunities to perform- the trust -which :
manda, is to degrade and finally to desire
power, for it may be safely assumed that no j
cal truth is better established than that sue
discrimin?te and all-embracing extension of \
lar suffrage must end at last in its destructior
*. "ANDREW JOHNS*
WASHINGTON, January 5,1867.
Oar Cable Dispatches.
ATHENS, January 7-Noon.-The United S
Consulate at Ccndia has pronounced the Tu:
blockade to be ineffective.
LONDON, January 7-Noon. -England and Fi
will not interfere in. ' ike Turco-Greek questi
Russia does not.
BEELIN, January- 7.-By the incorporation
portion of.Poland.with Prussia,, the Poliah na
ali ty is finally obbterated.
LTTKBPOOL MABKST. ,;
LIVERPOOL, January 7-Noon_Cotton quia
day, and sales estimated at 10,500 bales; Midd
Uplands-Ind. Consols for mono v 90$. Fi ve-ti
ties 73. Erie Railroad Shares 46; Illinois Coi
Shares 82. ?
: Low??, 7 P. M.-Consols, 90 j; Fives, 73;
nois, 82; Eries, 46.
Foreign Sc wa.
NEW. YOBS, January-7.-A 8an Francisco
patch says that Shanghai advices of November
3d report the victory of Ma oking, who took
field in person to. crush out the Shawtung. Tl
separate bodies of European troops were ma:
ihg against the rebels, but foreigners did not
tertain any hopes of greatLauccosa.. . .
j Details of tue great.fire at Yokohama, Jaj
state that thirty-five -bodies were recovered,
the number was hourly increasing. Many pen
were crushed to death by the crowd. Betaehm?
of British sailors, who were landed to save pro]
ty, became intoxicated, and engaged in indiscn
nate : robbery . and pillage. : The archives of
United States Consulate were destroyed by 1
Tho peoplo are suffering for food, there boin,
great scarcity of-rice.. Tho . Government h
however, removed the monopoly on its salo, i
allowed foreign merchants to sell direct to c
sumara. The war in Southern Japa? was atop
by the Mikado. The hew Tycoon favors carry
ont faithfully the treaties with foreigners.
Mining news from British Columbia is enco
aging.
.Congressional.
IMPEACHMENT OF THE FBE3XDENT.
WASHINGTON, January 7.-A message hos bi
recoivod from the President, in answer to a c
from the House for the correspondence rotative
the joint osjpupancy of tho Island of San. Juan a
Washington Territory. He .says it-is not deena
advisable at the present juncture to communie:
the correspondence. This correspondence coyi
the fifty-four forty jr fight epoch.
Easson's joint resolution that whereas, notwil
standing the. Thirteenth Amendment, it is law
in some sections to soil persons declared free ii
slavery for Ufa or for years, against the princip:
sf religion, civilization and.the Constitution, it
esolvedthattho true intent of said amendme
prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude; exec
n direct execution of a sentence imposing a de
lite penalty, which penalty cannot, according
fte Constitution, impose any other servitude th
?bat of imprisonment, under tho immediate co
?roi of the officers of the law, according to t
isual course, to the exclusion of all unoonstit
.ional control of persons so held. All other ordei
lecrees andjudgments aro declared null, as vi
ating the Thirteenth Amendment. This passi
he House to-day.
The HOUBO Bm to retrocede Alexandria to tl
District of Columbia bps been referred to tl
District Committee.
The Judiciary Committee, on MoClurgh's m
lion, w jre instructed to inquire into the conBtit
.tonality and expediency of repealing an Act a
jointing commissioners to award commutation i
oyal owners of colored volunteer soldiers.
Mr. Lowe, of Mo., introduced a resolution se
?mg forth that, for the purpose of securing tl
Tuite of tho victory over the rebellious States i
;arrying out the will of the people as - expressed i
he ballot box, it was the duty of the Thirty-nint
?ongro.s, without delay, to take action upon tt
'allowing subjects, viz.: First, Tho impeachment<
?ho officer now exercising the functions 'of Pres
lent of the "United States for high crimes andmiadi
neanors, of which he is so notoriously guilty t
?o render it unsafe to longer allow him to exercif
he executive funotion.
Second-To abridge the powers of the Executiv
io as tobring them within lawful limits.
Third-To effect a perfect, reorganization of th
Hates lately in rebellion, and to restore them t
heir rights in tho Union; and
Fourth- To secure, by direct Fedora! in torver
don, the right of elective franchise, without die
Unction of mee or color, for persons residing i:
the late rebel States.
The point of order was ma e that the resolutioi
should go to the Committee on Reconstruction
ind the point was anstainod, and the resolntio:
referred.
Mr. Kelso, of Missouri, subsequently introduce!
the same resolution, modified by striking out tb
third and fourth clauses.
Mr. Davis, of New York, moved to lay it on tb
table, which was not agreed to-yeas 40, nays 103
Pending further consideration, tho morning boa
expired, and the resolution want over.
Mr. Asl?ey, of Ohio, introduced a paper and rc
solutions impeaching Andrew Johnson, Vice-Prosi
dent and acting President of tho United Statoa, o
high crimea and misdemeanors, in that he usurpec
power and violated laws; that ho had made cor?
rupt uso of tho appointing power, the pardoning
power, and the veto power; that be had corr aptly
disposed of tho public property of the Uniter.
States; that he had corruptly interfered in elec?
tions, and was guilty of otber high' crimes and mis?
demeanors. The resolution instructs the Commit
lee on Judiciary to inquire whether, in the dis?
charge of his power ana duties, Andrew Johnson,
Vicc-Presidcnt and acting President of the United
States, was guilty of acts dosignod to subvert th?
Government of the United States, or any depart?
ment thereof ; and whether he has been guilty ol
such acts as ? in law would be denominated high
crimea and misdemeanors, which required the in?
terposition of the House, and the Committee have
power to send for persons and papers.
Mr. Spalding moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Not agreed to-yeas 39, nayB 105...
Mr. Ashley demanded tho previous question on
the passage of the resolution, and it was ordered.
The r?solution was then agreed to by a vote of
106 yeas to 36 naya.
A Bill dividing the Western District of Arkansas
into two judicial districts was referred to tho Ju?
diciary Committee. A bill for the relief of the
widows and hoirs of those massacred or captured
at Fort Pillow was referred to the- Military Com?
mittee. A bill to provide true national currency,
and to provide for the collection of revenue for tho
liquidation of. the national debt,.and other pur?
poses, was rc ferr od to the Committee on Banks
and Currency. A bill to repeal tho Act of March
3d, 1863, relating to the suspension of the habeas
corpus Act, and for regulating judicial proceed?
ings, was referred to tho Judiciary Committee.
A Resolution making it tho duty of the Postmas?
ter General to allow Senators ana Representatives
to examine papers affecting the postal matters of
their districts, passed.
A Bill to regulate ibo salo cf gold and bullion
was referred to tho Finance Committee.
In the Sonate numerous petitions were pre?
sented.
The Bill suspending tho payment of money to
persons claiming services as drafted or enlisted
mon, waa passed.
A Bill providing a temporary government for tho
Territory of Idaho, was referred to the Committee
on Territorios.
The President's Veto Message was received and
read, and the bill was passed notwithstanding by
a vote of 29 tc 10.
The Nebraska Bill was taken up and debated,
and the Senate adjourned without a quorum.
Tho vote on tho voto was as follows : Nays
Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Foster, Hendricks, John
Bon, Nesmitb, Norton, Patterson, aud Vanwinklo.
Absent-Brown, Buckolloo, Davis, Guthrie, Har?
ris, McDougal, Nye, Pomeroy, Biddle. 8aulsbury,
Sprague, Wilson, and Yates.
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, January 7.-Judge Orth has re?
turned from Indiana, fie reports the election of
Governor Morton to the United Statoa Senatorsbip
certain.
Advices from Springfield, lil., indicate that Pal?
mer will be elected Senator as a reward for his suf?
fering at the hands of the Kentucky judiciary.
Thad. Stevens went to Harrisburg thia evening,
confidont that Pennsylvania will endorse his ad?
vanced position on reconstruction by olocting him
Senator.
Tho Texas delegation have roceived from Gov.
Throcltmorton a report of tho sp?cial committee,
appointed by thu Legislature, to investigate state?
ments of Gen. Kiddoo. Tho report in tho main
represents Texas as tranquil.
The Second Auditor boa found it necessary to
adopt measures which will result iu the punish?
ment of bogus claimants.
The following Supremo Court decisions have
been published: Witherspoon vs. Duncan, from
the Supreme Court of Alabama: decree afitrnied.
Rutherford vs. Geddis, Eastern District of Louisi- ..
ana; affirmed. Dyer vs. Dunbar, Eastern District
of Texas; affirmed. Most of tho decisions involved
Southern cases, which, during the war, had bcon
placed on what is called the "dead docket." Caleb
Gushing made an elaborate speech on the Gray
Jacket case. Ben. Butler is the leading lawyer in
favor of the Grav Jacket's condemnation as a law?
ful prize. Should Cashing gain tho case, which is
a test case, much money, already distributed as
prize money, will hare to be refunded.
A delegation from North Carolina, appointed by
the Governor in obedience to a jobie resolution of
tho General Assembly, consisting of Hon. Bedford
Brown (formerly United States Senator), Goneral
Leach and John A Gilmer (formerly members of
Congress), Judge Merriam and P. H. Winslow,
have taken rooms at Willard's Hotel. Judge Brown
and General Leach aro already here, ana the re?
mainder of the delegation will arrive to-morrow.
The primary object of the misaiou is to investigate
the irregular and oppressive collection of United
States taxes for 1861. .{They hava, however, con?
fided to their care the general interest of the State.
Liberal provision has been made for the support of
its irregular representatives by North Carolina,
and the delegation will remain as long as the in?
terest of the State demands.
The Governor has been judicious in his appoint?
ments. Col. Brown, who is tho leader of tue del?
egation, was United States Senator from 1829 to
1860. Of bis fellow Senators of 1829, only himself
and Judge Sprague, now of Massachusetts, but
then Senator from Maine, are alive.
The delegation from Arkansas, appointed by the
Fort Smith loyal mass meeting, and composed of.
Valentino, Bill, M. L. Stevenson and James iL
Johnson, have arrived. They boar a memorial to
Congress, asking their authority in behalf of the
loyal peor le of Arkansas to form the State Govern?
ment. The memorial recognises the right of
twenty-six States to legislate for the whole coun?
try, and adopt the Constitutional Amendment by
i vote of three-fourths of the twenty-three. They
ask an extension of suffrage to loyalists, regardless
sf color. The memorial has fifteen hundred sig?
natures.
Address ot thc Texas Congressional Delega?
tion to tbe People.
WASHINGTON, January 7r-Tho Address of tho
Texan Congressional Delegation to the American
leople sketches the formation of the Republic of
Texas from ite'incorporation into the Union and
ts subsequent secession, due to contacting inte?
gre ta ti ons of the Constitution-one class affirmir g
i General Government created of States which
:ould withdraw from a government no longer ac?
eptable; tho other declaring it an act framed by:
he people of the States" from which no section
:ould withdraw. --
. It was claimed that the weaker party.wished to
vi th draw. from, the Union, not to prevent "the !
Northern States from retaining their government
>ver themselves with their own construction; but
a ensure its preservation to the Southern States as ?
hey understood it, and in tho warlike struggle
vhich ensued tho South was overcome. ,
: The address gives the history of the President's :
?fibrts at reconstruction, and says the laws of the
Jnited States are being executed, within ita limits
vi th out hindrance or r?sistance from tho peoplo
>r the State authorities. The Federal army is on
JUT frontier for protection, and the Federal judi?
ciary are performing their functions. The United
States matts aro boing carried all over the State,
ind the navy is protecting our commerce. The
ifficera of customs and internal -evenuo are doing
heir duty, and the people are paying duties and
?axes as m other States. What more could be said
if the people of New York and Ohio, except that j
hey have their Senators and Representatives in
Congress to speak for and represent the rights,
nterests and necessities of their States, ?c.
? The reasons - for exclusion are to be gathered. :
'rora debates and measures proposed in Congress, j
ind the uuhho discussions elsewhere, rather than \
ipeoific legislative action. The injustice of this is
apparent, as it leaves the people of-Texas in the 1
lark as to what was really asked of them. The >
idoptibn of the proposed Constitutional Amend- 1
nent has been pronounced by some sufficient to j
nsure readmission, though this is controverted by
nany m.leading positions. Wo are told that though '
Coxa's may submit to the Constitutional Amend1 1
nent, she will never become a party to her own 1
rumination. " . V" :
If this excuso be justified on the ground that it .
8 authorized by a clause allowing each-House
o judge of the* qualifications of its members, a
Congressional majority might override at will the
jeople of a State. To the insinuation that Texas
s disloyal they would reply that that assumption
istablishes a precedent that a Congressional ma?
ori ty might charge a rebellious temper on the p co?
ila of any State, as a reason for perpetuating an
njustice. As it is, the voice of Texas is not heard
a her own defence, and no greater wrong can be
lone a community than to judge its character by
aolated expressions or acts. Such statement's
ome not from the President, the General-in-Chief,""
>r authorized agents of the Government, but from
mal 1 dis con ten tod fae ti ons, and a searching inquiry
s to the true state of affairs is sob cit ed. ino peo- ?
ile are claimed to bo loyal to tho Government, and :
xe intensely anxious that all sectional strife should
ease.
General Nows.
WASHINGTON, January 7.-The Department of
State has received official information of a relie!.'
rom quarantine of vessels coming from Philadel
thia to Cuban ports, the Spanish Consul at Phila
lelphia having reported the" total disappoaranoo of
h olera from this section since tho 21st of Novem
ier. The exemption from quarantine, however, in
inly when the vessel brings a clear bill of health
nd has had no cholera deaths during her passage.
Western lVewi,
FOBT. T-*u^rrp., NEBRASKA, January 7.-On.,tho
norning of the 1st a party of one hundred, and
If ty Cheyenne Indians' surrounded the telegraph
iffice at Sweetwater Bridge, and killed and scalped
'allicotte, the operator, and burned the station,
[here were three soldiers with him; one was found
lead, the others have not been heard from. The
moyennes heretofore liave been peaceful. Their
airing the war path with the-Sioux will make it
nuch worse for the s me ll number of troops in this
erritory. An expedition had started from Lan?
nie a few days ago to punish the Indians who
iommitted the massacre at Fort Phil Kearney.
California Items. ?""'.
SAN FB?NCISCO, January 5.-Samples of Califor
tia and Arizona salt ure to be sent to the Paris
Exposition.
Gen. Charles Wilson, a prominent lawyer, has
hot himself in the head, but maintained, with his
oat breath, that the shot was accidental.
Six thousand pounds of Sea Island Cotton for
honolulu arrived, en route for Liverpool.
The imports of California . for the year aro four
een millions; exports seventeen and one-quarter
Dillions, exclusive of forty-four millions treasure
.nd nine and a half millions shipping on Govern
nent account.
From Richmond.
RICHMOND, January 7.-A resolution, offered in
ho House of Delegates, that the Constitutional
Amendment be not ratified, was referred to the
Committee on He solutions, after the rejection of
i motion to suspend tho rules for its immediate
lonsideration.
The Bivor is still closed with ice.
New Torie News.
NEW YOUR, January 7.-Charles Sumner, for
ncrly an orderl ' sergeant in DeKalb's regiment,
?ommitted suicido on account of the want of em?
ployment. He leaves a wife and four children des?
?tete.
At a Convention of the Manhattan Circles, Jamos
Stephens was denounced as an exploded humbug.
the Reception of the Tet? Message In the
Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, ' January 7.-The Veto Message
neets with the hearty approval of tho whole Cabi?
net, excepting Stanton, who believes in its consti?
tutionality.
The Const ltntlonal Amendment In Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 6.-The Amendment
passed the Senate to-day by a vote of 26 to 6.
Louisville News.
IeuisviLLE, January 6.-Judge Ballard, decides
:hat a pardon for a violation of the Be venue Laws
loes not remit the informer's interest in the fine.
Now Tork City Finances.
NEW YORK, January 7.-Mayor Hoffman's mes
3ago, delivered to-day to Common Council, slates
mat the funded debt of city and county is nearly
E31,000,000-a decroaBO of $855,000 from previous
rear. It i's well seemed. There is besides a tem?
porary city and county debt of about $3,000,000-a
locroaso of $1,160,000 from provioua year. The tax
levy amounts to nearly $17,000,000, and is on a ba?
sis of 2 3-10 per cent., while in 1865 it was 2 90-100
?or cent. Tho balance of tho message is only of
local interest.
Financial Statement.
NEW YOBK, January 7.-The Bank Statement
shows loans have decreased SI.500,000. In specie
the decrease is $390,330. " The circular increase
ts $98,253. Deposits increase, $1,702,274. Logs!
tender increase. $2,025,434. The import of specie
for the week is $12,233.
Domestic Markets.
NOON DISPATCH.
NEW YOBK, January 7.-New York Stocks aro
strong. Money scarce on calL Sterling 9j. Cou?
pons of eigh'y-one, 108^al08J; Coupons of sixty-two.
108al084; Coupons of sixty-four, 1064; Coupons ru
sixty five, 105ial05$; Ten-forties, 99ial00; Treasu?
ries, 104$.ii05J. Cotton quiet and unchanged.
Flour 5al5 better. Soles 9000 bbls.; State $9 G5a
12 80; Western $9 G5al4 35; Ohio $12al4 50.
Gold 1S33. " Wheat quiet and firm. Corn la2c.
higher. Salea 22.000 bushels; Mixed $121. Oats
stoady. Sales 2000 bushels; Western 66a67 conto;
State 70a71 cents. Pork steady. New MOSB $21.
Lard quiet and steady. Drossed Hogs firmer.
Whiskey quiet.
EVENING DISPATCH.
Cotton drooping; sales 2000 bales; Uplands 84.4@
35; Orleans 85i@36. Flour 15@25 cents higher;
Bales 16.000 bbfs.; State and Western $9 65@14 35;
Ohio $12@14 50; Southern higher: sales 500 bbls.
it $1190@17. Wheat l@2c. higher; demand limited;
sales 9000 bushels No. 1 Chicago $2 58. Corn 2c.
higher; sales 100,000 bushels Mixed $1 21@1 22,
closing firm. Stock 1,731,600 bushels of Wheat;
2,882.000 bushels of Corn; 3,451,000 bushels of Oats,
and 1,650,000 busbols of Barlow Oats l@2c. higher:
Western 66(gl70. Pork steady; sales 4000bbls. New
Moss $20 87(?;21. Beef quiet. Bacon dull. Lard
stoady. Naval Stores quiet. Turpentine 67?@68.
Rosin $4 25(39. Bice dull.. Sugar firmer. Lonee
steady. Molasses dull. Gold 133*.
Tho Dry Goods Market is more cheerful, and
though little is doing prices are firm. The Com?
mercial says money is less stringent, but still firm
at 7 per cent. Government securities wore active
and firm early in the day, but became weak on a
pressure to sell old Five-twenties by foroign bank?
ers. Influenced by Ashley's measure, Gold is firm;
Stocks quiet but firm; Mining Stocks active and
improving.
The Money market was inactive towards the
close at seven per cent, uoia ciosea sc oaf,
Governments heavy and lower. Coupons '61,108}
alOSf; Coupons '62, 107jal08}: Coupons 64,105Ja
106; Conpons '65,106^al06|. . Ten-forties, 99jal00.
BALTTMOBE, January 7.-Flour quiet; Southern
brands held firmly. Many mills have closed, owing
to the scarcity of wheat. Chicago superfine $10 75;
Extra 12al2 50. Wheat firm, Southern red $8 20
aS SO; white SS SOaS 40; Kentucky white $3 20a3 30.
Corn steady, white $lal 08; yellow 9Sa$l, with a
Soor supply of Southern, receipts being mostly
?om Pennsylvania, c Oats dnlL Seeds inactive.
Cotton firm-sales 84$a35 for middling uplands.
Coffee steady, prime Bio 18, for gold. Sugars inac?
tive, but steadier. Provisions very, quiet. Lard
12k Whiskey nominal.
ST. LOUIS, January 7.-Flour,, more active; su?
perfine ranges from $8 25a9 40; single extra $10 50a
ll; double extra $11 75al2 60; triple extra $13 75a
14 50. Wheat stiff at $2 70a2 80 for prime, and
$2 80a285 for choice. Corn advanced; sales at
82a87c. 'Oats higher, 63Ja68o. Pork is in more
inquiry; sales at $19 50a20 50 for Mess. Bacon
clear sides 18Jo. Lord Ile. for country tierces.
Whiskey easy, at $219$a2 20 free, and $2 25 in
bond. Hogs, the pens are full, with buyers and
sellers apart; $5 50a6 25 offered, and $6a6 50 asked.
Bran firm at $1.5 ? per hundred lbs.
LOUISVILLE, January 7.-Tobacco quiet. 8u
gerfine Flour $9 50@$10; Prime Wheat $2 80.
helled Corn in bulk 68@70; in the ear 62@65.
Oats 62. Mess Pork $20 50. Lard 12. Hogs$6 50.
Receipts 750 head; total receipts 154,000 head.
Bulk Shoulders 8j. Hams 12. Clear Sides IL
Cotton 30. Whiskey nominal.
CINCINNATI, January 7.-Flour steady and in
moderate demand. Hogs-*hardlr anything done;
buyers offered $7a7 40, and. sellers asked $7 25a
$7 50 ; receipts 20,500 head ; the pens are foll and a
large number are on the hooks. Mess Pork held
at $19 50i,20. Lard Ulalie. Money is scarce and'
the demand pressing. Gold 135.
MARRIED,
At Cheater O. H., ou Wednesday morning, December
2C, 186?, by Bev. J. E.' WHITE. Mr. WASHINGTON A.
CLARE, of James Island, So. Ca., to Miss E. VIRGINIA,
only daughter of 0. D. HELTON, Esq. *
In Brooklyn, N. T., on Thursday, December 27, by the
Bev. JOHN PADDOOK, WM. H. KIDD, of Oharlotton, 8.
C., to LINA,. daughter of W. IDCHO, Esq., formerly of
Lexington, Ky.' ' -' '
On Thunday evening; January Sd, 1867, at Grace
Church, by the Bev. C. C. PrtrciTNZT, AJNDUEW M.
MORELAND to SARAH G., only daughter of BENJAMIN
FULLEB, Esq., all of this.city. ?.-.?:.'
OBITUARY.
DEPARTED THIS LIFE, in Savannah, Ga., on the 6th
instant. Mr. HUGH W. HARRAL, a native of Savannah, j
Ga., aged 62years, 3 months and 2S days.
SS-The Bela?vea and Friends of Mr. HUGH W.
H ABBA I, and of Mr. and Mrs. WIXLIAHHAHBAE and fam?
ily, are respectfully invited.to attend the Fanerai of the
ronner, at his late residence, No. 6 Glebe street. This
Morning, at Eleven o'clock. January 8
ANCIENT FEVE ARTS. -
To the Editor of tht New York Herald : ??
Respe c tir g the relics of porcelain ware found in the
late exhumations ai Herculaneum, which have been for?
warded to the Society of Antiquities in London, whereof
your correspondent says the bottle resembling DRAKE'S
PLANTATION Breens was undoubtedly placed among
the ruins by the agent of Dr. DHAEE, we desire to state
that he ia incorrect in' every respect. If a bottle was
round there bearing our lettering, the language of the
indent Romans was different Aram the accepted litera?
ture of that day. Our agent has other bunine BS than this
In Europe, and has not been in italy at all. Ko doubt
americano carry Plantation Bitters to Borne; but trying
to impose upon a Society of Antiquarians tn this way
seems quite useless, and we do not appreciate the joke,
lt ls unnecessary for us to spend money in Europe while
?re are unable to supply the demand for these cole crated
Bitters here. BeapeotfuHy, r. H. DRAKE A- CO.
January 8 tnthsS
1?UB1..IC NOTICE.
DISTRICT MOTTET FOR BERKLEY DISTRICT.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF
procuring a place of safe confinement for Prisoners in
the village of Pinopohs, lt is ordered that tho first Quar?
terly SeBslon of the District Court for Berkeley beheld
at MOUNT PLEASANT (instead of Pinopolis, as hereto?
fore advertised), on the Fourth Monday in January
Instant
A Special Court will be held on Wednesday, 9th inst,
at Mount Pleasant, for the drawing of Juries.
By order of Juago F. D. EICHABDSON.
J. W. BBOWNITELD',
Januarys etuth? Clerk Dist Court, Berkley.
S. A. LAMBERT,
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN OBDEBS FILLED ON
COMMISSION.
Office of John P. Newtirlt,
No 127 READE-STREET, CORNER HUDSON,
N JE "W YORK.
?S- Agency fbr.EXTON'S PREMIUM TRENTON
?BACKERS. All orders sent will be promptly attended
to. _ toga T>ccmbPTiB
HOLIDAY GIFTS,
y BX THE
New York Prize Association,
No. 599 BROADWAY, N. Y.
BOSEWOOD PIANOS, MELODE?NS, SEWING
MACHINES, MUSIC BOXES, SILVER?
WARE, FINE GOLD AND
SILVER WATCHES,
AND
ELEGANT JEWELRY,
VALUED AT
$500,000.
"XT7TLL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS : THE
VV name and value of each article of our goods aro
marked on tickets, placed in sealed envelopes, and well
mixed. On receipt of 3S cents, on envelope containing
such ticket will be drawn without' choice, and deliverod
at our office, or sent by mail to any address. Tho pur?
chaser after seeing what article it draws and ita value
which may be from one to five hundred dollars-can
then, on payment of one dollar, receive the article
named, or may exchange it for any other article marked
on our circular at the same value. Every ticket draws an
article worth one dollar or more. No BLANKS.
Our patrons can depend on lair, honorable dealing.
The article drawn will be delivered at our office, regard?
less of its value, or promptly sent as directed, by return
mall, or express. '.isl
Letters from many persons acknowledging the receipt
of valuable gifte from us, may be seen on file at our of?
fice, among whom wo are permitted to refer to:
John 8. Holcomb, Lambe rtvflle, N. J., gold watch, value
$250; Mrs. 8. Bennett, No. 332 Cumberland streot Brook?
lyn, sewing machine, $80; Edwin Hoyt Stamford, Conn.,
geld lover watch, value $200; Hon. B. H. Briggs, Wash
ington, D. C., diamond pin? 1175; J. 0. Sutherland, No.
100 Lexington avenue, piano, $350; Mrs. M. Jackson, No,
203 Nineteenth street N. Y., sewing machine, *M; Jos.
Camp, Elmira, N. T., mel od eon, $150; VLM L Collins,
Atlanta, Qa., diamond cluster ring, $225; Tr. Henry
Smith, Worcester, Masa., sewing machine, $85; H. Shaw,
No. 13316th street N. Y., gold watch. USO; Edw., Boyn?
ton, Nashville, Tenn., melodeon, $100; James Bussell,
Montgomery, Ala., gold hunting watch, $250; B. T.
Smith, Providence, B. L, silver lover watch, $00; Oscar
Purdy, Madison, N. J., music box, $46; Hon. R. S. New?
ell, 8t Paul's, Minn., gold watch, $185; J. E. Sperry,
Litchfield, Corm., silver watch, $56; Wm. B. Peck, Har
lom. Ills., music box, $75; Wm. Raymond, Dayton, Ohio,
silver tea set $125; Mis9 E M. Schenck, Detroit Mich.,
diamond car rings, ?225; Pierre Beaudin, St Charles
Hotel, Now Orleans, diamond ring, $170; Mrs. Martha
Barnes, St Louis, Mo., melodeon, value $125.
LIST OF ARTICLES
TO BE SOLD FOB ONE DOLLAR EACH,
And not to bo paid for until you know what you lave
drawn.
EACH.
25 BoBCWOOd Pianos, worth.3200 00 to SOO 00
30 Melodeons, Rosewood Cases.100 On to 225 00
2U0 Music Boxes, 2 to 82 tones. 15 60 to 160 00
100 Sewing Machines. 60 00 to 126 00
1,000 Silver Tea Sets. 25 00 to 150 00
200 Silver Revolving Patent Castors.. 16 09 to 40 00
100 Silver Fruit Cake Baskets. 15 00 to 36 00
1,000 Sets Silver Tea and Tablespoons.. 15 00 to 45 00
100 Gold Hunting Case Watches. 100 00 to 250 00
100 Diamond Bings, Ginster. Ac. 50 00 to 200 00
200 Gold Watches. 60 00 to 100 00
'300 Ladicn' Gold Watches. CO 00 to 8600
1,000 Silver Watches. 25 00 to 60 00
3,000 Yest Chains.i.... 6 00 to ,25 00
2,000 pairs Ear Bings (new styles). 160 to 7 00
2,000 Necklaces. 3 00 to 7 00
2,500 Gold Pencils. 3 00 to 8 00
3,000 Onyx and Amethyst Brooches_ 6 00 to 10 00
3,000 Lava and Florentine Brooches_ 4 00 to 6 00
1,500 Masonic Pins. 400to 900
1,600 Gold Watch Eoys (new pattern)... 4 50 to 7 60
2,500 Reta of Bosom Studs. 1 50 to 600
2,600 Enamelled Sleeve Buttons.. :. 2 50 to 10 00
5,000 Plain Gold and Chased Rings._ 4 50 to 10 00
6,000 Stone Set and Seal Bing?. 2 50 to 10 00
S.OC'J Miniature Lockets, all sizes. 2 50 to 7 00
10,000 Sets or Ladles' Jewelry._ 8 00 to 20 00
4,000 Watch Charms (each). 3 00 to 550
5,000 Gold 2cns, Sil. ex. Cases A- Pencils. 4 60 to 700
5,000 Genf s Breast and Scarf Pms. 3 00 to 20 00
2,000 Lidies' new style Belt Buckles_ 4 00 to 8 00
2,1*00 Ch?telains und Guard Chains. 7 50 to 20 00
1,000 Gold Thimbles. 8 00 to 15 00
6,000 Sets Ladies' Brooch and Ear Drops 6 00 to 12 00
2,000 Gold Crosses. 1 50 to 600
6,000 Oval Band Bracelets. 6 00 to 20 00
2,000 H?avy Gold Chain Bracelets. 25 00 to 40 00
2,000 Ball Ear Drops, all colors. 3 00 to 7 00
2,000 ' .ow style Jet and Gold Ear Drops. 3 00 to 7 00
2,000 Gold Pens, Gold Mt'd Ebony Hold. 4 50 to 7 00
Lfid/a Sets, new styloe, Cut Crystal, ill Jet, Hard Bub
ber, atc. A-c.
?g?- A chance to obtain any of tho above articles for
One Dollar by purchasing a sealed et? elope for 25 cents.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed to ill.
KS- 0 tickets for One Dollar, 13 jor Two Dollars, 33 for
Five Dollars. Great inducements to Agents.
Letters should be addressed '''
J. H. EAT & CO.,
BOX No. 6130, NEW YORK.
December 28 BU 3mos
BREWSTER & SPRATT,
Attorneys at Law & Solicitors In Equity
OFFIOB Wo. 98 BROAD STREET.
November 9
?y aPE?lAi NDT8Ct8r^i^:
ter ^iEI5^p|^^^^0^^^?
nore COTTON IO BE G'LNNED will be received at tho
Feat Point Mill until further notice. - ** i i ni?'i fiT:
January 8 . r ? 8 ' ; WM. LEBBY, Agent "
??MESSES. EDITORS :-PLEASE AN?
NOUNCE that Sr. JOHN F. - POPPENEEM w?l be a
nudiriste far the SberlflUrjr of CharlestonDistrict at :
be election1 for that office. : totnes* j : January 8
ta- ALL CLAIMS AGAINST 8CHE. MAG?
NOLIA AND o WNEE s, .CHASE master, must, be render- '
i at1 our crffloo beran U o'clock noon To-Morrma, 9th
oat.'or they wm bo debarred payment: .".'-.".' ?
-~' " r .. . J. A ENfflMwV'CO.7 -:->
January8 - '. ii : .:? a No. 125EastBay. '
?-NOTICE.-L KAtE^.DOF?LAS, ?WIP?'OF ?
?TLLIAM HI DOUGLAS, now residing 'at Na 2 'King. '
tree t, and carrying on the retail bueinera, ?ve ny?co' '
aat in one month from the date hereof I' will" act' ar a :
OLE TE ADER. . '.* KATE DOUGLAS.
JAITOJT8TH,-1867. ' ? Imo - - January8
?SOCTEfr/BILL A^
: 0 MP ANT. -The subscriber win receive BIDS untfl tin1
st February for BUILDING THE SUPEB8TBUCTURBV<
)F THE BBIDGE acre*? tho ; Pee Doe Elver at ' Society
OE. Plans and Specifications may be soon at my oOca Jf.
t Society Hill, nntil tho day abovrsname?hi?; JJ2?.:i-:?
. G. W. PARLE,. . ; .
:. Engineer: and Architect.- '.S:
January 8_. -,.:. i'ciai ?.yfefcoifo,
?^HOT?C?-^VA^ .
.'ON B AFLEO AD COMP ANY.-Panman t to ' thu provi- ~
ions of tho Act of Invigoration, a meeting of the Bub- "
cribe? to tba Capital Stock of this Company {Six Tbomw.
nd Shares hading, been subscribed: and paid in) will' ben
.olden attho Planters';and Mechanics'Bank rEofhUng,
i&atBay, on Thursday, ti? 10th day?cf .Jirroajry^^
'clock, M., for tho putpoae; of .a- complete regnu i ratfor; "
? said Company, and for the electton'^jji^mECTOE to ^
arve for one year, or until" another^lecricn shall"bs "
aide.' *" '
GEO. W. ytam3SB,\''n",:' :"''a J
-' .' . -.- J. K BOYEOTON,^ - ?>'-.'. ?ft!? .-'?V '-'
WM. S. HASTIE, ??y. - . Trnateea. . . ,C .\\
" . . JOHN 8. BYAN, V
.. ? -: P." T. WTXiUB,'- '.'?'.*. )~ ' . i .v.*a
January 8 JsS?Su ' . : i ? : '.?'.3;./r.f;i?
03" BOARD OP F?J?EMASTJBBS.-AN
ION. for CLERK _AND. SUPEErNTENDEOT, Kid ? -?
T/MP CONTRACTOR for Upper and Xowor Wards'wm
10 hold arthc regular meeting of thc Beard, ICth Instant'*1'5
.pplicsn ts ' will hand in their Tetters on or tefor? that-0
Im*:''.- i's:: 7 . 5*? V?%. g^fiBBKSBB^ ? -
January s - 10 - -'. Clerk and'Snp^ntandmit^
C?MMIS8IPNEBS '.OF% ?^^B^X^yr}.
R? 3d, 1837.- Tho1 CommlasionorB of Mwkete^will ol?qt
n Monday, 14th ins-ant, tho foUowing. officers for
ns^year : ; ;. " ''.^ '^?^^?S^;
Chief Clerk. . ,, ~
AssistantCtek^-CeureHtat?r"--5- *^?*??&;!
.Assistant Clerk.ci.Upper Market.c^- .. Z'T??? . r .i. 5-5
Clerk of .Weights and Measuree, ? y.^.-r.. , : _T>
- PnbhWedghorat-MaTfcot^^ -vi
' Public Weigh or ot Calhoun Street Sestear* fl^-plSi ,;i->
Applications wiB .be left on CT before the above dato, TC!
WILLIAM KIRKWOOD, jpV.^
Decembers : . Sg^?m? ".??-CIrt?f-fflgrk.A
lippi BEA'UT'IF i^^a?uS?lo^@3p^
TTE TOB THE B^IB positively' reston' gray hair'to
ts cH"tnal color an? youthful 'beauty; ,..~?rpi lifo and1''
tr?ngth tb the weakest''hair? stope7 lu> i-Ulng out ??'-7
nee;keeps the h&ad cloon; is Tinprn>It?led aa s'?bdr ';
ressing. Poid by all DroggiaU ?nd faehicnable tutir
ressers, B/id .at my. afflee>LNo. liiS- Broadway, ?ew '.
.'Ork.-..,.- HARA ^T. A.- nfn^AT.TirBt;M,^pr,j[j?j
January 4 .-.o . .: .c} Z.J:~:ZJ. ?mu
CHARLESTON ALMS HOUSE.--THE OOM
nSSIONEBS OF THE POOE wffl elect,:rm Wednesday,
th January, 1837, a .MASTEBy KATBON ' ?nd
LEEPEB, to serra for the ensuing year. Also, - ?t?ts*?&&[
rs lor BBEAD.and BEEF, to bs dellverod st AITMEOU? .:i
n Tuesday e, Thursdays and Batuzdays, . Apph^a?nns- ta ?i
e left at the Alms House prior.to the d?y of election. -: ..
December"31 .. . . . . . . . ^.1^. ^ L,;.-fv i~?j ^.-^T?
^AUDITOR'S 0m6&, S0TrTHr<^0??^?- -
IAJXEOAD COMPANY, CBABIJ?STONrb?iaaira?Br^
9,1866.-All interest on tho Funded-Debt of tho Oom
any payable by Ccupons on the 1st of January, 1887, ?
dh be. paid on preiieatatlcn 1 at the Auditor's Office; tattf
olm-atreet, on or *il?r_tho 3d proximo,- . . ? I, p. ? c::; \z
Deceiaber 29 . -^T~^T^yrj? imKnTr^PTVhg., : W~
jp?? E B TATE m^&j^B^^Sj^
aving claims againrt the Estate of the'bite' JOSEPH X
I0WA3D will -preeent them, duly otteatod/?nd-anper. <-;
ona indebted there io win make peymont to ' ie ?UT?S OX .
??cc: . - i lE-Ii-HOWABD, - '^ "
Noremberae . i. : y.jljiiha??rtt
as~WE ARE A?THOBIZED .TQ^ANNOCO^c??-/""
L M. WHITING, Esq., aa a candidate' for SherB? of " .
narloston (Judlda}) District, at tho nert cJecttcm.' '
BeptemberlO . - .- .1^^ ,5>:-:-r.f7 ^
j?rEALMLl.afi^
'ANT.-The BOOKS' OF 8UBSCEIPTJON w the OajplUl
tock of this' Compjny win bo opened at, W. C. CO ?BT
?ET ? CO.'S OFFICE, No'. 9 Boyce's Wharf, on January' '_ "
nt, tSiZ, and' con?uno open' for ono month. Informa
.oo-rasp?eting the condition' 'of the Company wOl be
arnlshod "aB parties dekiring to forward tlu> 'ruror- -
act wori. ? - -7 E. E. KEEBTSON,' --y
, : ? ' ',. ffeeretaxr and Txeisurer Kal mia MiBa. - ?' ' 11?
December 27_- -',th?talmft:i i?
nnounce Gen: A M. MANIGAT^.T ae a Candidate for y
iberia at the ensuing ?lection. '. ' A'CCnSSK.^., '? '[
November3 ' ' - - - ' . - : -'''-'k??i .
M3- ai A GIO '.IHK' .(PABBOTB?).^?i^-r*
irrite lp all colors and shades ont pf one bottle, and with.
ma ink; ls unsurpassed for fancy and. ornamental ?
sri tings. Price, $1 ? box, free by xnalL The. trade sup-. .
?lled. Address ' 'Q\ M.' COBDOYA, ', J "n"-*
No. 82 William street, ?Tow York.' "
December 27 ? '''niab?Bio7'"'.
-1-;-r--rrr-TT--T.-_'.. - ?? -t>
gr FIRS T NATION AL BAHS. OF CHARLES- : -
I'ON-CnxcnasTON, Deoember 89, I860. - An Election for.
?EVEN DEBECT?P-8 to serve fox the next ensuing year, ;
Tfll be held at the Banking Bau, o? Tuesday, tho 8th of ?
January. , , ' . .-, ,: ty*..
Polls op?njjpm 10 o'clock'A. M. until a.p. :?L . R "_T>. ^.
December"31:: mataS ''j^^tSSt^^Cfipi^^ ?.
?r STATE. OP SOUTH CABOIimA^G!?ia-~;L
rON DISTRICT.-By E. ALLAN WTLIJB, Eeqmr*, S
Ordinary.-Whereas, BEN J. STOKES, Ccmmfartnrier in'" .
Equity, mado suit to jue to grant him Lr tars ofAd- ?- .' \
nlnlstraUon of the dorellot estate and effects cf JOHN So
JAEBIB: These are, therefore, .to ctte and admonlihJJE.^Q
md smgri?r the kindred and creditors of the Bald JOSM .
>AUZS, lato oiCclletonT^trlct, de
ippear before me, in the Court of Ordinary, tobo hold at
ffaltorboro', on the teenlyfourth day af Januarynext,
liter publication hereof, at U ' o'clock in the fnrcnoon,'
to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin- y
.stration should not be granted. ' -" .' ': .
Siren under my hand, this fourteenth day of December,-. --'
Anno Donuni 1868. E. ALLAN WILLIS,
December 13 .- taB :. ; OCD O. CD. C??
eS-AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD'EYJEff. '
?nado new, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine. '
Pamphlet maUodfree on receipt of ton cants. Address
E. B. FOOTE, M. D., No. 1150 Broadway, New York: - 1
November 9 . ' '??[-<.?
ss- ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAL HTJ- ,;
MAN EYES made to order and Inserted, by. Dra. F.
BAUCH and P. OOUOLEMANN (formerly employed by V
BorasoNT?EA?, of Paris), No. 599 Broadway, New York.
April 14 _ --iyg "."
j8?-COLGATE'8 HONEY SOAP.-THIS OELE-'- ;
SEATED Toilet Soap, in such univ orsa! demand, ia - '
nado from the choicest materials,, ic mild and emol?
lient in its nature, fragrantly seented, and ex- '.'.'
remely beneficial tn its action opon the akin. ] Poe.
mle by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers.
February 7_ :lyr.. ?
Ai" HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR/.
BEN TWEE RENEWS THE TTATB. .
3 ALL'S VEGETABLE 8ICILIAN BAIB BE- . '
NEWER
Restores gray bair to the original color. -
BALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR SE- -
. NEWER v -
Prevents the bair from falling oft. : '
Ff AT.T.'H VEGETABLE SICILIAH TTATB BS- - - .
NEWEE ; ?. ?- ;
Makes the bair soft and glossy. - ,'.* s...:
HALL'S: VEGETABLE SICILIAN HALB BE?
NE WEB ?
Does not stain toe akm. K ? ... i J?
FTATITI'S VEGETABLE S?CXLIAH ' HA3B BB? .
NEWEE...
las proved itself the best preparation for tho hair ?var ' _
presented to the public. Price tl.
For sale by all druggists. Wholesale by . . .... ?
KING & CASSIDET,' .
Marah 13 tulyr* CHARLESTON, -
?3T BAT CHELO B'S HATE DYE.-THIS
SPLENDID HATE DYE ls the best in the worih The. ...
inly true and perfect Dy?-harmless,' reliable,. instan. -,
taneous. No disappointment No ridiculous tinta.''' .
Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the 22 effects of Sad
Dyes, urlgoratee the bah-, leaving lt soft and^beautifuL ? ~~_
The genuine is signed W?Ham A. Batchelor. '?' All otters
are mero imitations, and should be avoided. Sold by all - '
Druggists and. Parfum ora. Factory, Na 81 Bxrcley
street Now York. . . .'_.
?gp: BEW?BE OP A COUNT EUFEiT.
Decemoir 10 ly
